Stefan Maier (b. 1990) is an artist and composer from Vancouver, Canada — the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. His multimedia installations, performances, writings, and compositions explore sound as a tool for speculative worlding. Highlighting material instability and unruliness, his work explores the flows of sonic matter through buildings, sound systems, instruments, software, and bodies, to uncover minor histories, sonic fictions, and alternate modes of listening and authorship. His work has been presented by institutions such as INA-GRM (FR), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), Festival d’Automne (FR), Julia Stoschek Foundation (DE), Liquid Architecture (AU), Deutschlandfunk Kultur (DE), Ultima festival (NO), Forecast (DE), National Music Centre (CA), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (NL), and Vancouver New Music (CA), among others. His work as a sound designer/composer for film and dance has been presented internationally, with recent projects at Steirischer Herbst (AT), International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL), the Emily Harvey Foundation (US), and GES-2 (RU). As a composer he has been commissioned by Talea Ensemble (US), Le NEM (CA), ECM+ (CA), and Vicky Chow (US), among others. Solo and collaborative albums have been released by Portraits GRM (FR), Superpang (IT), Dinzu Artefacts (US), ETAT (AT), and Party Perfect (US). He was a 2019 MacDowell Fellow (US). Stefan is a professor at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he mentors young artists and composers.