Bill Viola
Surrender, 2001
Video Installation
Color video diptych on two plasma displays mounted on wall
Photo:
© Kira Perov

 

PAST EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

UNITED STATES

  • August 19–November 5, 2023
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000), Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings
    Art on Hulfish—Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
  • February 25–March 25, 2023
    Bill Viola
    James Cohan - 48 Walker, New York, NY
  • December 6–17, 2022
    The Tristan Project

    Los Angeles Philharmonic, California, USA
  • September, 2019–June 2022
    Surrender (2001), Fragile Figures: Beings and Time
    21c Museum Hotel, Nashville, Tennesee, USA
  • March 12–June 5, 2022
    Ascension (2000), Immersive
    Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, USA
  • February 19–May 15, 2022
    Three Women (2008), Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art
    Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, USA
  • April 30, 2021–April 30, 2022
    Catherine's Room (2001), Saint Somebody: Technologies of the Divine
    Art Vault Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • January 14–February 19, 2022
    Passage into Night (2005), A Través
    James Cohan, New York, NY, USA
  • October 21, 2021–February 2, 2022
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), OPEN WORLD: Videogames and Contemporary Art
    Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
  • January 1–31, 2022   
    Reverse Television—Portraits of Viewers (Compilation Tape), 1983-4,
    Reverse Television–Portraits of Viewers (Compilation Tape)

