Bill Viola
Director
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.
Born1951-01-25
Place of BirthQueens, New York, USA
Known For
Mary
Drama
Sodium Vapor
6.0
Déserts
6.9
Return
5.3
The Reflecting Pool
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Drama
The Raft
Martyrs: Air
Going Forth By Day
The Dreamers
The Tristan Project
Music
10.0
The Voyage
Ascension
6.7
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Catherine's Room
The Stopping Mind
6.0
Angel's Gate
Documentary
The Nantes Triptych
Documentary
Four Hands
6.3
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
Documentary
6.0
Information
Junkyard Levitation
6.4
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Documentary
Vegetable Memory