Two Women, 2008
Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted on wall
Performers: Pamela Blackwell and Weba Garretson
Photo: Kira Perov
Ocean Without a Shore, 2007
Video/sound installation
Color High-Definition video triptych, two 65” plasma screens,
one 103” screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs
stereo sound)
Room dimensions variable
Performer: Blake Viola
Installation view, Church of San Gallo, Venice
Photo: Thierry Bal
Fall 2012 - Fall 2014 Going Forth By Day (2002), "Arc of Life," Chamber Music Monterrey Bay, Carmel, CA
-Joan Tower Daedalus String Quartet (April 14, 2012)
-Kevin puts Trio Solisti + Jon Manasse, Clarinet (Fall 2012)
-George Tsontakis St. Lawrence String Quartet, with Soprano (Fall 2013)
-Chris Theofanidis Miró String Quartet (Fall 2014)
EUROPE
May 4 - July 29, 2012 Four Hands (2001), Catherine's Room (2001), Surrender (2001), Visitation (2008), Ascension (2000), The Quintet of the Unseen (2000) "Norfolk & Norwich Festival," Sainsbury Center for the Arts, Norwich, UK
May 7, 2012 - November 4, 2012 Surrender (2001), "Arte Torna Arte," Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
May 12 - October 30, 2012 Ablutions (2005), The Sleepers (1992), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Nantes Triptych (1992), Three Women (2008), The Innocents (2007), The Darker Side of Dawn (2005), Passage into Night (2005), Poem B (2005), Eternal Return (2000), Emergence (2002), "Bill Viola: Reflections," Villa di Panza, Varese, Italy
May 16, 2012 Sodium Vapor (1979), Lecture by Otto Neumaier in conjunction with exhibition "Tag - und Nachtbilder," Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
May 23 - July 31, 2012 The Raft (2004),
"The Best of Times, The Worst of Times. Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art," Kiev International Bienniale of Contemporary Art, Armoury, Kiev, Ukraine
May 26 - September 9, 2012 Ablutions (2005), Three Women (2008), Dissolution (2005), The Reflecting Pool (1978-79), The Passing (1991), The Messenger (1996), The Eye of the Heart (2003) - A documentary by Mark Kidel, "Bill Viola: Water," Nordic Watercolor Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
NORTH AMERICA
March 19 - May 17, 2012 Helena (2008), "Passing Time," Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, IN
March 30 - July 8, 2012 Memory Surfaces Mental Prayers (1977), "Wish You Were Here, The Buffalo Avant-Garde in the 1970's," Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
November 19, 2011 - Ocean Without a Shore (2007), "Ocean Without a Shore," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
EUROPE
April 26, 2012 - Ongoing Tristan's Ascension (2005), "Bill Viola: Tristan's Ascension," Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
April 19 - June 30, 2012
The Lovers (2005), "Struggle(s)," Maison Particuliére,
Brussels, Belgium
April 4 - June 10, 2012 The Silent Sea (2002), "Silence," Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
March 29 - July 10, 2012 Acceptance (2007), "Migration," Arndt Berlin, Sydney, Australia
March 8 - August 12, 2012 The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Surrender (2001), Dolorosa (2000), Four Hands (2001), Six Heads (2000), Man of Sorrows (2001),
"Art and Emotions Through Five Centuries," Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
March 16 - June 10, 2012
Union (2000), "Going Around the Corner: Works from the Berlingieri Collection," MACRO, Rome, Italy
February 8 - May 8, 2012
Reverse Television -- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Centre Pompidou, Paris
ASIA
March 9 - May 6, 2012 The Return (Take for Red) (2007), Anika (2008), The Far Shore (2007), Melina (2008), Poem A (2005), Tempest (Study for the Raft) (2005), Unspoken (Silver & Gold) (2001), "Bill Viola: Unspoken," James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai
January 24 - May 6, 2012 The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection," The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
September 28, 2010 – semi-permanent installation The Veiling (1995), “Blackbox”, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Emergence, 2002