Bill Viola

(American, born 1951)

Bill Viola is an American video and installation artist known for exploring themes of spirituality and existential introspection. In his work The Crossing (1996), Viola’s interest in technology as a means to convey mysticism is externalized. Using a double-sided projection screen, the artist displays a torrent of water falling upon and covering a figure, followed in the video loop by the same figure being engulfed in flames. “The fundamental aspect of video is not the image, even though you can stand in amazement at what can be done electronically, how images can be manipulated and the really extraordinary creative possibilities,” he once reflected. “For me the essential basis of video is the movement—something that exists at the moment and changes in the next moment.” Born on January 25, 1951 in New York, NY, he received his BFA in experimental studio art in 1973 from Syracuse University. Throughout his career, Viola has employed ever newer technologies to create electronic music, video installations, and television broadcasts. For the Venice Biennale in 1995, Viola created The Greeting, a video that reinterprets the 16th-century Italian artist Pontormo’s religious painting, Visitation (1528-1529), into a secular drama of similar intensity. Viola currently lives and works in Long Beach, CA. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, among others.

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Bill Viola Artworks

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Traveling on Foot, 2012

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Traveling on Foot, 2012

Tina Kim Gallery

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Addie, 2008

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Howard, 2008

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Leila Heller Gallery

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Ocean Without a Shore

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Ocean Without a Shore

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Five Angels for the Millennium, 2006

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Five Angels for the Millennium, 2006

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Five Angels from the Millennium, 2001

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Five Angels from the Millennium, 2001

Sale Date: March 7, 2024

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FIVE ANGELS FOR THE MILLENNIUM, 2001 |..., 2006

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FIVE ANGELS FOR THE MILLENNIUM, 2001 |..., 2006

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

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Untitled, 2012

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Untitled, 2012

Sale Date: September 15, 2023

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Dolorosa, 2000

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Dolorosa, 2000

Sale Date: June 5, 2023

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The Locked Garden, 2000

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The Locked Garden, 2000

Sale Date: June 9, 2023

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Dialogues, 2002

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Dialogues, 2002

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Ablutions, 2005

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Ablutions, 2005

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Union, 2000

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Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Ablutions, 2005

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Ablutions, 2005

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Hatsu Yume - First Dream, 1981–2002

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Hatsu Yume - First Dream, 1981–2002

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Witness, 2001

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Witness, 2001

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Five Angels for the Millennium, 2001, 2006 / , 2001

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Five Angels for the Millennium, 2001, 2006 / , 2001

Sale Date: May 20, 2022

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Addie, 2008

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Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

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Hatsu-Yume First Dream, 2002

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Cartella «Five Angels for the Millennium,..., 2006

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Cartella «Five Angels for the Millennium,..., 2006

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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