Reinhold Bidner was born in Salzburg, Austria. He studied at University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Dundee, Scotland, and he graduated in Berlin. Until 2006 he was a key researcher at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz in the field of time-based media. For almost 20 years Reinhold has been working in animation, media art and games, either as an independent artist or since 2006 as a member of the collective gold extra. In the last 10 years he has been teaching animation and motion graphics at various art institutions, e.g., Art University Linz and University of Applied Sciences Salzburg. Reinhold received various awards (e.g., Outstanding Artist Award Austria), grants and residencies (e.g., La Cité internationale des arts Paris), exhibits nationally and internationally, and his films were presented at numerous festivals, to name a few: Annecy Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Ars Electronica.