What is Ingrid Reichel?
'''Ingrid Reichel''' (born 1961 in [[St. Pölten]], [[Lower Austria]]) is an [[Austria]]n [[artist]], [[Painting|painter]], [[essay]]ist, and a reviewer of [[arts]] and [[literature]]. ==Biography== Ingrid Reichel has grown up in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] and between 1967 and 1981 in [[Paris]], [[France]]. Then she moved to St. Pölten, the capital of Lower Austria, where she still lives with her family. She had her first art exhibitions in 1991. Her works address sociopolitical topics. Ingrid Reichel is very active in the cultural life of St. Pölten and introduces children to arts and literature. Since 2005 she writes critical reviews, essays and portraits of artists. She is a directing member of the Literary Society St. Pölten (Literarische Gesellschaft) and writes also for its literary magazine ''etcetera''. ==Exhibitions== * 1998: Cycle ''Nackte Gedanken'', Prehistoric Museum/Castle of Traismauer and Gallery Kleiner Bischofshof in Vienna * 1999: ''Reflections'', group exhibitions * 2000: Cycle ''ZOOM'', ORF Landesstudio Niederösterreich (TV of Lower Austria), St. Pölten * 2000: ''IM_PULS'', Dentist Congress, Melk * 2001: Cycle ''TABU'', Communal Museum of St. Pölten * 2002: Cycle ''Geh.ende'', Gallery fein.sinn, St. Pölten * 2003: Cycle ''isen formunge'', Haus Kremayr, Museum Ybbsitz * 2005: ''zart beseitigt'', poster series, exposition stock.WERK, St. Pölten, and Library of Lower Austria * 2007: ''high.matt.ade'', Aktionsradius, Vienna * 2008: ''Zwischen Sein & Schein, 30 Meter Sonnenschein'', façade of the Communal Museum of St. Pölten ==Other websites== *[http://www.ingridreichel.at Homepage of the artist], retrieved on 2009-09-14 *[http://www.litges.at Literary magazine etcetera, St. Pölten], retrieved on 2009-09-14 *[http://www.litges.at/litges2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=9 Eva Riebler interviews Ingrid Reichel (in German)]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved on 2009-09-14 *[http://www.stadtmuseum-stpoelten.at/Ingrid_Reichel Ar