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 INA-GRM (FR), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), Festival d’Automne (FR), Ultima festival (NO), Julia Stoschek Foundation (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 Sterischer Herbst (AU), 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 was nominated for the Gaudeamus prize in 2019. Solo and collaborative albums have been released by Portraits GRM (FR), Dinzu Artefacts (US), ETAT (AT), and Party Perfect (US). Stefan is a professor at the School for the Contemporary Art at Simon Fraser University where he mentors young artists and composers.