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BILL VIOLA 1951–2024
The unfolding of consciousness,
the revelation of beauty, present even after death,
the moment of awe, the space without words,
the emptiness that builds mountains,
the joy of loving, the sorrow of loss,
the gift of leaving something behind for the next traveler.
—BV
Viola on location for Room for St. John of the Cross, recording Sierra Nevada mountains near Lone Pine, Owens Valley, CA, April 1983. Photo by Kira Perov. Courtesy Bill Viola Studio and Southern & Partners. © Bill Viola Studio
JULY 13, 2024 — It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Bill Viola, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists.
He passed away peacefully at home on July 12th, at the age of 73. The cause was Alzheimer’s Disease. Viola is survived by his wife and longtime creative collaborator, Kira Perov, executive director of Bill Viola Studio, sons Blake and Andrei Viola and daughter-in-law Aileen Milliman.
Viola was a pioneer in the fields of new media, video, and installation art. For over 50 years his visionary environments, defined by immersive video and soundscapes, focused on the fundamental human experiences of birth, death, and the unfolding of consciousness. By slowing down the images, Viola shifted viewers’ sense of perception and awareness to reveal the inner world.
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CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
December 3, 2024–January 26, 2025
Bill Viola: Moving Stillness
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle
CURRENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
NORTH AMERICA
September 27, 2024–January 27, 2025
Information (1973), Electric Op
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York
September 13, 2024–January 20, 2025
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979 (1979), Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina
June 2024–late 2025
The Sleepers (1992), and Witness (2001), Fondation Giverny (in French)
Installed at Fondation Giverny, 3333 Boul Crémazie E, Montréal, QC, Canada
Also on view, at the Observatoire à Shefford, QC location:
The Return (2007), The Fall into Paradise (2005) and Observance (2002)
photo: document original
March 25, 2022–July 26, 2026
The Quintet of the Silent (2000), The Clowes Pavilion Reimagined
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indiana, USA
EUROPE/UK
June 14, 2024–January 12, 2025
Installation photograph of Il Vapore (1975), with perfumer-designed eucalyptus scent
Mondes Sensibles : Une histoire sensorielle de l’œuvre d’art totale
International Museum of Perfumery, Grasse, France
ONGOING
Self Portrait, Submerged (2013), Corridoio Vasariano, Le Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
The Night Journey (2007–2018), zkm_gameplay. the next level, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ocean Without a Shore (2007), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ocean Without a Shore (2007), PLANTA - Sorigué, Balaguer (Lleida), Spain
The Silent Sea (2002), The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005),
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity (2013), Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) (2014), and Mary (2016), Commissions for St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK
PAST EXHIBITIONS
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NOW AVAILABLE
In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the
ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera
Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles. This book offers a
behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American
artist Bill Viola created four hours of video as a visual
complement to this profound psychological drama.
It also tells the story of its commissioning by the then
Paris Opera director Gerard Mortier, who pushed the
boundaries of what opera could be by inviting a trinity
of California-based creatives to re-imagine a
Tristan und Isolde for our times.
For more detailed information, view the book sheet.
Distributed for Mercatorfonds, available through Amazon,
Yale University Press, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.
The Night Journey (2007–2018), is a collaboration
between Bill Viola and USC Game Innovation Lab,
including award winning game designers Tracy
Fullerton,Todd Furmanski and Kurosh ValaNejad
The Night Journey is one of the first experimental art
games ever made. It uses both game and video
techniques to tell the universal story of an individual’s
journey toward enlightenment.
2014 monograph by John G. Hanhardt, ed. Kira Perov
The Gerald Fox film, "Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's"
Available on DVD through Arthaus Musik GmbH
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