Bill Viola
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Director (Directing)
2018
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
as Self
2017
Mary
Writer (Writing)
2016
Martyrs: Earth
Director (Directing)
2014
Martyrs: Water
Director (Directing)
2014
Martyrs: Fire
Director (Directing)
2014
Martyrs: Air
Director (Directing)
2014
Martyrs
Director (Directing)
2014
Inverted Birth
Director (Directing)
2014
What Is Cinema?
as Self
2013
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Director (Directing)
2013
The Dreamers
Director (Directing)
2013
The Encounter
Director (Directing)
2012
Walking on the Edge
Director (Directing)
2012
Traveling on Foot
Director (Directing)
2012
A Phrase from Chris
Director (Directing)
2011
The Innocents
Director (Directing)
2008
Three Women
Director (Directing)
2008
Ocean Without a Shore
Director (Directing)
2007
Poem B (The Guest House)
Director (Directing)
2006
Basin of Tears
Director (Directing)
2005
Ablutions
Director (Directing)
2005
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
Idea (Writing)
2005
Fire Woman
Director (Directing)
2005
The Tristan Project
Director (Directing)
2004
The Raft
Writer (Writing)
2004
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
as Self
2003
Emergence
Director (Directing)
2003
Going Forth By Day
as (segment "The Voyage")
2002
Fire Birth
Director (Directing)
2002
The Path
Director (Directing)
2002
The Voyage
as Gatekeeper
2002
Four Hands
Director (Directing)
2001
Catherine's Room
Director (Directing)
2001
Surrender
Director (Directing)
2001
The Quintet of the Astonished
Director (Directing)
2000
Anima
Director (Directing)
2000
Eternal Return
Director (Directing)
2000
Ascension
Director (Directing)
2000
The Crossing
Director (Directing)
1996
The Veiling
Director (Directing)
1995
Interval
Director (Directing)
1995
Trovoada
as Self (voice)
1995
The Greeting
Director (Directing)
1995
Déserts
Director (Directing)
1994
The Passing
Director (Directing)
1992
Slowly Turning Narrative
Director (Directing)
1992
The Nantes Triptych
Director (Directing)
1992
Heaven and Earth
Director (Directing)
1992
The Sleepers
Director (Directing)
1992