    Media Arts Gallery, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, USA
  • October 8, 2021–January 2, 2022
    Three Women (2008), Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art
    Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • July 20–October 31, 2021
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), Homo ludens. Videogames to understand the present (in Spanish)
    CaixaForum Madrid, Spain
  • June 12–September 5, 2021 
    Three Women (2008), Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art
    Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • April 1–June 27, 2021   
    Bill Viola: Slowly Turning Narrative
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • August 20, 2020–Winter 2021
    The Night Journey (2002), Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art
    Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  • June 2, 2019–March 7, 2021   
    Eternal Return (2000), "The Light Show," Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA
  • September 29–December 30, 2020  "Bill Viola: The Raft," Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    Join Chazen director Amy Gilman, James Cohan, gallerist, director and founder of James Cohan galleries and Kira Perov,
    executive director of Bill Viola Studio, as they discuss Bill Viola’s moving video work, The Raft (May 2004):
    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=745557935994523
  • September 22, 2019–September 27, 2020    
    Memoria (2000), "ALMOST HUMAN: DIGITAL ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION,"
    San Jose Museum of Art, California, USA February 16–March 2020 (closed early, covid-19)    
    The Raft (May 2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, USA
  • October 19, 2019–February 2, 2020
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), "Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art," Akron Art Museum,
    Ohio, USA
  • March 15, 2019–January 5, 2020
    Becoming Light (2005), "Bel Canto," SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • October 10, 2019–January 5, 2020
    The Raft (May 2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
  • November 1–December 20, 2019
    Catherine's Room (2001), "James Cohan: Twenty Years," James Cohan, New York, USA
  • June 28–December 31, 2019
    Ocean Without a Shore (2007)
    , Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • June 26–October 6, 2019
    The Veiling (1995), The Fabric Museum and Workshop (FMW), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • June 8–September 8, 2019
    The Raft (May 2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  • August 11 at 2:00am only
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), as part of "The Whole Celebration," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, USA
  • April 7–July 22, 2018
    The Crossing (1996), "You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • October 11, 2017–July 22, 2018
    BILL VIOLA: Martyrs–Earth, Air, Fire, and Water,
    Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York
  • October 7, 2017–June 17, 2018
    The Reflecting Pool (1977–9), "Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection," Orange County Museum of Art,
    Newport Beach, California
  • February 3–May 12, 2018The Raft (May 2004), "BILL VIOLA: THE RAFT,"
    The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • November 4, 2017–April 22, 2018
    Anthem (1983), "The Time. The Place. Contemporary Art from the Collection," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
  • February 22–April 14, 2018
    "Bill Viola: Moving Stillness," James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York
  • October 7–December 31, 2017
    The Reflecting Pool (1977–9), "Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection," Orange County Museum of Art,
    Newport Beach, California
  • November 18, 2016–May 7, 2017
    "Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait," Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DCFebruary 1–26, 2017
    Study for Emergence (2002), "Close Up: Piermatteo D’Amelia's Annunciation," Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MassachusettsSeptember 10–December 18, 2016
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr and Water Martyr (all 2014),"Home Land Security," Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio of San Francisco, California
  • June 17, 2016- September 11, 2016
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death), 2005, "Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art," The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
  • December 10, 2015 - January 30, 2016
    Inverted Birth (2014); Ancestors (2012); Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr, Water Martyr (2014) "Bill Viola," James Cohan Gallery, New York
  • April 10, 2015
    Going Forth By Day (2002), "Arc of Life," Work of Chris Theofanidis, to be premiered by Miró String Quartet Chamber Music Monterrey Bay, Carmel, CA
  • January 24 - April 26, 2015
    Chott el-Djerid (1979), "White," MOCA Jacksonville, FL
  • January 24 - April 12, 2015
  • The Raft (2004), "Leonardo da Vinci's Leicester Codex and the Power of Observation," Steele Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
  • December 6, 2014 - March 1, 2015
    The Dreamers (2013), "Bill Viola: The Dreamers," Healy Gallery, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
  • September 26, 2014 - January 20, 2015
  • The Crossing (1996); The Quintet of the Silent (2001), "Bill Viola: Capturing Spectacle and Passion" Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
  • September 7- November 23, 2014 The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Signs of Life," Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, La Canada-Flintridge, CA
  • September 18 - November 10, 2014
    Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers (1977), "Figgeo Video Series," Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
  • September 18- September 21, 2014
    Ancestors(2012); Earth Martyr (2014); Aire Martyr (2014); Fire Martyr (2014); Water Martyr (2014), "Art Fair," Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
  • May 1, 2014 - August 29, 2014
    Acceptance (2008), "Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present," Leila Heller Gallery, New York
  • March 24 - July 27, 2014
    "Video Vault: The 70s Revisited," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
  • October 23, 2013 - December 4, 2013
    Surrender (2001), "Resonance: Audilble Silence in Portraiture," Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • June 27 - October 27, 2013
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Beyond Belief: 100 Years of the Spiritual in Modern Art," The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
  • June 16, 2013 - September 29, 2013
    The Night Journey, "Art of Video Game Design," Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona (traveling from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.)
  • October 5, 2013
    Bill Viola to receive 13th annual Aurora Award, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
  • July 14 - September 1, 2013
    The Night Journey, "XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design," Museum of Design Atlanta, Georgia
  • February 13 - August 11, 2013
    Ascension (2000), "Bill Viola: Ascension," Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
  • July 20, 2013
    "2013 National Artist Award Recipient," Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
  • January 25, 2012 - March 19, 2013
    The Reflecting Pool-- Collected Work 1977-80, "Bill Viola: The Reflecting Pool-- Collected Work 1977-80," Hand Art Center, Stetson University, Deland, FL
  • August 26 - March 24, 2013
    The Raft (2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
  • January 31 - May 5, 2013
    Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2004), "Seismic Shifts," National Academy Museum, New York
  • April 14-16, 2013
    Video Screenings & Convocation Lecture, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
    -April 14, 4pm: "Vision as reception," Sweet Light (1977), Ancient of Days (1979-81), Chott el-Djerid (1979), Auditorium of Wriston Art Center
    -April 15, 7pm: "Vision as reflection," The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), Angel’s Gate (1989), Auditorium of Wriston Art Center
    -April 16, 11:10am: Convocation Lecture, "Artless Art," Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    -April 16, 7pm: "Vision as reflection," Migration (1976), I Do Not Know What it is I am Like (1986), Auditorium of Wriston Art Center
  • November 17, 2012 - February 23, 2012
    Visitation (2008), "Into the Mystic," Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • September 22, 2012 - February 3, 2013
    Reverse Television- Portraits of Viewers, Compilation Tape (1983-84), "Video Vintage," ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • December 5, 2012 - March 3, 2013
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Surrender (2001), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Unspoken (2001), Observance (2002), Catherine's Room (2001), Four Hands (2001), Three Women (2008), Ancestors (2012) and The Raft (2004), Ascension (2000) "Liber Insularum," MOCA North Miami
  • December 10, 2012 - February 10, 2013
