Erwin Redl (born 1963) in

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is an Austrian-born artist currently living in the United States. As artistic medium, he uses

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s. His work includes installations, videos, graphics, computerart, and electronic music.

Life and work

Redl studied electronic music and composition at the

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. Then he moved to New York City, where he studied

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at the

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; he graduated in 1995. With his artwork ''Matrix VI'', he lit the face of the

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in New York during the

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2002. His works, some of them are named ''Matrix'', were shown in New York, Germany, France, Austria, and Korea. The installation called ''Fade I'' allows visitors to move into lit spaces. This installation was shown in

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, France, as part of Lille 2004 (fr) -

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, where it animated the Eglise Sainte-Marie Madeleine (fr). Erwin Redl's ''Nocturnal Flow'' has been installed in the Paul G. Allen Center. The artwork, an 85-foot brick column at the west end of the atrium, was chosen by the Washington State Arts Commission. It was supported by the Washington State's Art in Public Places Program. Erwin Redl lives and works in New York.

Public collections

* ACE GALLERY Los Angeles, * C3 Budapest,

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, Hungary * Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St. Pölten, AustriaErwin Redl in Landesmuseum Niederösterreich (German)
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References

External links

Official Website

Biography with an image of the Installation "Nocturnal Flow"

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redl, Erwin Austrian artists 1963 births Living people University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni American digital artists American postmodern artists Artists from New York (state) American new media artists American installation artists American conceptual artists American sound artists American experimental musicians Experimental composers Male classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians