Esther Stocker, born in 1974 in Schlanders, is an Austrian artist known for her black and white paintings, sculptures, room installations, and construction-related works.

Esther Stocker studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Eva Schlegel and continued her training at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan and the Art Center College in Pasadena. Her signature visual language centers on minimalist systems of order, which form the structural basis of her paintings.

Across her practice, Esther Stocker develops countless variations of geometric grids, continually subverting their strict rules. Her work explores perception-theoretical questions and the mechanisms of visual perception, presenting an apparent order while simultaneousl...