Stephanie Temma Hier

Hold this position (left)
2025
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.4 x 111.8 x 20.3 cm (60" x 44" x 8")
I don't bite
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
17.8 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (7" x 8" x 8")
Clean Gloves hide dirty hands
2023
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.4 x 121.9 cm (60" x 48")
Swan Song
2026
Galerie Anton Kern (New York)
Photo: Izzy Leung
Swan Song
2026
Galerie Anton Kern (New York)
Photo: Izzy Leung
Roadside Picnic, Exhibition view
2023
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro
Tuesday's lunch
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
106.7 x 68.6 x 71.1 cm (42 x 27 x 28 in.)
Mother plays games
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware
37 x 27 x 10 cm (14.5 x 10.5 x 4 in.)
Tulips on the table mean that spring is on the way
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
83.8 x 66 x 12.7 cm (33 x 26 x 5 in.)
Tipping Point
2022
Oil on canvas with glazed stoneware sculpture
187.96 x 124.46 x 40.64 cm. (74 x 49 x 16 in.)
Hide and Seek
2022
Oil on canvas with glazed stoneware sculpture
240 x 215 x 20 cm (94 x 84 x 8 in)
It's been a good year for the undertaker
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
139.70 x 167.64 x 15.24 cm (55" x 66" x 6")
August Gestures
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
63.5 x 53.5 x 51 cm (25 x 21 x 20 in.)
Soft Options, Hard Edges, 2021
Exhibition view
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Maxime Brouillet
Soft Options, Hard Edges, 2021
Exhibition view
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Maxime Brouillet
Living too close to the ground
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
66 x 63.5 x 7.5 cm. (26 x 25 x 3 in.)
What Sort Of A Voice?
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
63.5 x 61 x 18 cm. (25 x 24 x 7 in.)
Nothing But Delirium
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.5 x 122 x 25.5 cm. (60 x 48 x 10 in.)
Salute To A Switchblade
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
180.5 x 150 x 12.5 cm. (71 x 59 x 5 in.)
Real Food for Pretend Chefs
2021
Glazed stoneware sculpture with oil on linen
99 x 91.5 x 35.5 cm. (39 x 36 x 14 in.)
Mouth Guard Miracle
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
58.5 x 45.5 x 45.5 cm (23 x 18 x 18 in.)
This must be the place, 2023
Exhibition view
Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels
This must be the place, 2023
Exhibition view
Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels
This must be the place, 2023
Exhibition view
Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels

Hold this position (left)
2025
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.4 x 111.8 x 20.3 cm (60" x 44" x 8")

I don't bite
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
17.8 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (7" x 8" x 8")

Clean Gloves hide dirty hands
2023
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.4 x 121.9 cm (60" x 48")

Swan Song
2026
Galerie Anton Kern (New York)
Photo: Izzy Leung

Roadside Picnic, Exhibition view
2023
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Tuesday's lunch
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
106.7 x 68.6 x 71.1 cm (42 x 27 x 28 in.)

Mother plays games
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware
37 x 27 x 10 cm (14.5 x 10.5 x 4 in.)

Tulips on the table mean that spring is on the way
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
83.8 x 66 x 12.7 cm (33 x 26 x 5 in.)

Tipping Point
2022
Oil on canvas with glazed stoneware sculpture
187.96 x 124.46 x 40.64 cm. (74 x 49 x 16 in.)

Hide and Seek
2022
Oil on canvas with glazed stoneware sculpture
240 x 215 x 20 cm (94 x 84 x 8 in)

It's been a good year for the undertaker
2024
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
139.70 x 167.64 x 15.24 cm (55" x 66" x 6")

August Gestures
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
63.5 x 53.5 x 51 cm (25 x 21 x 20 in.)

Soft Options, Hard Edges, 2021
Exhibition view
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Maxime Brouillet

Living too close to the ground
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
66 x 63.5 x 7.5 cm. (26 x 25 x 3 in.)

What Sort Of A Voice?
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
63.5 x 61 x 18 cm. (25 x 24 x 7 in.)

Nothing But Delirium
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
152.5 x 122 x 25.5 cm. (60 x 48 x 10 in.)

Salute To A Switchblade
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
180.5 x 150 x 12.5 cm. (71 x 59 x 5 in.)

Real Food for Pretend Chefs
2021
Glazed stoneware sculpture with oil on linen
99 x 91.5 x 35.5 cm. (39 x 36 x 14 in.)

Mouth Guard Miracle
2021
Oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture
58.5 x 45.5 x 45.5 cm (23 x 18 x 18 in.)

This must be the place, 2023
Exhibition view
Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels

Biography

Stephanie Temma Hier’s work emerges at the intersection of oil painting and ceramic sculpture. She creates meticulous figurative paintings, many featuring scenes of fruit and other consumables which then nestle within hand-built ceramic sculptures. Working mostly from found imagery and scouring the internet for content, Hier fixes the ephemeral stream of fleeting digital imagery into slow, hand-wrought processes and earthly materials. Her paintings interact with their sculptural pairings to create new narratives both rich in the use of art historical references and feather-light by the means of pop-cultural ephemera.

Stephanie Temma Hier (b. 1992, Toronto, Canada) lives and works in Brooklyn, United States. She has presented solo exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery (New York), Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal), Gallery Vacancy (Shanghai), Massimo de Carlo Pièce Unique (Paris), David Dale (Glasgow), Downs and Ross (New York), and Neochrome Gallery (Turin). Notable group exhibitions have been staged at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Anat Ebgi (New York), Kotaro Nukaga (Tokyo), Jeffrey Deitch (Los Angeles), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels), Galerie Hussenot (Paris), Kasmin Gallery (New York), and Friends Indeed Gallery (San Francisco), among others. Hier’s 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). Her work has been published in Vogue, Artforum, Cornelia Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, among others.

Born 1992, in Toronto, CA

Lives and works in Brooklyn, US