Bill Viola is an American contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media.
13 Facts About Bill Viola
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Bill Viola's works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousness.
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In 1973, Bill Viola graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in experimental studies.
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Bill Viola studied in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, including the Synapse experimental program, which evolved into CitrusTV.
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Bill Viola was invited to show work at La Trobe University in 1977, by cultural arts director Kira Perov.
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Bill Viola represented the United States at the 46th Venice Biennale in 1995, for which he produced a series of works called Buried Secrets, including one of his best known works The Greeting, a contemporary interpretation of Pontormo's The Visitation.
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The first biography of Bill Viola, entitled Bill Viola on Video, was written by Federico Utrera and published in Spain in 2011.
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Bill Viola Studio is run by his wife, Kira Perov, who is the executive director.
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Bill Viola has worked with Viola since 1978 managing and assisting Viola with his videotapes and installations.
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In 2000, Bill Viola collaborated with the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails and its lead singer Trent Reznor to create a video suite for the band's tour.
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In 2004, Bill Viola began work on a new production of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde, a collaboration with director Peter Sellars, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and executive producer Kira Perov.
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Bill Viola was awarded the XXIst Catalonia International Prize on May 11,2009.
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Bill Viola felt as if there are 3 different structures to describe patterns of data structures.