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For more information please contact: James Cohan New York Kukje Gallery Seoul Southern & Partners London Or, contact us.	*BILL VIOLA* 1951–2024 The unfolding of consciousness, the revelation of beauty, present even after death, the moment of awe, the space without words, the emptiness that builds mountains, the joy of loving, the sorrow of loss, the gift of leaving something behind for the next traveler. —BV Viola on location for Room for St. John of the Cross, recording Sierra Nevada mountains near Lone Pine, Owens Valley, CA, April 1983 Photo by Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio JULY 13, 2024 — It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Bill Viola, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. He passed away peacefully at home on July 12th, at the age of 73. The cause was Alzheimer’s Disease. Viola is survived by his wife and longtime creative collaborator, Kira Perov, executive director of Bill Viola Studio, sons Blake and Andrei Viola and daughter-in-law Aileen Milliman. Viola was a pioneer in the fields of new media, video, and installation art. For over 50 years his visionary environments, defined by immersive video and soundscapes, focused on the fundamental human experiences of birth, death, and the unfolding of consciousness. By slowing down the images, Viola shifted viewers’ sense of perception and awareness to reveal the inner world. Read more ... *SOLO EXHIBITIONS* March 29–August 24, 2025 BILL VIOLA: THE RAFT Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska *GROUP EXHIBITIONS* *NORTH AMERICA* June 2024–late 2025 The Sleepers (1992), and Witness (2001), Fondation Giverny (in French) Installed at Fondation Giverny, 3333 Boul Crémazie E, Montréal, QC, Canada Also on view, at the Observatoire à Shefford, QC location: The Return (2007), The Fall into Paradise (2005) and Observance (2002) photo: document original March 25, 2022–July 26, 2026 The Quintet of the Silent (2000), The Clowes Pavilion Reimagined Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indiana, USA *EUROPE* April 30, 2025–August 18, 2025 Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat), 1979, Out of focus. Another vision of art, from 1945 to the present day Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France April 19, 2025–January 4, 2026 Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in the Space After Death), 2005, Erotica - Beyond Beauty and Shame Limburgs Museum, Venlo, The Netherlands April 17–November 16, 2025 The Night Journey (2007-2018), GamePlay. Playing For Impact MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania April 11-–October 12, 2025 Surrender (2001), Another Gaze. Works from the collection of Gemma De Angelis Testa (in Italian) Villa Panza, Varese, Italy April 4, 2025–September 20, 2026 Stations (1994), The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM Collection ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany February 23–June 29, 2025 Self Portrait, Submerged (2013), Il Ritratto dell’Artista (in Italian) Museo Civico San Domenico Forlì, Italy *ONGOING* Self Portrait, Submerged (2013), Collezione degli autoritratti, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy The Night Journey (2007–2018), zkm_gameplay. the next level, ZKM \| Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany Ocean Without a Shore (2007), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [CLOSED until 2026 for renovations] Ocean Without a Shore (2007), PLANTA - Sorigué, Balaguer (Lleida), Spain Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) (2014), and Mary (2016), Commissions for St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK PAST EXHIBITIONS	NOW AVAILABLE In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles. This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours of video as a visual complement to this profound psychological drama. It also tells the story of its commissioning by the then Paris Opera director Gerard Mortier, who pushed the boundaries of what opera could be by inviting a trinity of California-based creatives to re-imagine a Tristan und Isolde for our times. For more detailed information, view the book sheet. Distributed for Mercatorfonds, available through Amazon, Yale University Press, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers. The Night Journey (2007–2018), is a collaboration between Bill Viola and USC Game Innovation Lab, including award winning game designers Tracy Fullerton,Todd Furmanski and Kurosh ValaNejad The Night Journey is one of the first experimental art games ever made. It uses both game and video techniques to tell the universal story of an individual’s journey toward enlightenment. 2014 monograph by John G. Hanhardt, ed. Kira Perov The Gerald Fox film, "Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's" Available on DVD through Arthaus Musik GmbH