    Heaven and Earth (1992), "Behold, America!," San Diego Museum of Art
  • October 13 - November 27, 2012
    Heaven and Earth (1992), "Life and Death," School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  • December 7, 2012, 5pm
    Art Basel Miami Beach Conversations – Bill Viola + Bonnie Clearwater
    Miami Beach Convention Center – Hall D, Miami Beach
  • July 28 - October 28, 2012
    The Last Angel (2002), "Sacred Geometry and Secular Science," Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
  • November 9, 2012, 7:30pm
    Conversation with John Walsh, "Bill Viola: Transformation from Within," San Francisco Zen Center: First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco
  • 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
  • February 12 - June 17, 2012
    Six Heads (2000), "Look Now: Modern and Contemporary Art from Private Collections," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
  • March 19 - May 17, 2012
    Helena (2008), "Passing Time," Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, IN
  • January 27 - March 4, 2012
    Helena (2008), "Passing Time," Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT
  • December 10, 2010- December 31, 2011
    Surrender (2001), "Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image," Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
  • October 7, 2011 - February 12, 2012
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), Migration (1976), "Exchange Evolution," Long Beach Museum of Art
  • December 3, 2011 - February 19, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool - Collected Works 1977-80, "Bill Viola Collected Works: 1977-80," Georgia Art Museum, Athens, GA
  • November 1 - 30, 2011
    Sodium Vapor (Including Constellations and Oracle) (1979), "Bill Viola: Sodium Vapore (Including Constellations and Oracle)," Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI
  • July 1 - October 9, 2011
    The Messenger (1996), "Videosphere: A New Generation," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
  • June 10 - September 10, 2011
    The Passing (1991), "Time and Place," Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan
  • June 29 - August 27, 2011
    Tape I (1972), Composition D (1973), Level (1973), Cycles (1973), In Version (1973), "The View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85," The Kitchen, New York
  • August 18 - August 28, 2011
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "The Quintet of the Astonished," Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
  • April 21 - July 24, 2011
    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1983), "God Only Knows Who the Audience Is" CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
  • January 15 - June 12, 2011
    The Night Journey (2005- ), "Real Virtuality," The Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria (New York)
  • February 11 - June 12, 2011
    Man of Sorrows (2001), "Passion in Venice," Museum of Biblical Art, New York
  • April 27 - May 1, 2011
    The Darker Side of Dawn (2005), "Open Ears 2011," CAFKA, Open Ears Festival, Kitchner, Ontario
  • January 13 - April 3, 2011
    Tempest (Study for the Raft), "Influential Element: Exploring the Impact of Water," Long Beach Museum of Art
  • April 1, 2011
    Angel's Gate (1989), "Film Fridays Series" (Screening), The Varsity Center for the Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
  • October 31, 2010 - January 31, 2011
    Anthem (1983), "The Artist's Museum," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • June 12, 2010 - February 6, 2011
    Memoria (2000), "Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
  • November 13, 2010
    Conversation, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
  • September 1, 2010 - October 30, 2010
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Two Women (2008), "Bill Viola: The Quintet of the Astonished," Urban Video Projest, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
  • May 7, 2010 - September 11, 2010
    Déserts (1994), "The Western Landscape," Seth & Maurine Derrick Horne Electronic Media Gallery, Bringham Young University, Provo, Utah
  • June 20, 2010 - September 6, 2010
    Visitation (2008), "Bill Viola: Visitation,"
    St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
  • July 31, 2010 - August 28, 2010
    Six Heads (2000), "The Second Program," Dallas Video Fest, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • August 11, 2010
    Lecture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
  • April 16, 2010 - August 1, 2010
    Three Women (2008), "Until Now: Collecting the New (1960-2010)," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
  • March 19, 2010 - August 16, 2010
    Three Women (2008), "Remember That You Will Die," Rubin Museum of Art, New York
  • March 26, 2010 - June 20, 2010
    Tempest (Study for the Raft) (2005), "Conflict / Resolution" Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado
  • February 20, 2010 - May 13, 2010
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Disquieted: Contemporary Voices From Out of the Shadows," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
  • February 5, 2010 - April 25, 2010
    Becoming Light (2005), "Desire," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
  • November 15, 2009- May 3, 2010
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • December 2, 2009 – March 7, 2009
    The Raft (2004), "Being in the World: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection," CIFO, Miami, FL
  • October 9, 2009 - March 10, 2010
    H.H. Dali Lama: A Blessing (2005), Bodies of Light (2006),
    The Missing Peace," Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
  • February 5, 2010 - April 25, 2010
    Becoming Light (2005), "Desire," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
  • December 2, 2009 - December 12, 2009
    The Last Angel (2002), "The Angel in the Flesh by Leonardo," Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA
  • October 23 – December 19, 2009
    Pneuma (1994), Small Saints (2008), Visitation (2008), Acceptance (2008), Bodies of Light (2006), Poem B (2006), “Bodies of Light,” James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
  • July 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010
    Nine Attempts to Achieve Immortality (1996), Action < > Reaction: Video Installations, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
  • November 21 , 2008 - November, 2009
    Silent Mountain (2001), "Notations: The Closing Decade," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • November 12, 2009
    Artist Lecture, OCMA/UCI Lecture Series, Orange Country Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 7:30pm
  • October 27, 2009
    Annenberg Lecture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 7pm
  • February 11 - August 16, 2009
    Dissolution (2005), "Unbounded: New Art for a New Century," Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
  • January 30, 2009 - April 19, 2009
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USAMarch 10, 2009, 6:30pm
    Award Presentation and Artist Lecture, Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USADecember 9 , 2008 - March 1, 2009. Bill speaks briefly about his residiency experience here
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  • Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat), 1979, "Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008," LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • November 22 , 2008 - February 14, 2009
    Dolorosa (2000), Anima (2000), Six Heads (2000), Man of Sorrows (2001), and The Innocents (2007), "Striking Resemblance: The Portrait as Muse," Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
  • October 30, 2008 - January 9, 2009
    The Lovers (2005), "Eros," Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, NY, USA
  • November 8 , 2008 - December 28, 2008
    The Greeting (1995), "Bill Viola: The Greeting," The Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, USA
  • September 25, 2008 - November 23, 2008
    Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat), 1979, "Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008," Pitzer Art Galleries, Claremont, CA, USA
  • October 7, 2006 -
    Eternal Return (2000), Permanent Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art—opening of the new Daniel Libeskind-designed wing, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
  • September 17, 2008
    Lecture, Visiting Artists Lecture Series, California State University, Long Beach. In conjunction with the art/tapes/22 exhibition at the University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA, USA
  • September 12, 2008
    Lecture, Des Moines Art Center, Fingerman Memorial Lecture Series, Des Moines, IA, USA
  • September 10, 2008
    Lecture: Transfiguration, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures Series, Washington DC, USA
  • June 26, 2008 and August 14, 2 8, 2008 (please refer to SAAM website for screening details)
    Four Songs (1976), Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981), and The Passing (1991), "Visionary Works", Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, USA
  • March 15, 2008 - June 8, 2008
    The Sleepers (1992), Anthem (1983), Ancient of Days (1979-81) and The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "California Video", J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA USA
