Stephanie H. Shih
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BIO
Stephanie H. Shih (b. 1986, Philadelphia, PA) renders everyday items as trompe l'oeil sculptures that reveal the tensions within American domestic life. Turning consumer goods—a microwave, a self-help book, many pantries' worth of condiments—into intricately painted ceramic objects transforms each into a permanent artifact. Seen together, the works play with notions of permanence and obsolescence, memory and disillusionment.
Shih’s work has been exhibited at Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; James Cohan, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA; and is held in the permanent collections of museums across the country, including Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME; and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. Among other accolades, Shih was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2025 and the NYFA Artist Fellowship in 2023. Shih’s engagement with social issues extends beyond her craft; since 2017, she has raised nearly $1,000,000 for disenfranchised communities facing material instability and deportation.
