CHRIS KAHLER

FLUX

November 7 - December 27, 2025 | Opening Reception | Friday, November 7, 2025 | 6-8 pm

Bruno David is pleased to present FLUX, an exhibition by Chris Kahler. This is the 14th artist’s solo exhibition with the gallery. In conjunction with the exhibition, Bruno David Gallery will publish a catalogue of the artist’s work featuring an in-depth exhibition history and bibliography.

The ”FLUX” series marks Kahler’s exploration of opalescence as a living system of perception in flux. Like biological processes, color is never fixed; it flashes between the micro and macro, emerging through constant interaction and adaptation. On the surface, light and pigment behave like cellular structures—layered, porous, and responsive—while in motion they resemble ecosystems, interdependent and evolving in time with the viewer’s gaze. Circles recur throughout this work as symbolic forms: at once microscopic and cosmic. Using interference pigments and translucent layers, Kahler constructs fragile, luminous events where perception itself becomes a biological network: dynamic, contingent, and active. Using natural and synthetic colors impacted by the digital age, Kahler exposes the overlapping relationships between Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Psychedelia, Op, and Pop art to create provocative new works on panel..

Chris Kahler received his B.F.A. at Ohio Wesleyan University and M.F.A. from Northwestern University. He has been the subject of numerous one-person exhibitions at venues including the Richard Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH (2014); Anita Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando, FL (2011); John P. Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN (2009); Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL (2002). Kahler is the Chair of the Department of Art + Design, Director of the Tarble Art Museum, and Professor of Painting at Eastern Illinois University.