Nina Hartmann’s multimedia practice operates at the nexus of painting and sculpture and explores the functionality and malleability of proof in a modern day information age. Shaped panels of encaustic, resin sculptures and vinyl screens carry photographic information collected from a variety of sources including official government outlets like the CIA or the U.S Air Force, institutional archives and alternative news sources like message boards or UFO believer websites. Through the use of AI and other methods of alteration, Hartmann manipulates the images she finds, questioning their legitimacy and challenging roles of authorship. Informed by an interest in mysticism, symbols, diagrams and maps of peripheral belief systems, Hartmann develops her own symbolic language that breaks down hierarchies within systems of information.

Nina Hartmann (b. 1990, Miami FL) lives and works in Queens, New York. She received an MFA from The Yale School of Art in Painting & Printmaking in 2023 and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. She has had solo exhibitions at Gathering, London, UK (2024); Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Silke Lindner, New York, NY (2023); and Gern en Regalia, New York, NY (2021). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, CA (2025); Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL (2025); Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY (2025); Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Clima, Milan, IT (2024); Rose Easton, London, UK (2024); Tara Downs, New York, NY (2022). A solo exhibition at Silke Lindner, New York is forthcoming in May 2026.