Bill Viola
b. 1951 — d. 2024 (aged 73)
Director
Writer
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
Filmography
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Bill Viola: Palazzo Reale, Milano
2023 Director
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Cose che non si assomigliano neanche
2019 Self
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★ 6.4
Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's
2017 Self
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Bill Viola: Retrospectiva
2017 Director
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Bill Viola - James Cohan Gallery
2017 Self
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Bill Viola and Kira Perov in Conversation with Clare Lilley
2015 Self
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Tiempos del tránsito
2014 Actor
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Crossroads
2014 Director
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Bill Viola, expérience de l'infini
2014 Self
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Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures
2013 Director
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La Sala
2011 Self
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★ 7.3
Testimony
2008 Self
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The Transfiguration Series
2008 Director
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★ 6.7
Ocean Without a Shore
2007 Director
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Phoenix - Fliegt
2007 Self
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★ 3.3
Human Nature
2004 Self
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The Tristan Project
2004 Director
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★ 6.6
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003 Self
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Bill Viola at the Gasometer Oberhausen
2003 Director
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★ 7.5
First Light
2002 Director
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★ 8.4
The Voyage
2002 Actor
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Gatekeeper
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★ 6.2
The Deluge
2002 Director
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★ 6.0
The Path
2002 Director
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Fire Birth
2002 Director
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Going Forth by Day
2002 Director
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Cinematographer
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Bill Viola
1998 Self
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A World of Art: Works in Progress
1997 Self
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The Works III
1994 Writer
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★ 5.7
Angel's Gate
1992 Director
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★ 6.8
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986 Director
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Nattövning
1985 Actor
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★ 6.4
Anthem
1983 Director
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★ 5.3
Reverse Television: Portraits of Viewers
1983 Director
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★ 4.5
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983 Actor
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (In Situ Installation)
1982 Director
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★ 6.7
Hatsu yume
1981 Director
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★ 6.2
Ancient of Days
1981 Director
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Cinematographer
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Event Horizon
1980 Director
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★ 6.7
The Reflecting Pool
1979 Actor
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★ 6.3
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979 Director
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Frames of Reference
1978 Director
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★ 5.9
Sweet Light
1977 Actor
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Memories of Ancestral Power (The Moro Movement in the Solomon Islands)
1977 Director
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Palm Trees on the Moon
1977 Director
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★ 5.6
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976 Director
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Gravitational Pull
1975 Director
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Origin of Thoughts
1975 Director
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A Million Other Things 2
1975 Director
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Rain - Three Interlocking Systems
1975 Director
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Instant Replay (In Situ Installation)
1972 Director
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