Introduction
Erwin Redl (born 1963) in Gföhl, Lower Austria is an Austrian-born artist currently living in USA. As artistic medium he uses LEDs. His work includes installations, videos, graphics, computerart and electronic music.
Life and work
Erwin Redl studied electronic music and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Then he moved to New York City, where he studied Computer Art at the School of Visual Arts, he graduated in 1995. With his artwork "Matrix VI" he lit the face of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York during the Whitney Biennial 2002. His works, some of them are named Matrix, were shown in New York, Germany, France, Austria and Korea. The installation called Fade I allow visitors to move into lit spaces. These installations were shown in Lille, France, where it animated the Eglise Sainte-Marie Madeleine. Erwn 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, Budapest, Hungary
- Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St. Pölten, Austria