February 2, 2026 (Berlin, Germany) – SOCIÉTÉ is delighted to announce the collaborative representation of Conny Maier with Hauser & Wirth.
German artist Conny Maier lives and works in Portugal. Shaped by the distinctly different environments of her home country and the place she now calls home, her multi-perspectival practice forges new relationships between landscape, climate and human psychology, unfolding through climactic scenes that merge geological distress with instinctual urges. Maier has attracted international attention for bold, brawny, assertively hued paintings populated by misshapen figures, interspecies entanglements, and symbolically charged motifs. Symbolic objects—flowers, animals, offerings and ritual elements—appear throughout her paintings and sculptures, acting as anchors for the emotional and psychological currents her work traces.
In exploring the complexities of humankind’s relationship with nature, she infuses vivid, seemingly paradisiacal landscapes with a sense of latent unease, reflecting the ever-shifting equilibrium between human intention and contemporary ecological reality. With their graphic precision and tendency toward narrative, Maier’s tableaux reflect a particularly keen awareness of the patterns that emerge from—and further reshape—the moments in which natural and manmade orders converge. Maier’s art invites reflection on the systems we build and the forces that challenge them.
‘We are delighted to welcome Conny Maier to Hauser & Wirth, to engage with the vivid world she is creating—a realm she populates with creatures and objects born from her own imagination but somehow familiar and powerfully resonant. In its rawness and poetic impact, her work seems to take its place with that of such gallery artists as Maria Lassnig and Erna Rosenstein, and a younger cohort that includes Angel Otero and Firelei Báez. We look forward to sharing Conny’s universe with ever wider audiences worldwide and to introducing her to our West Coast friends when we present a solo stand of her latest paintings at Frieze LA.’
– Marc Payot, President at Hauser & Wirth
‘It has been deeply exciting to be a partner in Conny Maier’s remarkable journey, and I am thrilled that SOCIÉTÉ will join forces with Hauser & Wirth to shape the next chapter of her career.’
– Daniel Wichelhaus, Founder and CEO of SOCIÉTÉ
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Conny Maier:
Conny Maier lives and works in Portugal. She was selected as one of the three recipients of Deutsche Bank’s prestigious Artists of the Year Prize in 2021. Her recent expansive solo exhibition Beautiful Disasters was curated by Udo Kittelmann at the Langen Foundation, Neuss. Her first monograph was published on the occasion of this show. Her work has recently been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at venues including Art Basel Unlimited 2023, Basel; De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg; PalaisPopulaire, Berlin; MUDEC, Milan; and at Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden.
Conny Maier is part of a number of public collections including Albertina Museum, Vienna; Alkar Contemporary Collection, Bilbao; Boros Collection, Berlin; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt; Hildebrand Collection, Leipzig; Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin; Kistefos Museum, Norway; Musée d’art Moderne, Paris; among others.
About SOCIÉTÉ:
SOCIÉTÉ is a Berlin-based contemporary art gallery with a global reach. The gallery’s bold curatorial approach plays a pivotal role in advancing its artists’ visions, supporting major museum exhibitions, biennials, and acquisitions by leading institutional collections worldwide. Operating in both the primary and secondary markets, SOCIÉTÉ provides curated advisory services to select clients.
Beyond its exhibitions, the gallery’s publishing initiative, EDITION SOCIÉTÉ, collaborates with prominent writers and graphic designers to produce artist books, catalogues, and, more recently, high-end artist editions.
SOCIÉTÉ is an active presence at major international art fairs, including Art Basel, Art Basel Paris, Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze New York, Frieze London, ARCOmadrid, and Gallery Weekend Berlin.
Image credits:
1. Portrait of Conny Maier. Photo by Sebastian Emmert
2. Conny Maier,Café & Orangen/ Bonjour tristesse, 2025. Photo by Trevor Good
3. Conny Maier, Gigante 1, 2023. Photo by Trevor Good
4. Conny Maier, Komm wir brüten, 2025. Photo by Trevor Good