Tanja Hester

Installation View, Hallberg Award Exhibition

Nov-Dec 2024, Ridley Gallery Sierra College

Foreground: “Discomposed” (2024, see next slide)

Background (left to right): “Disposable Sacra” (2024, Paper clay), “No Anesthesia I” (2023, Acrylic on canvas), “No Anesthesia III” (2024, Acrylic on canvas)

Laurel Self-Portrait, 2025

25×19 inches

Charcoal, soft pastel and homegrown capsicum annuum molds on blue paper

Dissolving Sacrum, 2025

12x12x6 inches

Paper clay, garden soil, and homegrown soil and wood chip mycelia

Personal Growth, 2025

25×19 inches

Charcoal, homegrown solanum pimpinellifolium wild tomato, and molds on pink paper

Mold Portrait, 2025

24×18 inches

Soft pastel and homegrown capsicum annuum molds on black board

Invisible (Fugitive), 2024

28×22 inches

Fugitive pigment watercolor on rag paper

Internal Abstract (Scope), 2024

36×48 inches

Acrylic on canvas

Gefühl der Flüchtigkeit (Fugitive Feeling), 2024

12×19 inches

Watercolor anthotype, two-month outdoor sun exposure

Breath of Fire, 2024

24×48 inches

Acrylic on canvas

Brain Fog, 2025

24×48 inches

Acrylic on canvas

Make Small, 2024

24×24 inches

Fugitive pigment watercolor and soft pastel on Evolon poly-nylon fabric in mixed media frame

Great Veins, 2024

35×21 inches

Soft pastel, wax crayon and oil pastel on medical exam table paper

Chinese hamsters’ ovary stem cells are better at making antibodies than my whole human body, 2024

15×11 inches

Fugitive pigment watercolor on rag paper

Literal Vampire, 2024

19×20 inches

Fluorescent (fugitive) soft pastel on polyester interfacing fabric

Blow Machine, 2024

30×22 inches

Fugitive pigment watercolor and soft pastel on Evolon poly-nylon fabric

Selfies from the NICU, 2024

Two drawings of 4×5 inches and 4×6 inches

Colored pencil on stippled paper

Pedestrian, 2024

36×21 inches

Charcoal and soft pastel on discarded medical exam table paper

No Anesthesia III, 2024

48×36 inches

Acrylic on canvas

No Anesthesia I, 2023

48×36 inches

Acrylic on canvas