  • February 28, 2008 Performance at 8:00 pm
    Déserts (1994), University of Connecticut, Von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, Ct USA
  • December 1, 2007 - March 16, 2008
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA USA
  • November 27, 2007 - August 24, 2008
    Emergence (2002), J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
  • November 21, 2007 - July 28, 2008
    Information (1973), "Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 - Now", The Museum of Modert Art, New York, NY USA
  • October 17, 2007 - December 23, 2007
    The Crossing (1996), "Bill Viola: The Crossing", Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA USA
  • October 12, 2007 - December 30, 2007
    The Space Between the Teeth (1976), "Video Trajectories", MIT List Visual Arts Center
    , Cambridge, MA USA
  • August 31, 2007 -November 5, 2007
    Reverse Television (1983), "Window/Interface", Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
    , St. Louis, MO USA
  • July 12, 2007 - August 22, 2007
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama", School of Visual Arts
    , New York, NY USA
  • April 28, 2007 - May 15, 2007
    The Fall into Paradise (2005), Passage into Night (2005), Isolde's Ascension (2005), "Bill Viola: Works from the Tristan Project", James Cohan Gallery
    , New York, NY USA
  • March 16, 2007 - September 3, 2007
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama", Rubin Museum of Art
    , New York, NY USA Click here for a Virtual Tour of The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama exhibition
  • March 2, 2007 - May 15, 2007
    The Quintet of Remembrance (2000), "Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance", Utah Museum of Fine Art
    , Salt Lake City, Utah USA In conjunction with the 2007 Tanner Lecture on Human Values at the University of Utah
  • February 10, 2007 - April 22, 2007
    Ascension (2000), "Video: Beyond the Frame: Lorna Simpson's Easy to Remember", Huntington Museum of Art
    , West Virginia, USA
  • November 6, 2006 - November 11, 2006
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Digital Forum "Video Masters: Classics from the 70s",
    Armory Center for the Arts, THE ARMORY AT ONE COLORADO, The Courtyard at One Colorado, Old Pasadena, CA, USA
  • October 28, 2006 - January 15, 2007
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama", Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, IL, USA
  • September 20, 2006 - December 10, 2006
    Reverse Television (1983), "Video: An Art, a History, 1965 - 2005 New Media from the Centre Pompidou", Miami Art Central, Miami, FL, USA
  • August 26, 2006 - December 31, 2006
    The Reflecting Pool-Collected Works 1977-80 (1980), Anthem (1983), The Passing (1991), and Déserts (1994), "New Acquisitions: Video Work by Bill Viola",
    Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, USA
  • February 26, 2006 - May 22, 2006
    Surrender (2001), "Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking",
    The Museum of Modern Art , New York, NY, USA
  • February 25, 2006
    One-night screening of Déserts (1994), David Robertson Young Artists Concert, Zankel Hall, Weil Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA
  • January 12, 2007 - March 17, 2007
    Ascension (2000), "Bill Viola: Ascension", Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • November 5, 2005 - December 22, 2005
    The Darker Side of Dawn (2005), Night Journey (2005), Becoming Light (2005), among other new works, "Bill Viola", James Cohan Gallery , New York, NY USA. Click here for Bill Viola interview . Artinfo interview click here
  • September 18, 2005 - January 3, 2006
    Eternal Return (2000), "Southern Exposure," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA USA
  • June 11, 2006 - September 10, 2006
    Bodies of Light (2005), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama",
    UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • May 31, 2005 - July 3, 2005
    Mary (2000), "Video Installations," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE USA
  • May 18, 2005 - September 5, 2005
    Surrender (2001), "Getting Emotional," The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA USA
  • May 13, 2005 - September 11, 2005
    The Greeting (1995), "Marking Time/Moving Images," Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL USA
  • February 19, 2005 - May 22, 2005
    Four Hands (2001), "On the Other Hand: New Media and Classic Photographs of Hands," George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY USA
  • February 12, 2005 - May 15, 2005
    Heaven and Earth (1992), "Collectors XX: Building a Museum Collection,"
    Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA USA
  • January 22, 2005 - March 12, 2005
    Ascension (2000), The Quintet of the Silent (2000), Observance (2002), "Transcending Time: Recent Work by Bill Viola and Lorna Simpson," Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
  • January 1, 2005 - March 13, 2005
    The Greeting (1995), "Bill Viola: The Greeting," Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA
  • December 11, 2004 - January 22, 2005
    Il Vapore (1975), "Realm of the Senses," James Cohan Gallery , New York, NY USA
  • November 20, 2004 - February 13, 2005
    The Greeting (1995) , "Pontormo, Bronzino, and the Medici: The Transformation of the Renaissance Portrait," Philadephia Museum of Art, PA, USA
  • November 18, 2004 - March 2005
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of Art, NY, USA
  • November 1, 2004 - November 30, 2004
    Surrender (2001), Robert B. Menschel Gallery in the Schine Student Center, Syracuse University, NY, USA
  • October 26 - December 23, 2004
    Vegetable Memory (1978-80), The Reflecting Pool (1979), Anthem (1983) and Six Heads (2000) , "Virigina Film Festival: Extreme Time,"
    University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA USA
  • September 11 - November 28, 2004
    Memoria (2000), "The Disembodied Spirit" (traveling show organized by Bowdoin College of Museum of Art), Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX, USA
  • July 31 - September 26, 2004
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Hypermedia," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA
  • June 4 - July 25, 2004
    The Reflecting Pool Collected Works (1977-80), "Circa 1979," Aspen At Museum, CO, USA
  • May 8 - June 26, 2004
    Catherine's Dream (2002), "Between the Lines," James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • March 5, 2004 - May 23, 2004
    Memoria (2000), "The Disembodied Spirit," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MS, USA
    (traveling show organized by Bowdoin College of Museum of Art)
  • February 7, 2004 - May 30, 2004
    Nine Attempts to Achieve Immortality (1996), "Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art", DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, USA
  • January 23, 2004 - February 21, 2004
    The Messenger (1996), "Earth, Air, Fire and Water", Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • January 22, 2004 - April 4, 2004
    Ascension (2000), "The Transformative Power of Video", Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA
  • October 12, 2003 - March 14, 2004
    The Crossing (1996), "Passion for Art: 100 Treasures 100 Years", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
  • September 28, 2003 - February 29, 2004
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art," The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, USA
  • September 25, 2003 - December 23, 2003
    Memoria (2000), "The Disembodied Spirit," Bowdoin College of Museum of Art), Brunswick, ME, USA
  • April 5 - May 3, 2003
    The World of Appearances (2000), "Bill Viola: The World of Appearances", James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • March 7 - May 25, 2003
    The Quintet of Remembrance (2000), "Self & Soul: The Architecture of Intimacy", Asheville Art Museum, NC, USA
  • January 24 - April 27, 2003
    Bill Viola: The Passions, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • September 21, 2002 - January 12, 2003
    Going Forth By Day (2002), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
  • Septermber 14, 2002 - November 16, 2002
    Six Heads (2000), "Extreme Existence", Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City, NY
  • July - October 2002
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000), permanent collection installation, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • July 2 - November 3, 2002
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000), permanent collection installation, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • November 11, 2001 - January 12, 2003
    The Quintet of Remembrance (2000), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, New York, NY
  • June 22 - August 18, 2002
    The Space Between the Teeth (1976), "Outer and Inner Space," Part III, and The Quintet of the Unseen (2000), permanent collection installation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
  • June 4 - September 2, 2002
    Chott el-Djerid (1979), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Ascension (2000), "Bill Viola: Something Above, Beyond, Below, Beneath," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington


