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"Inkling" |
"Quiddity" |
"Particulars" |
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Artist Statement:
When I paint I am
sounding out elements of my everyday life and I am captivated by the
richly textured cacophony of disparate events, information, things…
And so my work consists largely of compositions of accumulation.
These seem to me one of the most legitimate kinds of pictures to make
in our cultural landscape of abundant consumer goods and the
privilege/burden of access to information. In this way my paintings
are not about just anything, rather they are about everything; at once
the beauty, the horror, the weight of daily life.
I often take notes with separate brushstrokes of color, creating an
index that may operate as a celebration of daily life or rebellion
against it. I use simple brushstrokes to be direct, but color in
order to engage and explore its imprecise language. I revel in
color’s complexity, noticing how the eye tracks patterns of value and
intensity and can be interrupted by particular relationships or a
shift in scale. There is also a significant auditory aspect to my
painting process as I listen to the developing rhythm in the work,
seeking to create moments of concord and discord, enjoying syncopation
and visual rhyming. Comprised of multi-colored paint marks grouped in
vertical bands or layered in horizontal stacks, I often create
patterns akin to lists, sentences, or phrases in my paintings; while,
in other pieces I investigate how these marks might
be attenuated,
pulled and poured, condensing into suspended tangles where the chatter
hovers on the edge of chaos. At times I empty the composition of its
accumulation and introduce air quite literally with imagery of the
ever-changing
constants
of sky and clouds, creating the illusion of pictorial depth to
contrast with a surface of ordered and disordered
brushstrokes pursuing
the ebb and flow of calm and panic, of chaos and hope.
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RESUME |
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Education: |
M.F.A.,
University of Chicago, IL
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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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 |
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Exhibitions:
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2007 |
Zg Gallery, “Group” Chicago, IL
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2006 |
Zg Gallery, “Tangle, Recent Paintings
by Martina Nehrling” Chicago, IL read
reviews
Art Chicago in the Park,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sonnenschein
Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, IL
Prairie State College, Chicago Hts., IL |
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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 |
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2004 |
Zg Gallery, “Overlap,
New Paintings by Martina Nehrling” Chicago, IL
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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
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review
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, "The Artists of A. R.
T.," Chicago Hts., IL |
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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 |
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2002
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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 |
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2001 |
Marshall Arts Gallery, “Martina Nehrling, New Paintings,”
Scottsdale, AZ
Fassbender Gallery, “Small Treasures,”
Chicago, IL
Gallery 312, “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
Modified, “Wanderlust,” Phoenix, AZ
2430 Washtenaw, “The Candy Show,” Chicago, IL
Reynolds Club, “First Year MFA Show,” Chicago, IL |
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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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