Canadian artist Stephanie Temma Hier fuses ceramic sculpture and oil painting to create works that have seized international attention from Taipei to New York.
A Toronto native now based in New York City, Hier has presented solo exhibitions in Shanghai, Paris, Brussels, Glasgow, New York, Turin and Montreal. Notable group exhibitions have been staged in Toronto, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, among others. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the X Museum (Beijing), The Contemporary Art Foundation (Tokyo), the Longlati Foundation (Shanghai), ICA Miami, and the Mint Museum (Charlotte).
Above, installation view of exhibition This Must Be The Place, 2023, Nino Mier Gallery Brussels (here)
Hier frames oil paintings of pro-wrestlers within glazed ceramic dishes featuring whole or partially eaten fish, condiments, and silverware. The erotic carnality of the painted imagery, put in conversation with the fleshiness of the adjacent fish, emphasizes the violent aspects of each – Nino Mier Gallery
Hier often focuses on photorealistic still lifes and surrounds each canvas with custom frames composed of intricate sculptures. Above: Tuesday’s Lunch, 2024, Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture, 42 x 27 x 28 inches, via Artsy.
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Stephanie Temma Hier’s website, here.
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This is so interesting.
Right? I had never seen this combination before. Also, I love the idea and execution of those plates. Brilliant.
Agree, and they have such a FRESH look to them. Really beautiful. So nice of you to share all of this art with us.
very nice
I love the detail. Beautiful.
Yes, I was also struck by the detail, especially in the execution of the plates. Thanks for that observation.
very unique ! –
Unique is correct – I don’t remember seeing something that combines oil and sculpture this specifically. Which of course is what catches our eye! Thank you.