CANADA

  • October 25, 2017–March 11, 2018
    "BILL VIOLA: NAISSANCE À REBOURS," DHC/ART Fondation pour l'art contemporain, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
  • March 13- November 19, 2017
    The Sleepers (1992), "STATE OF THE WORLD: Pictures for an Exhibition," Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
  • September 22, 2016 - January 8, 2017
    Walking on the Edge (2012), "Performing the Landscape," Glenbow Museum, Calgary, CanadaJune 4, 2016 - September 5, 2016
    Ancient of Days (1979–81), "Trans-Pacific Transmissions: Video Art Across the Pacific," Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • February 20 - 24, 2013
    The Night Journey, "Vector Game + Artist Convergence," Team Vector, Toronto
  • January 29 - February 23, 2013
    Tristan und Isolde, Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada; Performances: January 29, February 2, 8, 14, 17, 20, 23
  • October 3, 2009
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Ancient of Days (1979-81), “Nuit Blanche 2009,” Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    September 10 , 2008 - December 13, 2008
    The Quintet of the Silent (2001), "At the Crossroads of Art and Medicine," The Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  • April 5, 2008 - June 8, 2008
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 -79) , "Bruce Nauman and Bill Viola", Art Gallery of Albert, Canada
  • January 27, 2008 - April 20, 2008
    Observance (2002), "Bill Viola: Observance", Musée d'art de Joliette, Québec, Canada
  • January 1, 2008 - January 31, 2008
    Angel's Gate (1989), "ARTery", The Prairie Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada
  • February 3, 2007 - May 5, 2007
    The Greeting (1995), "Acting the Part: Photography as Theater",
    Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • June 16, 2006 - October 1, 2006
    The Greeting (1995), "Acting the Part: Photography as Theater",
    National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • May 27, 2006 - September 4, 2006
    Becoming Light (2006), "Sublime Embrace: Experiencing Consciousness in Contemporary Art",
    Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • June 15 - October 5, 2003
    The World of Appearances (2000), "The Body Transformed", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
  • August 10, 2001 - October 8, 2001
    The Sleepers (1992), "Artcité - When Montréal turns into a Museum," Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Ontario
    , Canada

 

CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA

  • February 7–April 2, 2023
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), Playmode (in Portuguese)
    CCBB Brasilia, Brazil
  • November 17, 2022–April 2, 2023
    Bill Viola: Tiempo suspendido (Suspended Time)
    Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), MexicoOctober 26, 2022–January 16, 2023
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), PLAYMODE (in Portuguese)
    Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
  • April 28–August 28, 2022 
  • Bill Viola: Tiempo Suspendido Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
  • March 30–June 6, 2022  
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), Playmode (In Portuguese)
    CCBB Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • March 15, 2019–January 5, 2020
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), "Después del futuro (in Spanish)," part of BIENALSUR, at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Neuquén, Argentina
  • June 21–September 15, 2019
    "Bill Viola. El cuerpo del tiempo," Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson, San Juan, Argentina
  • April 29–September 9, 2018
    Bill Viola - Visões do Tempo (in Portuguese), SESC Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
  • April 29–December 3, 2017
    Ascension (2000),"Naturaleza. Refugio y recurso del hombre", Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • April 17 & May 15, 2016
    Migration (1976), The Reflecting Pool (1977–79), Ancient of Days (1979–81 ), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) 1979, The Passing (1991), "El soporte es el mensaje," Club Cultural Matienzo, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOctober 17, 2015 - February 14, 2016
    Angel's Gate (1989),"MOVING TIME: VIDEO ART AT 50, 1965–2015", The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
  • October 30, 2015 - February 14, 2016
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death (2005), "PHANTOM BODIES: THE HUMAN AURA IN ART", The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
  • Februrary 7 - April 7, 2014
    Walking on the Edge (2012), 1st International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Columbia
  • November 4, 2013 - February 2, 2014
    Reverse Television-- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Oi Futuro Cultural Center Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
  • April 25 - July 7, 2013
    Chott el-Djerid (1979), "Revedecer. Paisaje 1969-2013," Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
  • October 1 - 30, 2012
    Visitation (2008), The Passing (1991), "I once was what you are, and what I am you also will be," Paço des Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
  • July 20, 2012 - July 29, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool - Collected Work 1977-80, "IMAGEM-CONTATO: Mostra de Imagem em Movimento," SESC Art Festival, São Paulo, Brazil, Screening: July 24, 7pm at SESC Pinheiros, July 28, 5pm at SESC Belenzinho
  • August 6 - 8, 2012
    Angel's Gate (1989), Anthem (1983), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light and Heat) (1979), Déserts (1994), Four Songs (1976), Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), Information (1973), Memories of Ancestral Power (1977), Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers (1977), Migration (1976), Palm Trees on the Moon (1977), Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983), Red Tape - Collected Works (1975), Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (Compilation Tape) (1984), Sodium Vapor (including Constellation and Oracle) (1979), The Passing (1991), The Reflecting Pool - Collected Work 1977-80, "NOVA Cultura Contemporanea," Auditorium Museum for Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • December 4, 2010
    Reverse Television--Portraits of Viewers (1983), Screening accompanying "tele vision," Espacio Fundacion Telefonica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • November 8 - December 15, 2004The Greeting (1995), "In Time, No Time," Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • May 27 - September 9, 2004
    Union (2000), "Hiper: arte electronica/digital", Santander Culture Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • May 3 - July 11, 2004
    Te Quintet of the Silent (2000), "Reincarnated Painting", Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • July 6 - August 31, 2013
    The Messenger (1996), The Passing (1991), Acceptance (2008), Three Women (2008), Observance (2002), Surrender (2001), Ancestors (2012), "Bill Viola: Point of Departure," Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • June 29 - September 1, 2013
    Reverse Television-- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Oi Futuro Cultural Center Belo Horizonte, Brazil

 

EUROPE/UK

  • September 25, 2022–March 2024
    Man of Sorrows (2001), Boijmans x KMSKA
    Selections from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam on view at the reopened
    KMSKA (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp), Belgium
  • October 6, 2023–January 14, 2024
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr, Water Martyr (all 2014),
    Au bout de mes rêves
    lille3000 at Le Tripostal, Lille, France
  • October 21, 2023–January 7, 2024
    Study for The Path (2002), Pensiero video. Disegno e arti elettroniche
    Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy
  • November 10–17, 2023
    Silent Mountain (2001), VIENNA ART WEEK 2023: House of Inciting Passion
    Rosingasse 19, Vienna, Austria
  • December 22, 2022–July 30, 2023
    The Raft (May 2004), Grief and Pleasure
    Odunpazari Modern Museum (OMM), Turkey
  • February 24–June 25, 2023
    Bill Viola
    Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
  • February 22–May 14, 2023
    Silent Mountain (2001), A bruit secret. Hearing in Art
    Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
  • April 27, 2023
    Déserts (1994), Péter Eötvös and the Concerto Budapest - Ligeti Ensemble
    Budapest Concerto Symphony Orchestra, Telekom Music House, Budapest, Hungary
    The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough, UK
  • February 16–March 24, 2023
    Man with His Soul (2013), Two Plus Two Makes Four
    The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough, UK
  • November 11, 2022–February 5, 2023 
    The Passing (1991), Musées en exil
    Montpellier Contemporain (MO.CO.), France
  • July 21, 2022–February 12, 2023  
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), PLAY. Videogame art and more
    Reggia di Venaria, Venaria Reale (Torino), Italy
  • January 22, 2023
    Performance of Edgard Varèse's Déserts with video by Bill Viola.
    Philharmonie de Paris, Grande salle Pierre Boulez.
  • January 17–February 4, 2023
    Revival of the fully staged opera version of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with video by Bill Viola.
    Directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
    Opéra Bastille, Paris
  • October 8, 2022–January 15, 2023 
    The Crossing (1996), Double Act
    Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands
  • September 2, 2022–January 8, 2023
    Bill Viola: Ritorno alla vita (Back to Life)
    Carminiello a Toledo Church, Naples, Italy
  • July 16–October 30, 2022  
    Bill Viola
    Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
  • July 1–October 16, 2022  
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), Homo ludens. Videojuegos para entender el presente
    CaixaForum, Sevilla, Spain
  • September 8–October 23, 2022  
    Study for Emergence (2002), Art and spirituality. Imagine the extraordinary
    Pabellón Villanueva, Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, Spain
  • April 12–September 4, 2022 
    Il Vapore (1975), The Reflecting Pool—Collected Work 1977–80 (1977–80), Anthem (1983),
    plus a screening of The Passing (1991). Il video rende felici (Video makes you happy). Videoarte in Italia
    Galleria d'Arte Moderna and Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
  • March 27–July 10, 2022  
    Acceptance (2008), Magdalene. Mystery and image
    San Domenico Museums, Forlì, Italy
  • March 5–June 26, 2022  
    BILL VIOLA: Icons of Light
    Palazzo Bonaparte, Rome, Italy
  • September 4, 2021–June 6, 2022  
    The Raft (May 2004), VENETIA 1600. Births and rebirths
    Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
  • March 31–June 5, 2022  
    Study for Emergence (2002), Art and spirituality. Imagine the extraordinary
    Colección BBVA, Palacio de San Nicolás, Bilbao, Spain
  • April 30–May 8, 2022  
    The Reflecting Pool—Collected Work 1977–80 (1977–80),
    OVER THE REAL 2022—Seventh edition
    Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy
  • November 27, 2021–May 7, 2022     
    Tiny Deaths (1992), À la mort, à la vie, Vanités d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
    Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
  • July 10, 2021–February 28, 2022  
    Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall), 2005, Purification: From Bill Viola to the Palatine Chapel
    Palazzo Reale (Palazzo dei Normanni), Palermo, Italy
  • November 26, 2021–February 27, 2022
    Study for Emergence (2002) and Ablutions (2005), CORPUS Le corps et le sacré (in French/German)
    Musée d'art et d'histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland 
  • September 22, 2021–February 27, 2022  
    Bill Viola: Inner Journey
    Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland
  • July 23, 2021–February 13, 2022
    Bill Viola 1974 Rainforest IV performance video, Teasing Chaos. David Tudor
    Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria

