Biography Heidi Grundmann
In 1987, after working for many years as a cultural journalist, critic, editor and producer at the ORF (Austrian National Radio/TV) Heidi Grundmann founded the weekly radio program KUNSTRADIO-RADIOKUNST which she curates and produces. KUNSTRADIO consists entirely of original works for radio by artists of all disciplines.
Heidi Grundmann also lectures and writes on art and new media and has organised and curated many symposia and exhibitions related to art practice in the electronic media – especially radio and TV. She is on the advisory panels concerning visual arts of the Austrian Ministry of Culture and on the music jury of the DAAD, Berlin. She is at present chairperson of "Ars Acustica International", the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) experts group on radio art.
Heidi Grundmann is a founding member and president of TRANSIT – a-not-for-profit association for the production of cultural projects in the public space of the electronic media.