Martina Nehrling US, b. 1970
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Overview
“Seduced by the formal complexity of color, I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness. The inextricability of these aspects unique to color continually spurs my engagement. Tuned to the vivid and continuous absurd disparities of daily life, I weave visual rhythms—resonant, discordant, muscular, mellifluous—in patterns akin to currents and eddies, note taking, list making, pixilation and mapping.”
- Martina Nehrling
“MARTINA NEHRLING MAKES BRIGHT IMPASTO ACRYLIC PAINTINGS OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, THAT MESMERIZE YOU WITH THEIR VIBRANCY AND HYPNOTIC PATTERNS.”
– PHILIP A HARTIGAN, HYPERALLERGIC
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Select Works
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Exhibitions & Fairs
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NEGOTIATIONS
a solo exhibition of works by Martina Nehrling 28 May - 25 June 2022ZINC contemporary is please to present a West Coast debut of works by Martina Nehrling entitled NEGOTIATIONS. This body of work has no fear of color, creating the stunning... -
COLOR CURE
an invitational group exhibition 6 May - 26 June 2021ZINC contemporary is pleased to present a group invitational exhibition for this very specific time in history entitled COLOR CURE. Historically trivialized, color in art has been perceived by critics... -
SEATTLE ART FAIR 2022
21 - 24 July 2022
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Biography
Martina Nehrling is a Chicago-based artist who received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from the University of Chicago. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest College, and for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Chicago Arts Program. She has been awarded grants by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, and has presented her work at the Art Institute of Chicago Artists Connect Lecture Series. Kingston, New York and her home town of Indianapolis, Indiana feature her work in their city public art installations. Her work is exhibited internationally and part of many public and private collections.
“I use multiple distinct brushstrokes for their staccato quality and graphic directness, and employ highly saturated chroma for its insistence, its unapologetic hysteria, its mirth and its
madness. With this tensile language I explore what it means to be here, musing meditatively or ranting in lush celebration, high-pitched lament, or raucous rebellion.”- Martina Nehrling
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Press
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Color Cure: A Vibrant, Rejuvenating Art Exhibit at ZINC contemporary
Aakanksha Agarwal, Seattleite, May 17, 2021 -
ArtSEA: Emerging from our caves for Seattle arts events IRL
Brangien Davis, Crosscut, May 13, 2021 -
ART ZONE with NANCY GUPPY featuring COLOR CURE
Nancy Guppy, Art Zone With Nancy Guppy, May 6, 2021 -
ZINC Contemporary Announces COLOR CURE, A Group Invitational Exhibition, May 6 – June 26, 2021
Alicia Puig, Create Magazine, April 22, 2021 -
A Symphony In Color
Jeffrey Cohen, Sophisticated Living, July 30, 2019 -
Three Painting Shows in Chicago
Philip A Hartigan, HyperAllergic, August 21, 2012
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