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.
Filmography
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018)
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Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's (2017)
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Martyrs: Earth (2014)
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Martyrs: Water (2014)
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Martyrs: Fire (2014)
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Bill Viola, Experience of the Infinite (2014)
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Martyrs: Air (2014)
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Martyrs (2014)
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Inverted Birth (2014)
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Tiempos del tránsito (2014)
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What Is Cinema? (2013)
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The Dreamers (2013)
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Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity (2013)
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The Encounter (2012)
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Walking on the Edge (2012)
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A Phrase from Chris (2011)
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The Innocents (2008)
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Three Women (2008)
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Ocean Without a Shore (2007)
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Basin of Tears (2005)
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Ablutions (2005)
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005)
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Fire Woman (2005)
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The Tristan Project (2004)
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The Raft (2004)
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Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart (2003)
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Emergence (2003)
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Fire Birth (2002)
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The Path (2002)
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The Voyage (2002)
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Going Forth By Day (2002)
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Four Hands (2001)
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Catherine's Room (2001)
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Surrender (2001)
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The Quintet of the Astonished (2000)
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Anima (2000)
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The Crossing (1996)
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The Veiling (1995)
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The Greeting (1995)
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Déserts (1994)
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The Passing (1992)
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The Sleepers (1992)
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Heaven and Earth (1992)
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Slowly Turning Narrative (1992)
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The Nantes Triptych (1992)
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The Stopping Mind (1990)
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Angel's Gate (1989)
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Sodium Vapor (1986)
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
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Silent Life (1986)
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Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1984)
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983)
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Anthem (1983)
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Ancient of Days (1982)
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981)
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Vegetable Memory (1980)
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The Reflecting Pool (1979)
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Moonblood (1979)
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) (1979)
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Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979 (1979)
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Memories Of Ancestral Power (1977)
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He Weeps for You (1977)
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Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers (1977)
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The Wheel of Becoming (1977)
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Sweet Light (1977)
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Guadalcanal Requiem (1977)
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The Morning After the Night of Power (1977)
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Songs of Innocence (1976)
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Junkyard Levitation (1976)
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Four Songs (1976)
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The Space Between the Teeth (1976)
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Truth Through Mass Individuation (1976)
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Migration (for Jack Nelson) (1976)
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Return (1975)
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The Semi-Circular Canals (1975)
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A Million Other Things (2) (1975)
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Red Tape: Collected Works (1975)
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A Non-Dairy Creamer (1975)
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Playing Soul Music to My Freckles (1975)
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The Crossing
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1951-01-25 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Praemium Imperiale, Catalonia International Prize, Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, Maya Deren Award, MacArthur Fellows Program
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