CHRIS EHLERS
ABOUT CHRIS EHLERS
Chris Ehlers
b. 1971
Working in a range of media, Chris Ehlers works to convey non-linear narratives within her paintings. Less interested in conveying the rational processes of reality, she focuses on the psychological interpretations of her daily observations. Elhers’ artworks are composites of diverse impressions left by the subtext found in literature, relationships between words, and fragments of overheard conversations. Chris Elhers uses these phrases as metaphorical points of departure that inform the formal and conceptual elements of her artwork.
Born in Hanover, Germany, Ehlers earned an M.B.A. from the University of Luneburg and worked as an economist before returning to formal art studies at the Free Academy of Art Berlin and Academy for Painting Berlin. In 2009, Ehlers relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, and currently exhibits her artwork throughout Northern California and Germany. She lives and works in San Mateo, California.
EDUCATION
2015 Advance Paintings with Katie Hawkinson, Stanford Continuing Studies, Palo Alto, CA
2015 Painting-Exploring the Modern and Abstracts, Stanford Continuing Studies, Palo Alto, CA
2014 Week Intensive-A Painting A Day, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005-2006 Akademie fur Malerei Berlin, Germany
2003-2005 Freie Akademie fur Kunst FAKB, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Swinging,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 “Travelogue,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Gestalt,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Being Human,” Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2010 “Heads,” Skinner Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2009 “Between the Roofs,” Gallery Hundertmark, Berlin, Germany
2009 “State of Flux,” Volksbank Luneburger Heide, Luneburg, Germany
2008 “Crossings,” Art Canvas, Berlin, Germany
2007 “Alles im Fluss,” Art Canvas, Berlin, Germany
2006 “Kabir,” Berlin, Germany
2005 “Strukturale Transzendenz,” Academy for Painting, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Greyish,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2022 “Places,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2018 "Vignette," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 "Same, Same, But Different 6.0," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Same, Same, But Different 5.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 “Same, Same, But Different 4.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Same, Same, But Different 3.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Allegory,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Fruende der Galerie,” Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2013 “Same, Same, But Different 2.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 “A Lot of Good,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Close to the Wind,” Goethe-Institut, San Francisco, CA
2013 “200 Years of Grimm Fairytales,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2013 “Geography/Geometry,” Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2012 “Small, Small, But Different,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 “Things that go Around,” Fibre Arts Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2012 “Hearth & Home,” Fibre Arts Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2012 Silicon Valley Open Studios, Mountain View, CA
2012 “200 Years of Grimm’s Fairytales,” Goethe Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012 “Mission Artists Open Studio at 1890 Bryant St,” San Francisco, CA
2009 “Crossings,” St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin, Germany
2008 “Kunst auf dem Ku’damm,” Berlin, Germany
2008 “Weisse Jahreszeit,” Showroom Amelung, Berlin, Germany
2008 “Rose and Rouge,” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2007 “AKUR,” Paul-Gerhard-Stift, Berlin, Germany
2006 “Bildfolge III,” Academy for Painting, Berlin, Germany
2006 “Bildfolge I + II,” Academy for Painting, Berlin, Germany
LECTURES AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Monotype, Akademie fur Restauration und Kunsttechniken, Berlin, Germany
2005 Public speaking engagement for Strukturale Transzendenz, Akademie Fur Malerei, Berlin, Germany
