Erik Steinbrecher (born 1963 in Basel, lives and works in Berlin) is known to a wide international audience, especially since his participation in documenta X (1997), as well as further major institutional presentations such as at Kunst-Werke in Berlin, MoMA PS1 in New York, the Kunsthalle Vienna, the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, and The Weserburg Museum of Modern Art in Bremen.

His work as an artist has developed in two main directions, into the areas of sculpture and architecture, as well as into the realm of publication. Steinbrecher has released numerous books and printed matter, which always reveal a strong conceptual idea and function as independent artworks.