  • October 3, 2021–January 16, 2022
    The Raft (May 2004), RESET Crisis // Chance (in German)
    Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Germany
  • March 20, 2021–January 2, 2022   
    The Lovers (2005), Danser sur un volcan (in French)
    FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
  • October 8–10, 2021 
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), GAME OVER
    Palac Potockich (Potocki's Palace), Patchlab Digital Art Festival, Kraków, Poland
  • March 20–September 19, 2021   
    The Lovers (2005), Danser sur un volcan
    FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
  • July 10–August 15, 2021   
    Catherine's Room (2001), Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr,
    Water Martyr (all 2014), 2e Biënnale Kunst in de Heilige Driehoek (in Dutch)
    St. Paul’s Abbey and St. Catherine’s Monastery, Oosterhout, Netherlands
  • January 23–August 15, 2021
    Bill Viola: Into the Light, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
    Kira Perov, executive director of Bill Viola Studio,
    incorporates archival photos and video clips to describe
    production of works in Bill Viola: Into the Light
  • April 22–August 8, 2021   
    Unspoken (Silver & Gold), 2001, Gold and Magic
    Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark
  • October 2, 2020–August 1, 2021
    Bill Viola: Purification, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
  • April 4–April 26, 2021   
    Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2005), Points of Resistance
    Zionskirche, Berlin, Germany
  • February 15–August 1, 2021   
    Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2005), Fragments of Sphere
    Project space On the Inside, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • October 7, 2020–March 14, 2021
    The Silent Sea (2000), Poetics of Emotion (in Spanish)
    CaixaForum Girona, Spain
  • October 9, 2020–February 14, 2021
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Passions and Fervour. The Art of Powerful Emotions," LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Germany
  • June 26, 2020–January 10, 2021, "Bill Viola. Mirrors of the Unseen," Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
  • November 16, 2019–October 31, 2020  
    Four Hands (2002), Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, Science Museum, London, UK
  • February 15–October 31, 2020    
    The Encounter (2012), "Ulysses. Art and Legend" (in Italian), Musei San Domenico, Forlì, Italy
  • September 5–16, 2020
    Three Women (2008), "Autumn Edition Program," Galway International Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
  • September 14, 2019–September 13, 2020  "Impermanence," Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
  • August 21–30, 2020
    The Last Angel (2002), "Shipwrecks and visions," Cima Norma Art Festival, Torre-Blenio, Switzerland
  • February 22–August 23, 2020    
    The Trial (2015), "Miracles are all around us," Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • November 27, 2019–August 30, 2020  
    The Silent Sea (2002), "Poetics of Emotion" (in Spanish), CaixaForum, Zaragoza, Spain
  • February 1–May 24, 2020    
    Catherine's Vow (2002), "We are the revolution. Contemporary Italian Collecting," Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza, Italy. For XNL Piacenza Contemporanea
  • October 19, 2019–March 1, 2020  
    Observance (2002), "ICONS: Worship and Adoration," Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
  • September 11–February 17, 2020
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), "PLAYMODE," MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal
  • November 21, 2018–January 12, 2020
    Il Vapore (1975), "Lo spazio dell'immagine," MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy
  • September 7, 2019–January 12, 2020
    The Raft (May 2004), "Twilight Zone," Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark
  • September 25, 2019–January 12, 2020
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), "Video Games. The Two Sides of the Screen," Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
  • October 4, 2019–January 5, 2020
    "Mirrors of the Unseen," La Pedrera/Casa Milà, Barcelona, Spain. With nearby satellite installations: Ascension (2000), Bòlit, Centre d'Art Contemporani, Girona; Observance (2002), Museu de Montserrat; Visitation (2008), Museu Episcopal de Vic; Ocean Without a Shore (2007), PLANTA - Fundació Sorigué. Other events at La Pedrera, Palau de la Música Catalana and Gran Teatre del Liceu, all Barcelona
  • July 2–October 27, 2019
    The Silent Sea (2002), "Poetics of Emotion" (in Spanish), CaixaForum, Zaragoza, Spain
  • June 15–October 13, 2019
    The Raft (May 2004), "Mare Blu," Forte Marghera, Mestre, Venice, Italy
  • September 1–30, 2019
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr, Water Martyr (all 2014), "Art. No Borders. Plovdiv," Center for Contemporary Art “The Ancient Bath” & SKLAD, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • May 17–September 22, 2019
    Surrender (2001), "MIRRORS: The Reflected Self," Museum Rietberg Zurich, Switzerland
  • March 9–September 1, 2019
    "BILL VIOLA: INFINITE JOURNEY (in German), Moritzkirche, Augsberg, Germany
  • July 15–26, 2019
    Three Women (2008), "Biennale d'Autun (in French)," Chapel of the Seven Sleepers, Autun, France
  • May 17–July 31, 2109
    Tempest (Study for the Raft), 2005, "PEINTURAMA," Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris, France
  • February 7–May 19, 2019 The Silent Sea (2002), "Poetics of Emotion" (in Spanish), CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
  • April 2–May 4, 2019
    Bill Viola: Intimate Works, Blain|Southern, London, UK
  • March 10–April 21, 2019
    The Passing (1991), Study for Emergence (2002), "PASSAGEN - Übergänge des Lebens" (in German), Markuskirche, Hanover, Germany
  • February 19–March 31, 2019
    Earth Martyr (2014), "MICROCOSMO" (in Italian), Museum Palazzo Doria Panphilj, Valmontone (Rome), Italy
  • January 26–March 31, 2019
    BILL VIOLA / MICHELANGELO: Life Death Rebirth, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
  • October 18, 2018–February 24, 2019
    "Bill Viola: Vía Mística," Cuenca, Spain
  • October 1, 2018–December 31, 2019 (one-day screening only on October 6, 2018)
    The Quintet of the Unseen (2000), "MACRO ASILO," Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), Rome, Italy
  • September 14, 2018–January 6, 2019
    Sharon (2013),"The Sensation of the Sea. In honor of Bas Jen Ader," The Mesdag Collection, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • September 19–December 15, 2018
    Catherine's Room, Four Hands and Surrender (all 2001),"ARTIST'S ROOMS: Bill Viola," The Point, Doncaster Community Arts (DART), Doncaster, UK
  • May 4–December 30, 2018
    Fire Martyr, 2014, "And I will take you to Paradise,"Jugendstilsenteret and Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund, Norway
  • November 30, 2017–December 31, 2018
    Man Searching for Immortality / Woman Searching for Eternity, 2013, "BILL VIOLA: Life After Death," Stavanger Art Museum, Norway
  • June 23, 2017–March 18, 2018
    Nentes Triptych, 1992, Musée d'Arts de Nantes - Chapelle de l'Oratoire, Nantes, France
  • April 20, 2016–December 31, 2018
    The Night Journey (2003—present), "ZKM_Gameplay," ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • July 20–October 21, 2018
    The Raft (May 2004),"Turbulencias (in Spanish or Catalan)," CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
  • June 21–October 15, 2018
    "BILL VIOLA," La Nave Salinas, Ibiza, Spain
  • September 11, 16, 19, 22, 27, 30, October 3, 6, 9, 2018
    "Tristan und Isolde," La Bastille, National Opera de Paris
  • July 7–September 15, 2018
    Three of Bill’s drawings: Tristan’s Journey - Act III, Madhumalati, and The Journey (all 2006),"Doodle & Disegno," Blain|Southern Berlin, GermanyMay 1–September 1, 2018
    Three Women (2008), The Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, UK
  • June 12–August 19, 2018
    Lifespans, 2012, "Art Made Now: 250th Summer Exhibition," Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
  • May 5–July 10, 2018
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in the Space After Death), 2005, "Why Art?" (in German), Kunstmuseum der Stadt Ulm, Germany
  • November 9, 2017–May 6, 2018
    The Night Journey (2003–present), "Digital Games," Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
  • October 17, 2017–May 6, 2018
    "BILL VIOLA: ALLA CRIPTA DI SAN SEPOLCRO," La Cripta di San Sepolcro, Milan, Italy
  • October 22, 2017–April 15, 2018
    The Raft (May 2004), "The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely," Het Vlot, Oostende, Belgium
  • February 15–April 9, 2018
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr, Water Martyr (all 2014), "PASSIO 2018," Saint Martin's Church, Kortrijk, Belgium
  • September 17–December 31, 2017
    Anthem (1983), "Bill Viola—Anthem, 1983," Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Germany
  • July 27- December 17, 2017
    Emergence (2002), "Empoli e Bill Viola," Palazzo Pretorio, Empoli, Italy
  • August 29- November 26, 2017
    "BILL VIOLA—Inverted Birth," Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark
  • February 4- November 26, 2017
    The Reflecting Pool (1977–9), "Jaguars and Electric Eels," Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany
  • September 1 - November 5, 2017
    "BILL VIOLA: VISITATION REFORMATION ," Uppsala Catherdral and Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
  • June 30, 2017–November 9, 2017
    ",Bill Viola: A Retrospective" Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Bilbao, Spain

