Frenzi Rigling studied at the School of Design in Zurich. Her works are represented in all important public collections in Austria.

The artist works with found objects and everyday objects, which she rearranges and assigns new meanings to. The hidden beauty of the everyday is sensually revealed through her subtle and profound handling of a wide variety of materials.

In her artistic exploration of feminism, she deals with socio-political issues as well as the connection between chance and myth and the dimension of temporality. The creative process is just as important as the end product. The artist draws strength and inspiration from nature and her garden. Frenzi Rigling has long been working with materials with feminine connotations - textiles. ‘The fact that I can work effortlessly with textiles today has to do with the fact that my mother was a seamstress and I spent my youth next to sewing machines, looms and bobbin lace pillows.’ Written texts, or rather the empty space between the lines, also play a major role in Rigling's work. The artist uses felt and other materials to cut out the space between letters, moving between the lines in a form of deciphering that transforms the hidden into the object-like and thus makes it visible.

Photocredit: Portrai © Alois Moosbacher