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Bill Viola

Age · 75 Born · Jan 25, 1951 From · Queens, New York, USA Films · 62

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Biography

A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu Yume (First Dream), The Passing, and installations Room for St. John of the Cross, The Messenger and The Quintet of the Astonished, recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.

Known for

A Phrase from Chris poster

A Phrase from Chris

Ocean Without a Shore poster

Ocean Without a Shore

Fire Woman poster

Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) poster

Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)

Career timeline

2018

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

2014

2013

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity

2012

Walking on the Edge

Traveling on Foot

2011

A Phrase from Chris Notable

2008

2007

Ocean Without a Shore

2006

Poem B (The Guest House)

2005

Fire Woman Notable

2004

The Tristan Project

2003

2002

Going Forth By Day

The Path Notable

2001

Catherine's Room

2000

The Quintet of the Astonished

1996

1995

1994

1992

Slowly Turning Narrative

The Nantes Triptych

1990

The Stopping Mind

1986

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

Full filmography

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde poster

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Martyrs: Earth poster

Martyrs: Water poster

Martyrs: Fire poster

Martyrs: Air poster

Martyrs poster

Inverted Birth poster

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity poster

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity

The Dreamers poster

The Encounter poster

Walking on the Edge poster

Walking on the Edge

Traveling on Foot poster

Traveling on Foot

A Phrase from Chris poster

A Phrase from Chris

The Innocents poster

Three Women poster

Ocean Without a Shore poster

Ocean Without a Shore

Poem B (The Guest House) poster

Poem B (The Guest House)

Basin of Tears poster

Ablutions poster

Fire Woman poster

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