Erik Steinbrecher

Erik Steinbrecher (* 1963 in Basel ) is a Swiss artist. His works include works in public spaces, sculptures, photo installations, video, graphics and artist books .

Life

Steinbrecher studied art and history in Basel and architecture in Zurich. In 2006 Steinbrecher was visiting professor at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Since 2008 he has been teaching at the Zurich University of the Arts and lives in Berlin .

Erik Steinbrecher is the father of two children.

Steinbrecher's printed matter is always independent works of art, not reproductions of works of art or books about art. Its fascination is due to the special, sensual materiality and the special spatiality of the book given by the sequence of pages.

Steinbrecher was a participant in documenta X 1997.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1998: Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
• 1998: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
• 2000: Kunst-Werke Berlin - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
• 2000: Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier
• 2001: Kunstverein Freiburg , Freiburg
• 2001: Couch Park - MoMA PS1, New York, NY
• 2003: Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Center d'Art, Biel / Bienne
• 2004: Politics or Porn - Kunsthalle Wien
• 2005: Minimalist Kitsch & Visionary Collection Vol. 1 - Haus Konstruktiv, Foundation for Constructive and Concrete Art, Zurich
• 2005: Stampa, Basel
• 2006: Minimalist Kitsch - Villa Merkel & Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen
• 2011: Bread & Pants - Stampa, Basel
• 2012: Above Everything - Art Library - State Museums in Berlin
• 2014: Books & Prints - Graphic Collection - ETH Zurich
• 2017: Galerie Zwinger, Berlin
• 2019: Erik Steinbrecher to checkout please - Center for Artists' Publications / Weserburg Museum for Modern Art Bremen

Publications (selection)

• Brochures - Views Against Stubbornness, Edition Akademie Schloss Solitude, 1995, ISBN 3-929085-24-0
• Couch , Merian, Basel 2000, ISBN 3-85616-123-6
• Ed. 06/11/37/89 Hotel Angst Christoph Marthaler, Schauspielhaus Zurich, 2000
• Baumann, Verlag Christoph Merian, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-85616-147-3
• Grass . Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-905509-44-1
• Arabesque à gogo . Ringier, Genève 2003, ISBN 2-940271-27-5
• Karawane Karawane , Revolver Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt a. M. 2004, ISBN 978-3-937577-92-0
• Politics or Porn , König, Cologne 2004, ISBN 978-3-88375-840-4
• Siege Bartleby , Revolver Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt a. M. 2004, ISBN 978-3-86588-252-3
• ... under the kaki tree, Revolver Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt a. M. 2005, ISBN 978-3-86588-160-1
• Minimalist Kitsch , JRP | Ringier, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-905701-77-7
• Superfundi , JRP | Ringier, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-905770-69-8
• Stubborn Statue , Tomas Kadlcik, Erik Steinbrecher and Keystone, Kodoji Press, Baden 2006, ISBN 3-03747-003-8
• Hello Heimo. Bookhorse, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523391-0-7
• Knacki , Merian Verlag, Basel 2008. ISBN 978-3-85616-398-3
• Buy Buy , Bookhorse, Zurich and argobooks, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523391-1-4
• Hippie, Rollopress and Bookhorse , Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523391-2-1
• Wind in Athens , argobooks, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941560-12-3
• Hippie (Revised), Bookhorse, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523391-2-1
• Ital Thai Chinese and Paint . Erik Steinbrecher and Zuni Halpern, Nieves, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-905714-73-9
• Strong Tobak , argobooks, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941560-58-1
• Carrots in Athens, Nieves, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-905714-83-8
• END TO ECO, argobooks, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941560-69-7
• STURM, Kodoji Press, Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-03747-010-7
• HOT DOG WARM BLUE, Erik Steinbrecher with Elena Habicher, rakete.co, Berlin 2011
• CANDY MAN, argobooks, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942700-14-6
• HALLI GALLI, Nieves, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-905714-90-6
• ORAKULA I + II, Liechtenstein Art Museum Vaduz, 2011
• TROUBLE WITH THE ANIMA, Kodoji Press, Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-03747-026-8
• Frisürchen, Kodoji Press, Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-03747-027-5
• Uber alles , rakete.co, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-88609-732-6
• Concrete, bookhorse, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-9523391-6-9
• Ernst Thälmann, argobooks, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-942700-59-7
• Moon photography, Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-905929-51-5
• HITS, JRP Ringier, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03764-394-5
• YOU AND ME AND EVERYBODY, mottobooks and rakete.co, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-2-940524-40-2
• DREAMS FIRST, mottobooks and rakete.co, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-2-940524-45-7
• METALSTIL, Vexer Verlag, St. Gallen / Berlin 2018
• Lago Mio, Edition Taube, Munich / Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-945900-16-1
• Coloring book, Nieves, Zurich 2019

Web links

• Personal website
• Exhibition meeting in Frieze
• Portrait in frieze
• Exhibition PS1 / MOMA
• Artist information
• Kathrin Frauenfelder: Steinbrecher, Erik. In: Sikart