    View video of the 2017 Guggenheim Bilbao exhibition
    (in Spanish, with English comments by Kira Perov)
  • May 3, 2014 - October 28, 2017
    Acceptance (2008), Transfiguration (2007), "MAN IN THE MIRROR," Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
  • September 7–October 14, 2017
    Purification (2002), "Bill Viola / Purification," The Chapel, Brussels, Belgium

  • June 2–September 24, 2017
    "Bill Viola: Installations," Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
  • June 6–September 17, 2017
  • The Raft (May 2004), "The EMST Collection at documenta 14," Kassel, Germany
  • May 6–September 17, 2017
    Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall), 2005, "Tristan's Ascension," Galleria Ivan Bruschi, Arezzo, Italy
  • September 26, 2016–August 20, 2017
    Six Heads (2000), "Language," Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
  • March 10–July 23, 2017
    BILL VIOLA. ELECTRONIC RENAISSANCE," Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Italy September 26, 2016–August 20, 2017
    Acceptance (2008), Observance (2002), Grande Museo del Duomo, Florence, Italy
    Tempest (Study for The Raft), 2005, Complesso di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
    Self Portrait, Submerged (2012), Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
    Sharon (2013), Museo della Collegiata di Sant'Andrea, Empoli, Italy
  • June 23–July 15, 2017
    Walking on the Edge (2012), The Encounter (2012), Ancestors (2012), "Encounters," Bazis Contemporary Art Space, Cluj Napoca, Romania
  • March 9 - June 11, 2017
    Study for Emergence (2002), "Blood & Tears: Albrecht Bouts and the Image of the Passion (in German)," Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, GermanySeptember 23, 2016 - April 23, 2017
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000) and Six Heads (2000), "Ready for the Stage / Act 1 (1900–2016)," Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandsek, Remagen, GermanyJanuary 28–February 12, 2017
    The Innocents (2007), "Sequela," Ex Church of San Mattia, Bologna, Italy
  • October 7, 2016 - February 11, 2017
    Study for Emergence (2002), "Blood & Tears: Albrecht Bouts and the Image of the Passion," Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Marché-aux-Poissons, Luxembourg
  • December 10–17, 2016
    Migration (1976), "Venice International Performance Art Week," Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
  • September 15, 2016 - November 8, 2016
    Transfiguration (2007) and Ancestors (2012), "GHOSTS. Curated by Kathleen Forde," Galería Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain
  • September 1, 2016 - November 20, 2016
    Walking on the Edge (2012), The Encounter (2012) and Ancestors (2012), Ferenczy Múzeumi Centrum, Szentendre, Hungary
  • May 21, 2016 - October 16, 2016
    Man with His Soul (2013), "Different Angels," OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
  • May 20, 2016 - September 30, 2016
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "House of Impressions," Prince Golitsyn Manor, Moscow Media Art Lab/Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
  • April 20, 2016 through 2017
  • June 24, 2016 - August 28, 2016
    Remembrance (2002), "Moving Tales. Video works from the La Gaia Collection," Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco Cuneo, Cuneo, ItalyApril 4, 2016 - July 31, 2016
    The Night Journey (2003—present), "GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY," IULM University (part of the XXI Triennale International Exhibition, 21st Century: Design after Design), Milan, Italy
  • March 5, 2016 - June 12, 2016
    "TERRY FOX—BILL VIOLA," Musée du Beaux-Arts at Mons, Belgium
  • March 5, 2016 - July 3, 2016
    The Path (2002), "BOTTICELLI REIMAGINED," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
  • February 28, 2016 - June 19, 2016
    Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1982), "EMPTY ROOMS: THE BEAUTY OF EMPTINESS," Museum Kunst der Westküste, Germany
  • October 10, 2015 - April 10, 2016
    Underground Galleries: (The) Trial (2015); The Return (2007); The Innocents (2007); The Veiling (1995); Night Vigil (2005/2009); Three Women (2008); Man /Woman Searching (2013); The Dreamers (2013). Chapel:Tristan’s Ascension / Fire Woman (2005), "BILL VIOLA AT YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK," Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, UK
  • October 17, 2015 - February 14, 2016
    Angel's Gate (1989),"MOVING TIME: VIDEO ART AT 50, 1965–2015", The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
    October 30, 2015 - February 14, 2016
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death (2005), "PHANTOM BODIES: THE HUMAN AURA IN ART", The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
  • October 13, 2015 - November 7, 2015
    "BILL VIOLA, THE TALKING DRUM, 1979", The Vinyl Factory, London, UK
  • May 9, 2015- November 23, 2015
    Man with His Soul (2013), "PROPORTIO," Palazzo Fortuny, Venice - June 12 - October 26, 2015
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr, Water Martyr (all 2014), Bill Viola, Auckland Castle, UK
  • June 13, 2015 - January 31, 2016
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Future Present," Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
  • July 23, 2015 - December 13, 2015
    Observance (2002), "CARITAS. The Virtue of Charity from the Early Christians to the Present," Diocesan Museum Paderborn, Germany
  • September 25, 2015 - January 11, 2016
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "The Problem of God," Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • September 26, 2015 - January 24, 2016
    "The Path" (2002), Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
  • October 2, 2015 - January 10, 2016
    Anika (2008), "Where the Day Begins," Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villenueve d'Ascq, France
  • October 3, 2015 - February 8, 2016
    Four Hands (2001), Surrender (2001), Catherine's Room (2001), "Artist Rooms" The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Gloucestershire, UK
  • March 8 - July 6, 2015
    Mater (2001), Study for Emergence (2002), "Mater, Maternity in Art," Palazzo del Governatore, Fondazione DNArt
  • April 17 - May 23, 2015
    Information (1973), Impact Art Vidéo 74, Circuit Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • June 9, 2015
    Déserts (1994), "Happy Ears," Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt Opera House, Germany
  • April 2 - June 20, 2015
  • The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Swimming Pool," Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse, France
  • April 18 - June 19, 2015
    Memoria (2000), "Holy Mister(y) - The Sacred and the Mystery in Contemporary Art; Exposition of the Shroud," Chiesa del Santo Volto, Turin, Italy
  • April 27, 2015
    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1983), "Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers de Bill Viola," Home Cinéma, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • May 15, 2015
    Red Tape (Collected Works) (1975), "Clip," College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Scotlan
    d
  • June 18, 2014 - April 12, 2015
  • Inner Passage (2013), "Walk and Equalibrium", Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence
  • February 28 - April 12, 2015
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (2005), De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • February 14 - April 26, 2015
    Observance (2002), "Mixed Emotions/Gemengde Gevoelens," AGB MAC, Cultureel Centrum, Mechelen, Belgium
  • October 23, 2014 - April 19, 2015
    The Arc of Ascent (1992), "The Sea- An hommage to Jan Hoet," Cinema Capitole, VZW De Zee Oostende, Belgium
  • February 10 - May 17, 2015
    Il Vapore (1975), "Belle Haleine - The Scent of Art," Museum Tinguely, Basel
  • October 9, 2014 - February 22, 2015
    The Raft (2004), "The Sea," Museum Brandts, Odense C, Denmark October 3, 2014 - February 15, 2015
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79),Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2005), Three Women (2008), "Pure Water. The Most Valuable Resource in the World," LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
  • December 10, 2014 - January 31, 2015
  • Information (1973), "Refraction. The Image of Sense," BlainSouthern, London, England
  • October 8 - December 20, 2014
    Anika (2008), "As I run and run, happiness comes closer," from the collection of Laurent Dumas, Hotel Beaubrun, Paris
  • November 22, 2014 - January 6, 2015
    The Greeting (1995), Spaxio d'Arte Alberto Moretti, municipal art space of Carmignano, Centro per l'Arte Cotemporanea Luigi Pecci
  • May 3, 2014 - October 28, 2017
    Acceptance (2008), Transfiguration (2007), "Man in the Mirror," Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
  • September 26 - November 30, 2014, "The Passing," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
  • September 17 - December 14, 2014
    The Night Journey, "Vertigo of Reality," Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
  • November 8, 2014 - November 23, 2014
    The Silent Sea (2002), State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • June 14 - November 16, 2014
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "West Coast Visions," Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
  • October 23 - 26, 2014
    Delicate Thread (2012) and The Encounter (2012), Art Fair, FIAC Paris/Kukje
  • October 3, 2014
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Cineplastique," Centre Beaubourg, Salle Cinema 2
  • October 2 - 4, 2014
    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "Digitalbigscreen," Trbovlje New Media Center, Slovenia
  • October 1, 2014
    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "Je Suis un Animal," Theatre Liberté, Toulon, France
  • September 26 - 28, 2014
  • Addie (2008), Art Fair, Artinternational Istanbul/Kukje
  • September 15 - 19, 2014
  • Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Prosecco e Pop Corn," Galeria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, Italy
  • September 5 - 28, 2014 Fire Martyr (2014), "Deloitte Ignite 2014," Royal Opera House, London
  • July 10 - September 27, 2014
  • Presence (1995), "The Space Where I Am," Blain|Southern, London
  • June 13 - September 14, 2014
  • The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Narcisse, l'image dans l'onde," Centre d'Art Contemporain á Wattwiller, France
  • August 2 - 5, 2014
    The Passing (1991), "PERIPHERIES 2014," Screenings on August 2, Gorey School of Art, Gorey, Ireland
  • June 18, 2014 - April 12, 2015
    Inner Passage (2013), "Walk and the Equilibrium, the walker, the acrobat," Museo Savatore Ferragamo, Florence
  • July 5 -11, 2014
  • I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "Diffrazioni Firenze Mutimedia Festival," Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Florence
  • April 12 - July 20, 2014
    Observance (2002), Tempest (2005), Three Women (2008), Study for Emergence (2002), Ablutions (2005), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), The Passing (1991), Chott el-Djerid (1979), "Bill Viola: Passions," Cathedral of Berne & Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
  • March 8 - July 20, 2014
    The Greeting (1995), "Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Diverging Paths of Mannerism," Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
  • March 5 - July 21, 2014
