Caroline Heider studied camera and image technologies at the Vienna Film Academy as well as photography at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.

The focus of Heider's work is on the exploration of technical images, their effects, the conditions of their production, gender aspects, and the transfer of analogue photography technologies to the digital realm. She researches and teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she is a senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Photography and Time-Based Media. Her work has been exhibited at Museum Moderne Salzburg, at Belvedere in Vienna, and at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Caroline Heider has received the 32nd Austrian Graphic Award as well as the Outstanding Artist Award from the Austrian ministry of culture. Her artworks are part of both private and public collections.

The artist currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.