biografia di Bill VIOLA (1951)
Personal data
Birth : 01/25/1951 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Long Beach CA California, United StatesRepresentatives
Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Education
School of Art and Design – Syracuse University (BFA) – 102 Schaffer Art – Syracuse NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Sound installation - Video - Video installation Movements and styles
Video ArtWorks
| The Arc of Ascent | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Video installation Process : sound Size : 7 x 3 cm | |
| The Sleepers | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Video installation | |
| Nantes Triptych | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Video installation Process : sound | |
| The Passing | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Video Technical data : 54' | |
| Angel's Gate | |
| Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Video Technical data : 4' | |
| I Do Not Know What It Is What I Am | |
| Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Video Process : sound Technical data : 89' | |
| Moose | |
| Date of creation : 1974 Medium : Sound installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
Works from the tristan project
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/28/2007 – 05/15/2007
2006
Love/Death: the Tristan Project
Haunch of Venison – London, United Kingdom
06/21/2006 – 09/02/2006
2005
Observance
Liverpool Museum – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
2005 – 04/17/2005
2003
National Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/22/2003 – 01/04/2004
The World of Appearances
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/05/2003 – 05/03/2003
2002
Royal Hibernian Academy – Dublin, Ireland
11/2002 – 11/30/2002
Going Forth by Day
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
2002 – 01/12/2003
Going forth by day
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin – Berlin, Germany
02/09/2002 – 05/05/2002
2001
Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
11/06/2001 – 09/01/2002
Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millenium
Anthony d’Offay Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001
2000
The World Of Appearances
Helaba Main Tower Landesban Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale – Frankfurt, Germany
2000
Bill Viola: New work
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
2000
1999
Bill Viola: A 25-Year Survey
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1999
Bill Viola : A 25-Year Survey
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1999
1998
Bill Viola: A 25-Year Survey
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1998
Bill Viola: A 25-Year Survey
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
1997
Bill Viola: Fire, Water, Breath
Guggenheim Museum SoHo – New York NY, United States
1997
1993
Bill Viola: Unseen Images
Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
12/10/1993 – 02/28/1994
Bill Viola: Unseen Images
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
06/06/1993 – 08/22/1993
Bill Viola: Unseen Images
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
04/03/1993 – 05/23/1993
Retrospective
MACM Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada
01/21/1993 – 03/14/1993
1992
Bill Viola: Unseen Images
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
12/18/1992 – 02/28/1993
Bill Viola: 2 installations
Anthony d’Offay Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/21/1992 – 11/20/1992
Nantes Triptych
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Nantes, France
07/03/1992 – 08/31/1992
Retrospective
Donald Young Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
01/21/1992 – 03/14/1992
1989
Bill Viola: Installations and Videotapes
Winnipeg Art Gallery – Winnipeg, Canada
09/14/1989 – 11/22/1989
1987
Bill Viola: Installations and Videotapes
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
11/16/1987 – 01/03/1988
1985
Retrospective
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
04/27/1985 – 05/26/1985
1983
Rétrospective
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
12/20/1983 – 01/29/1984
1979
Projects: Bill Viola
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/15/1979 – 04/24/1979
1974
Bill Viola: Video and Sound Installations
The Kitchen – New York NY, United States
02/19/1974 – 02/23/1974
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galería Moisés Pérez de Albéniz – Larrabide, 21 – Pamplona, Spain
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Haunch of Venison – 6 Haunch of Venison Yard – London, United Kingdom
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jamileh Weber – Waldmannstrasse 6 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°22
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
02/13/2003 – 02/18/2003
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Frameworks Verlagsgesellschaft mbH – Gumpendorfer Strasse 89 – Vienna, Austria
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : James Cohan Gallery – 533 West 26th Str. – New York NY, United States
Festivals
2000
La Beauté
Divers lieux – Avignon, France
05/27/2000 – 10/01/2000
Group exhibitions
2005
Marie Madeleine Contemporaine
Lille, France
01/22/2005 – 04/17/2005
2004
Realm of the Senses
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/10/2004 – 01/29/2005
2003
Vers d’autres paysages !
Le Parvis Centre d’Art Contemporain – Ibos, France
2003 – 06/21/2003
Videoactes
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
07/30/2003 – 10/19/2003
Le Corps Transformé
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – National Gallery of Canada – Shawinigan, Canada
06/15/2003 – 10/05/2003
Independence
South London Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/03/2003 – 08/03/2003
2002
Material World: from Lichtenstein to Viola
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
2002
L’Ultima Cena
Castel dell’Ovo – Naples NA, Italy
12/20/2002 – 01/25/2003
L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003
Vidéo Topiques tours et retours de l’art vidéo
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
10/17/2002 – 02/02/2003
Zwischenzeit
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/11/2002 – 09/01/2002
C’est pas du cinéma !
Le Fresnoy Studio national des Arts Contemporains – Tourcoing, France
01/26/2002 – 03/24/2002
2001
Jusqu’au Bout
Attitudes – Espace d’Arts Contemporains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
10/04/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
2000
Lie of the Land, earth body material
Arnolfini Gallery – London, United Kingdom
04/01/2000 – 05/19/2000
1998
The Art of Memory
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
1998
La coscienza Luccicante
Palazzo Delle Esposizioni – Rome, Italy
09/16/1998 – 10/30/1998
1997
Versus 2000
Museo d’Arte Moderna – Bozen, Italy
12/06/1997 – 03/01/1998
Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/16/1997 – 09/07/1997
1995
Interactivité, Image mobile, Vidéo – 3ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
12/20/1995 – 02/18/1996
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
1993
Chaoos – Turbulence – Critical Points
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
01/29/1993 – 04/18/1993
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
1987
L’Epoque, la Mode, la Morale, la Passion. Aspects de L’Art Aujourd’hui, 1977-1987
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
05/21/1987 – 08/17/1987
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/31/1987 – 06/28/1987
1985
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/13/1985 – 06/09/1985
1984
The Luminous Image
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984
1982
Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982
1977
Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1992
Le Corps Endormi, Pour La suite Du Monde : Cahier propos et projets
Publisher: MACM Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – 185 Sainte Catherine Ouest – Montréal QC, Canada
1992
Perception, Technology, Imagination and the Landscape
1992
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
1999
Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934
Periodicals
2002
HARRISON Sara – Bill Viola
in: Art Monthly n° 257 p. 29
London, United Kingdom
06/2002
NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – “J’ai voulu plonger le spectateur dans le cycle universel de la vie”
in: Art Actuel n° 23 p. 88
Paris, France
11/2002-12/2002
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