Stephanie Taiber

Mixed Media

A photo of a book cover that includes the title "Bearing His Flowers", the artist's name Stephanie Taiber and the simple outlines of a pair of flower vases with long necks in light blues, salmon and simple outlines

Stephanie Taiber is a Chicago based artist who uses photography and other media to explore inner tensions related to love and loss. Taiber received a BFA from the University of Arizona. Her work distills intimate experiences into abstract images and metaphors about the fragility of relationships, telling a larger story about life and human emotion.

Taiber’s first photobook, Bearing His Flowers, was published with Yoffy Press in 2023. Her solo exhibition at Filter Space in Chicago was supported by a generous Individual Artist’s Grant from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Previously shortlisted for the Lucie Awards PhotoMade Prize and a Top 10 Finalist for Klompching Gallery’s 2017 Fresh Exhibition, in 2020 she received 3rd place in Center Santa Fe’s Curator’s Choice Award. Stephanie has been featured by PH Museum, Lenscratch, Float Magazine, and Fraction Magazine, among others.

Stephanie is currently a Master’s Candidate at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Counseling Psychology while she continues to create new work.

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Stephanie Taiber's Book "Bearing His Flowers"
A photo montage of a large pink cloth folded into pleats resting on top of a photo of a male figure's torso against a blue background and to the right a photo of a fern occupies the lower right space.
A photo montage of two main images side-by-side. The left side is decorative floral pattern that conceals the photo of a female figure in a dark space. The image on the right shows a fleeting image of a room through curtains and attached is a torn photo of another female figure in a dark space – this figure depiction is presumably the other half of the image to the left. The impression left is one of a faded, almost ghostlike image.
A photo of a woman seen on the left side of the frame and from the neck down only wearing a dark dress and clutching a potted fern plant. The right another plant sits covered in plastic on a small table with a white decorative tablecloth. The white room the subjects are in is brightly-lit by mid-day sunlight shining in