Bill Viola

American (58 years old, born 1951)
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Ablutions (installation view), (2005)
Video installation
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Video still from Tristan and Isolde (2005)
Photo: Kira Perov
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From The Tristan Project
James Cohan Gallery

Passage Into Night (2005)
Photo: Kira Perov
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From The Tristan Project
James Cohan Gallery

Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in the Space After Death) (2005)
Photo: Kira Perov
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From In-finitum
Palazzo Fortuny

Bodies of light (2006)
102 x 122 cm
Video installation

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From Bill Viola: Bodies of Light
James Cohan Gallery
Price On Request

Incarnation (2008)
Color High-Definition video on plasma display
mounted on wall; two channels amplified sound
61.2 x 36.4 x 5 in (155.5 x 92.5 x 12.7 cm)
8:55 minutes
Edition of 5
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Winning Bid: £140,000

Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
London, October 16, 2009
Lot: 23

Isolde's Ascension (The Shape ... (2005)
colour high-definition video on plasma display; stereo sound
61¼ x 36 3/8in. (154.4 x 92.5cm.)
duration: 10minutes 30seconds
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Sotheby's Contemporary Art Including Arab & Iranian Art
London, October 16, 2009
Lot: 143

Man Of Sorrows
Executed in 2001, this work is number 5 from an edition of 5, plus 1 artist's proof.
colour video on freestanding LCD flat panel
screen: 49 by 38 by 4.5cm.;19 1/4 by 15 by 1 3/4 in. overall (including plinth): 152.7 by 48.2 by 43cm.; 60 1/8 by 19 by 16 7/8 in.
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Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Day
London, July 1, 2009
Lot: 145

Six Heads (2000)
LCD flat panel with DVD playback equipment and one DVD
40 3/8 x 24 x 3½in. (102.1 x 61 x 8.9cm.)
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BILL VIOLA
Winning Bid: $120,000

Christie's Post-War And Contemporary Art Afternoon
New York, May 14, 2009
Lot: 314

Study for the Voyage

color video diptych on two LCD flat panels
overall: 15 x 42½ in. (38.1 x 107.9 cm.)
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BILL VIOLA
Winning Bid: $220,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening
New York, May 12, 2009
Lot: 11

The Last Angel

screen size: 47 1/2 x 28 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. 120.7 x 71.8 x 9.8 cm. (diagonal: 50 in. 127 cm. ) overall installation: 86 x 83 in. 218.4 x 210.8 cm.
DVD, 50" plasma screen and speakers
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BILL VIOLA
Winning Bid: £119,000

Phillips De Pury Contemporary Art Evening Sale
London, February 12, 2009
Lot: 49

Unspoken (Silver & Gold)

Black and white video projected diptych on one gold and one silver-leaf panelmounted on wall. 62.3 x 193.1 x 5.7 cm. (24.5 x 76 2.2 in). 
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Winning Bid: $280,000

Sotheby's (AUCTION) RED
New York, February 14, 2008
Lot: 41

The Return

Video
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Winning Bid: $500,000

Sotheby's Contemporary Art
New York, November 15, 2007
Lot: 457

Witness

Video
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Phillips De Pury Contemporary Art Part I
New York, May 17, 2007
Lot: 11

The Quintet of the Silent (2000)

Galleries showing Bill Viola

Berlin
Haunch of Venison
London
Haunch of Venison
New York
James Cohan Gallery
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
Haunch of Venison
Reggio Emilia
Collezione Maramotti
Shanghai
James Cohan Gallery
Zürich
Haunch of Venison

Solo Shows with Bill Viola

Bill Viola: Bodies of Light at James Cohan GalleryOct 23, 2009-Dec 19, 2009
For over 35 years Bill Viola has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art. Presenting Bodies of Light, an exhibition that spans two decades and includes the New York premiere of Pneuma (1994/2009) a video/so...
The Tristan Project at James Cohan GalleryApr 28, 2007-May 15, 2007
James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of video works by Bill Viola in conjunction with the presentation of The Tristan Project at Lincoln Center on May 2nd and 5th. This acclaimed production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan und Iso...

Exhibitions by iCI - Independent Curators International

Eye for I: Video Self-Portraits(1990 - 1992)
Video Transformations(1986 - 1988)

Exhibitions

La Biennale di Venezia 1995Posted: 2007-05-18
National Pavilion of USA

La Biennale di Venezia 2001Posted: 2008-12-11
All Artists in La Biennale di Venezia 2001

Documenta 8, 1987Posted: 2007-05-22
All Artists in Documenta 8, 1987

Documenta 9, 1992Posted: 2007-05-21
All Artists in Documenta 9, 1992

More Information

Interview in The Art Newspaper, June 2006Posted: 2006-06-22
...
TAN: Is making your work about the filming or the editing?
BV: No, it’s the editing. The filming is like a sculptor gathering trash or going into nature and finding stones, bringing back the marble; that’s a vital step. Then it’s in the room with you and the real creative stuff begins. It’s like a chess game; I figure out as many of the moves as I can inside. When I’m absolutely sure of what I want to do, I start working. You can see in these notebooks, the very first thing I did for Tristan was make a drawing, a proper sketch of a tree. You know my art school training occasionally comes in handy in the actual work I’m doing! I read and hand-copy a lot, I copy out a lot of quotes longhand, huge sections; if I write the quotes out I remember them. ...



Posted: 2006-06-22
Viola lives and works in Long Beach, California, with his wife and long time collaborator, Kira Perov, and their two sons.

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