Michael Aschauer was born 1977 in Steyr, Austria. He now lives and works in Vienna. Aschauer studied Digital Arts and Media Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where he graduated wth a M.A. degree in Digital Arts.

Arschauer's work has featured in the following exhibitions and festivals:
2002: BIG Torino; Ars Electronica (with distinction); Underground Film Festival, New York.
2003: lothringer13/halle Munich; Spektral, O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst; Ars Electronica; Abstraction Now, Künstlerhaus Wien.
2004: YBCA, San Francisco; Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam.
2005: Now is The Time, Kunsthaus Graz.
2006: Ars Electronica, Linz; Viper International Festival für Film Video und Medien, Basel.
2007: SIANA Semaine Internationale des Arts Numérique et Alternatifs, Évry;
2008: transmediale.08, Berlin. m.ash.to/@/