Stefan Tiefengraber lives and works in Graz and Linz, Austria. After six years of working for a TV and film production company he moved to Linz in 2010 to study at the University of Art and Design Linz. 2012/13 One-year exchange at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul/Korea. 2015 Six-month residency (MMCA Changdong) stay in Seoul/Korea. Since 2016 organizer of sound art concerts and co-founder of Tresor Linz. 2020 Jury member of the Prix Ars Electronica. 2021 Excellence Award 24th Japan Media Arts Festival.

His work ranges from kinetic sound installations and interactive installations to audio-video noise performances and experimental film. Tiefengraber experiments with the modification of devices, which are originally manufactured for different purposes. Combined with the perception of the audience, this experimental attempt of exploring old and new materials leads him to new and unpredictable results.

The artist’s work was shown at Japan Media Arts Festival 2021 (Tokyo/Japan), Galerie gerken (Berlin/Germany), Ars Electronica Festival (Linz/Austria), TodaysArt 2014 (Den Haag/Netherlands), New Media Gallery (Vancouver/Canada), 16th Media Art Biennale WRO 2015 (Wroclaw/Poland), Blaues Rauschen (Bochum/Germany).