Rini Tandon, born in India, has lived and worked in Vienna since 1978. She studied Psychology and Fine Arts at the universities of Delhi and Baroda, India and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she taught from 1987 till 2022.

Her works have been shown in noteworthy institutions such as the Kunsthalle Oslo | Grita Insam Gallery, Vienna (1986) | Aperto, Venice Biennial (1988) | Anina Nosei Gallery, New York (1989) | Austrian Sculpture, Generali Foundation | Secession, Vienna (1990) | Visionary Positions, Fundacao Calousto Gulbenkian, Lisbon (1998) | Mindy Oh Gallery, Chicago (1993), Chemould Gallery, Bombay
(1993) | Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
(2000) | Positions of Women Artists from 1945 till Today, Kunsthalle Krems (2003) | Lentos, Kunstmuseum, Linz
(2006) | Nature Morte Gallery, Berlin
(2009) The Content of Form, Generali Foundation (2013); Aesthetics of Change, MAK, Vienna (2017) | Raum Mit Licht Gallery, Vienna (2010, 2017) | Venice Biennial (2022).