Laura Berger's Expansive Paintings Depict Symbiotic Communion

The Chicago-based artist's monumental works layer limbs and landscapes, as nude bodies merge with waves, flowers, and sun-strewn clouds.

Apr. 2, 2026 at 11:37am

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Chicago-based artist Laura Berger continues her explorations of communion in a suite of staggering paintings that place her signature minimal figures in intimate fellowship with one another and the earth. Spanning six feet wide, the monumental works layer limbs and landscapes, as nude bodies merge with waves, flowers, and sun-strewn clouds.

Why it matters

Berger's paintings gesture towards past experiences and the spiritual realm, focusing on the ways time fogs the clarity of memory and how transformation emerges from myriad circumstances. Her work expands on themes of interdependence, rendering figures in varying states of translucence as they interact with natural elements.

The details

These pieces will be on view from April 17 to May 23 at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in West Palm Beach. Berger's paintings frequently depict her signature minimal figures in intimate communion with one another and the natural world, as nude bodies merge with waves, flowers, and sun-strewn clouds.

  • The exhibition will run from April 17 to May 23, 2026.

The players

Laura Berger

A Chicago-based artist known for her expansive paintings that explore themes of communion, interdependence, and transformation.

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery

A gallery located in West Palm Beach, Florida that will be hosting an exhibition of Berger's work from April 17 to May 23, 2026.

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What they’re saying

“Berger's monumental works layer limbs and landscapes, as nude bodies merge with waves, flowers, and sun-strewn clouds.”

— Grace Ebert, Author

What’s next

The exhibition of Berger's paintings at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in West Palm Beach will run from April 17 to May 23, 2026.

The takeaway

Laura Berger's expansive paintings explore themes of communion, interdependence, and transformation, depicting her signature minimal figures in intimate fellowship with one another and the natural world.