The Peninsula Chicago welcomes back artist Martina Nehrling for a new iteration of Martina Nehrling Selected Works. The exhibition features all new works with the exception of a returning favorite, The Waters Above, The Waters Below. The art in this exhibit is from a variety of series exploring the atmosphere of place, time, and the shape and feeling of thought in relation to what it means to be here.

This installation is the latest iteration of Art in Resonance, The Peninsula Hotels’ global contemporary art program dedicated to being an originator of culture through its engagement with artists who push the boundaries of their mediums, in works that engage the senses.

Artist Statement:

"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 as I weave visual rhythms in patterns akin to currents and eddies, note taking, pixilation and mapping. Tuned to the vivid and continuous absurdities of daily life I employ highly saturated color for its insistence, its unapologetic hysteria, its mirth and its madness. I use multiple distinct brushstrokes for their synthetic, staccato quality and graphic directness. In this language of tensile maximalism I explore what it means to be here."

Artist Biography:

Martina Nehrling is a Chicago-based artist who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Chicago. Her work is exhibited internationally and part of many public and private collections. 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. Nehrling 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. Large-scale public installations of her work can be seen in Kingston, New York, as well as in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she grew up.