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Heinz Riegler (born 1969, Vienna) is an Austrian born artist working between Australia and Europe. First emerging as a songwriter and performer in the late 1980s, Riegler has since expanded his output across video,  installation, compositional  and visual art. Riegler works both as a solo artist and performer as well as frequent collaborator and contributor to a variety of projects. He is an ARIA Music Award winner, was twice short listed for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship and is the co-founder of minus20degree, a biannual art and architecture festival located in the Austrian Alps.

1990s

As founder, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of the ARIA Music Award winning group Not From There, Riegler’s work first reached critical acclaim as well as a global audience. Formed in London, UK, the group gained momentum after relocating to Australia in 1993, where they released two albums in Sand On Seven and Latvian Lovers, along with numerous EP's and singles, performing in Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA from 1991 through to 2000.

2000s

Following the disbandment of Not From There in 2001, Riegler began a long-standing collaboration with Lawrence English and Tam Patton (Full Fathom Five) in Brisbane based I/O3 ensemble. I/O3 focus on improvised performances and have to date issued two limited edition LPs, Powerhouse Sessions and A Picturesque View, Ignored  on the Room 40 label. As a member of I/O3, Riegler has recorded and performed with the likes of Mike Cooper, David Toop, Robin Rimbaud, Ben Frost and DJ Olive. Around the beginning of the decade Riegler also contributed guitars to Lawrence English's Transit and Calm   LPs  as well as adding lyrics and vocals to Adam Franklin’s solo debut project Toshack Highway.

In 2004 Riegler formed Brisbane-based group Nightstick with Tam Patton and Martin Lee. The group toured Australia frequently, released a self-titled EP on the Dot Dash label and disbanded in early 2006.

In 2008 Riegler curated a season of improvised live scores for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. The three-month season, titled Out of The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond, saw Riegler hand-pick a selection of artists to perform live scores to silent films. During the season, Riegler also took on a number of improvised performances in solo mode.

Twice shortlisted for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship in 2008  and 2009,  Riegler began to perform new material live in concert around the same time. Containing audio recordings from the previous ten years, Riegler released a limited edition of 60 audio cassettes in 2009. Titled Survey #1, the cassette contained demo songs, excerpts from The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond instrumental works; as well as other previously unreleased compositions and collaborations.

2009 also saw Riegler exhibit 'Five Frames’, a debut collection of visual art works as part of a group exhibition at Brisbane’s Doggett Street Studios.

2010s

In October 2010, Riegler released a limited edition 7inch vinyl single titled "And The Lovers Make A Scene" / "Andy Looks Up At The Sky", collaborating with visual artists Bo Stahlman, Alex Gillies and Stephen Mok to create three sets of sleeve artwork. An edition of 200 was issued as part of an exhibition at Brisbane's Doggett Street Studios gallery.

To mark 10 years since Room 40's release of A Picturesque View, Ignored LP in 2001, Riegler returned to performed with I/O3, David Toop and Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) for the Open Frame Festival at London’s Cafe Oto.

Riegler spent large parts of 2011 in his native Austria working on recording projects, as well as completing a single channel video piece titled Motion Portrait #1. This work was named winner at MICA TonBild 2011 in Vienna, Austria in November 2011 and two years later was selected for the inaugural Channels Festival and Ikono Festival, where it screened at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in September 2013.

Riegler returned to perform at London’s Cafe Oto as part of Lawrence English’s Lonely Women’s Club and released of a number of online single channel video vignettes titled ’60 Seconds in Flachau’ and 'Keep that Heart Pumping'.

Audio recordings made in Austria during an 80 day spell in an alpine mountain cabin were released titled Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never Had) on Room40’s new A Guide To Saints imprint in May 2012. An accompanying single channel video piece titled No Colour / No Sound, Part I was subsequently premiered on Australian music website Mess & Noise. A track titled ‘Morning’ formed the basis of the soundtrack to a Paul W Rankin short video piece titled BNE 6:07AM. Using a selection natural materials found and collected during his time in alpine Austria, Riegler exhibited a collection of works titled Auflösung in Salzburg’s Kapitelplatz. This commissioned work comprising of six individual pieces remained exhibited in the old town of Salzburg from June until September of 2012.

Later that year, Riegler created the soundtrack and sound design to a TD Architects short film animation that debuted at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam. In a further collaboration with Theo Deutinger of TD Architects, Riegler went on to co-found minus20degree

Returning to Australia in 2013, Riegler took up an artist residence in the Blackall Ranges to begin a collaboration with visual artist Allyson Reynolds. The resulting exhibition titled Score for a Mineral Landscape was debuted at the Moreton Bay Regional Gallery in June of 2013. Set in a dark immersive space, Score for a Mineral Landscape combines Riegler’s 32 minute, six-channel audio installation with Reynolds’ 1.2 x 15 meter oil-on-linen painting. Coinciding with the exhibition, Riegler and Reynolds issued the Score for a Mineral Landscape box set documenting the exhibition. Limited to an edition of 30, this box set includes a 100 page hardcover publication, a 12” vinyl recording and unique graphite-on-paper drawing by Riegler. A stand alone edition of 120 LP’s also titled Score for a Mineral Landscape was issued by Riegler on his Alsergrund imprint. No digital version of the score has been released to date.

In September 2013 Riegler, released an ambient recording titled Sleep Health, again on Room 40 imprint A Guide to Saints, both on cassette and as digital download. The release was accompanied by two single channel video works, titled, Sleep, and Health, respectively. An exhibition of Riegler’s graphite-on-paper works as well as live performances at the Sound Summit and Open Frame Festivals took place in October and November 2013.

Riegler returned to Europe to work on the second instalment of minus20degree in the Austrian Alps. The festival took place in late January 2014.

Bundaberg/Sunken Houses   etc etc.