Bill Viola

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Bill Viola is an American contemporary video artist renowned for his immersive, slow-motion installations that explore themes of perception, spirituality, and the human condition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary artist
person
video artist
artMedium installation
sound
video
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellowship
birthDate 1951-01-25
birthPlace New York City
Queens
collaborator Kira Perov
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
degree Bachelor of Fine Arts
educatedAt Syracuse University
education Syracuse University
employer Thirteen WNET New York
surface form: WNET Thirteen
familyName Viola
fieldOfWork contemporary art
video art
givenName Bill
hasExhibitedAt Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
surface form: Guggenheim Museum

Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern
Venice Biennale
Whitney Museum of American Art
movement contemporary art
installation art
new media art
name Bill Viola self-link
nationality American
notableFor immersive video installations
large-scale projections
slow-motion video works
notableWork Five Angels for the Millennium
Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)
Ocean Without a Shore
The Crossing
The Greeting
The Passions
The Quintet of the Astonished
The Raft
residence Long Beach
surface form: Long Beach, California
spouse Kira Perov
theme birth and death
perception
spirituality
the human condition
time and duration
transcendence
usesTechnique extreme slow motion
high-definition video
large-scale projection
workedAt Florence
surface form: Art/Tapes/22, Florence

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Bill Viola name Bill Viola self-link
Nam June Paik influenced Bill Viola
Musée de Grenoble hasWorkBy Bill Viola