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Martina Nehrling

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"Through a Purple Patch," acrylic on canvas, 3 panels, 48" x 252"

 

Artist's Statement:
My paintings are visual rhythms inspired by the cacophony of daily life, at once the weight and the flimsiness of it.  Compelled by the pulsation of the beautiful and horrific relentlessly clashing I create compositions of accumulation.  Grouped or tangled together, I use multiple distinct brushstrokes for their graphic directness, but highly saturated chroma in order to heighten the effect of color’s imprecise language.  I am utterly seduced by the formal complexity of color while I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness.  The inextricability of these aspects unique to color, continually spurs my engagement.  Additionally, color is significant to a striking auditory experience during my painting process.  To develop the tenor, tonality and rhythm of a piece I listen to the spatial relationships and interrelation of color, often combining both sonorous and percussive qualities.  I use particular color relationships to interrupt or punctuate the tracking of patterns of value and intensity, creating moments of concord and discord, taking pleasure in syncopation and visual rhyming.  With color that refuses to be ignored in patterns akin to lists, sentences or notes, my paintings operate as lyrical musing, lush celebration, high pitched lament or raucous rebellion.

RESUME  
Education: M.F.A., University of Chicago, IL
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Awards: CAAP Grant, City of Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs & IL Arts Council, 2006
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, 2002
Illinois
Arts Council, Finalist Award, 2001
Exhibitions:  
2010 Zg Gallery, “What the Walls Heard: New Paintings by Martina Nehrling,” Chicago, IL
Union League Club, “Martina Nehrling: New Paintings,” Chicago, IL
Zg Gallery, “MMX,” Chicago, IL
2009 Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College
Zg Gallery, “Clusterf*#k,” Chicago, IL
Kunz, Vis, Gonzalez, “Abnormal Formal 1,” Chicago, IL
Ruschman Gallery, “Group Show” Indianapolis, IN
2008 Zg Gallery, “Through a Purple Patch,” Chicago, IL read reviews
Ellert Art Museum, "Painters & Sculptors Make Prints," St. Augustine FL
Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College
2007 Zg Gallery, “Group,” Chicago, IL
Chicago Cultural Center, “ArtFutura 2007: Innovation,” Chicago, IL
Zg Gallery, “Summer Show '07” Chicago, IL
2006 Dominican University, O’Connor Art Gallery, “Echo: Paintings by Martina Nehrling,” River Forest, IL
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL

Zg Gallery, “Tangle, Recent Paintings by Martina Nehrling” Chicago, IL  
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Art Chicago at the Mart, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, IL
Prairie State College, Chicago Hts., IL
2005 South Bend Regional Art Museum, "Martina Nehrling, Paintings" South Bend, IN
Zg Gallery, “Working Process” Chicago, IL
Zg Gallery, “Summer Show '05” Chicago, IL
Art Chicago in the Park, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL

Prairie State College, Chicago Hts., IL
2004 Zg Gallery, “Overlap, New Paintings by Martina Nehrling” Chicago, IL  read reviews
Zg Gallery, “Summer Show '04” Chicago, IL
Zg Gallery, “Pieces: Compositions of Accumulation,” Chicago, IL

Cook County Administration Building, Martina Nehrling, Recent Works, Chicago, IL  read review
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, "The Artists of A. R. T.," Chicago Hts., IL
2003 Zg Gallery, “As Small As Possible,”  group show Chicago, IL  
Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, October, Lake Forest, IL

Zg Gallery, “Color Bias,” May, Chicago, IL
Betty Rymer Gallery, "The Big Picture Show," School of the Art Institute, March, Chicago, IL
Sonnenschein Gallery, "Recent Works," February, Lake Forest College, IL
Zg Gallery, “Constancy,” February, Chicago, IL
2002 Zg Gallery, “12” x 12,” November, Chicago, IL
McHenry
County College, “Martina Nehrling, Recent Paintings,” Crystal Lake, IL
Thomas McCormick Gallery, “A Good Look,” Chicago, IL
Gallery 37, “Living Art 2,” Chicago, IL
2001 Marshall Arts Gallery, “Martina Nehrling, New Paintings,” Scottsdale, AZ
Fassbender Gallery, “Small Treasures,” Chicago, IL
Gallery 312, “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Chicago, IL
2000 Modified, “Wanderlust,” Phoenix, AZ
2430 Washtenaw, “The Candy Show,” Chicago, IL
Reynolds Club, “First Year MFA Show,” Chicago, IL
1999  Slocumb Gallery, “Positive/Negative 14,” Johnson City, TN
Beverly Arts Center, “CWCA Annual Members’ Exhibition,” Chicago, IL
Woman Made Gallery, “Loss & Grief,” Chicago, IL
   
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