  • Solo Exhibition "Bill Viola," Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
  • June 20 - 25, 2014
    Visitation (2008), "Water Tower Art Fest," Sofia, Bulgaria
  • June 13 - 15, 2014
    Anthem (1983), "The Voice and the Lens," Rich Mix Cinema, London
  • January 23 - May 31, 2014
    Emergence (2002), Eternal Return (2000), Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Venice
  • April 4 - May 31, 2014
    Man of Sorrows (2001), "About Time," Maddox Arts, London
  • April 4 - June 8, 2014
    Observance (2002), "Affekte," Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany
  • May 9 - 11, 2014
    The Passing (1992), "Nuvole," Old Mill, Scicli, Sicily
  • April 8 - May 4, 2014
    Tristan und Isolde
    , La Bastille, National Opera de Paris; performances: April 8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29, May 4
  • October 11, 2013 - March 16, 2014
    Observance (2004), Permanent Collection on view, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, UK
  • January 10 - March 30, 2014
    Silent Mountain (2001), Dolorosa (2000), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Surrender (2001), "Bill Viola: En Dialogo," Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
  • March 19 - April 6, 2014
    Inner Passage (2013), "Videoformes 2014," LA DIODE, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • November 23, 2013 - February 20, 2014
    The Raft (2004), "La Casa degli Dei," Palazzo Te, Mantova, Italy
  • January 12 - Februrary 8, 2014
    Tristan und Isolde, Teatro Real, Madrid, performances:
    January 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 31 & February 4, 8
  • October 21, 2013 - January 6, 2014
    Hall of Whispers (1995), "A triple tour," Conciergerie, Paris
  • October 24, 2013 - January 26, 2014
    Dolorosa (2000), "Mystery of Tears," MAC, Belfast, Irelan
  • December 11, 2013 - January 10, 2014
    The Encounter (2012), "Bill Viola: The Encounter," GAM, Turin, Italy
  • December 6, 2013 - January 3, 2014
    The Night Journey, "Perspectives of Play," Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
  • November 19 - 24, 2013
    The Space Between the Teeth (1976), "Carte Blache," Cinematek, Royal Belgian Archive, Brussels, Belgium (Screening)
  • November 7 - 30, 2013
    The Lovers (2005), "50 Years of Video Art," 26th Festival Les Instants Vidéo, La Friche de la belle de mai, Marseille, France
  • July 25 - December 2, 2013
    Four Hands (2001), Catherine's Room (2000), Surrender (2001), "Artist Rooms: Bill Viola," Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Wednesbury, UK
  • June 22, 2013 - October 31, 2014
    The Night Journey, "ZKM_Gameplay − The Game Platform at the ZKM Start New Game!," ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
  • June 22 - September 30, 2013
    The Lovers (2005), "Etre humain et le savoir ensemble," 6th International Contemporary Art Biennale of Melle, France
  • July 20 - September 23, 2013
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "A propos de Piscines," Musée d'Archéologie de Nice, France
  • February 26 - September 1, 2013
    Acceptance (2008), "Turbulences II," Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
  • August 4, 2013
    The Passing (1991), "Crossing the Line," Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland
  • June 5 - July 27, 2013
    Chapel of Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures (2013), The Dreamers (2013), Man with His Soul (2013), Inner Passage (2013), Man Searching for Immortality, Woman Searching for Eternity (2013), Angel at the Door (2013), The Encounter (2012), Ancestors (2012), Walking on the Edge (2012), "Bill Viola: Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures," Blain|Southern, London
  • December 14, 2012 - June 30, 2013
    Anthem (1983), Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light and Heat (1980), "Correspondences: Modern Art and Universalism," Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
  • July 2 - 22, 2013
    Three Women (2008), "4e Bienalle Moving images, inspired video-art," Great Church (Lebuinus Church), Deventer, Netherland
  • December 1, 2012 - April 7, 2013
    Three Women (2008), "About Caravaggio," Museo Tuscolano, Frascati (Rome), Italy
  • December 8, 2012 - April 8, 2013
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Life in the Space After Death) (2005), "Fortuny and Wagner," Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
  • March 4 - 22, 2013
    Three Women (2008), "Ibn Arabi International Film Festival," Palacio Almindi, Murcia, Spain
  • January 24, 2013 - April 7, 2013
    Six Heads (2000), "Through a Glass Darkly: Faces Past and Present," Museum Ernst, Budapest, Hungar
  • April 15 - May 20, 2013
    The Passing (1991), "Contemplating Death," Moscow Media Art Lab, Russia
  • December 16, 2012 - February 4, 2013
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "In the Limelight of the Infinite: Romanticism and the Present," ALTANA Kulturstiftung, Sinclair-Haus Bad, Homburg, Germany
  • October 22, 2012 - February 10, 2013
    Six Heads (2000), "The Grotesque Factor," Museo Picasso Malaga, Malaga, Spain
  • August 29, 2012 - January 13, 2012
    Hall of Whispers (1995), "Voice of Images, Paroles des Images," Palazzo Grassi, Venice
  • December 9 - 28, 2012
    The Passing (1991), "Hey Alter...," LehmbruckMuseum, Duisburg, Germany
  • September 23, 2012 - January 13, 2013
    The Raft (2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft" Museum Kunst Westküste, Alersum/Föhr, Germany
  • November 29, 2012 - January 20, 2013
    Chott el-Djerid (1980), "Video-Holes: I do not know what it is I am," MediaArtLab, Moscow, Russia
  • May 7, 2012 - December 9, 2012
    Surrender (2001), "Arte Torna Arte," Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
  • May 12 - October 28, 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
  • June 27 - September 30, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Mindscapes - paysage du mental," Centrale Électrique, Brussels, Belgium
  • July 14 - October 21, 2012
    Silent Mountain (2001), "Senses: Perceptions in Contemporary Art," Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
  • September 14 - October 15, 2012
    Oguri (2008), Three Women (2008), The Innocents (2007) "The Unknown," 3 Mediations Biennale , National Museum, Poznan, Poland
  • September 7 - 16, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Images in the sacred room and the art of Bill Viola," Morlanda Kyrka Church, Orust, Sweden (Screening)
  • June 10 - September 16, 2012
    Memoria (2000), "Faces," Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 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
  • July 13 - September 9, 2012
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Extra-Large: Ouvres monumentales de la collection du Centre Pompidou a Monaco," Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
  • August 17 - August 19, 2012
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (2005), "Lowlands Music Festival," Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
  • 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
  • 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
  • March 16 - June 10, 2012
    Union (2000), "Going Around the Corner: Works from the Berlingieri Collection," MACRO, Rome, Italy
  • 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
  • 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
  • July 14, 2012
    Ascension (2000), "The Nacht van Electra," Electra, Groningen Area, Netherlands
  • June 1 - July 1, 2012
    Anthem (1983), "Tou Camp," Tou Scene, Stavengar, Norway
  • June 21, 2012
    The Night Journey, "Accountability: It's Design in the Game," Hilversum Museum, Netherlands
  • May 29 - June 4, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Bodies, Souls and Time Machines - From Camp to Avant-garde," 28th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
  • May 16, 2012
    Sodium Vapor (1979), Lecture by Otto Neumaier in conjunction with exhibition "Tag - und Nachtbilder," Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
  • February 8 - May 8, 2012
    Reverse Television -- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Centre Pompidou, Paris
  • April 27, 2012
    The Night Journey (2005- ), "Play," ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands
  • January 20 - April 29, 2012
    The Raft (2004), Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
  • July 23, 2011 - March 18, 2012
    Silent Mountain (2001), "Images of the Mind," Deutches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden Germany (7/23/11- 10/30/11), Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic (12/8/11-3/18/12)
  • January 14 - March 4, 2012
    The Raft (2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," Kubuso Art Centre, Oytese, Norway
  • November 12, 2011 - April 9, 2012
    Threshold (1992), "The Art of Deceleration", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, German
  • September 22 - March 25, 2012
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death) (2005), Three Women (2008) , "The Value of Water," The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York
  • April 4, 2012
    Emergence (2002), Departing Angel (2001), "J.S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion," Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain
  • March 15- April 15, 2012
    The Night Journey, KINOKINO, "Game On 2.0", Sandnes, Norway
  • March 8 - May 13, 2012
    Mary (2000), " >Spotlights< video art," Essl Museum, Vienna
  • September 26, 2011 - February 28, 2012
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (The Sounds of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005), Selected Works 1976-81, "Amore e Morte" Gucci Museum, Florence, Italy
  • November 25 - December 27, 2011
    The Fall Into Paradise (2005), "Bill Viola: The Fall Into Paradise," Gardibaldi Building, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey
  • November 11, 2011 - January 30, 2012
    The Night Journey (2005- ), "Space Invaders," Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • November 11, 2011 - January 30, 2012
    The Night Journey (2005- ), "Space Invaders," Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • September 3 - December 24, 2011
    Catherine's Room (2001), Four Hands (2001), Surrender (2001), "Bill Viola," The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Ayrshir
  • January 18 - 22, 2012
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), "Science Festival," Fondazione Musica per Roma, Italy
  • September 9 - November 13, 2011
    The Sleep of Reason (1988), "Sleeping Beauties," Kasteel van Gaaseek, Lennik, Belgium
  • October 25 - 30, 2011
    I Do Not Know What It Is I am Like (1986), The Passing (1991), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light and Heat) (1979), Angel's Gate (1989), Déserts (1994), Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers (1977), Reverse Television-- Portraits of Viewers, Compilation Tape (1983-84), "Jihlava Documentary Film Festival," Jihlava, Czech Rebublic
  • October 12 - November 9, 2011
    Déserts (1994), Nieuw Ensemble performing: 10/12 Festival van Vlaanderen, Leuven, Belgium; 10/13 Concertgebouw, Brugge, Belgium; 10/14 Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands; 10/26 Den Hague, Dr. Anton Phillipszaal; 10/27 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam; 11/8 Nationaal Muziekkwartier, Enschede, Netherlands; 11/9 November Music, Den Bosch, Netherlands
  • October 21 - October 30, 2011
    Acceptance (2008), "Celebrazione Vasariane," Firenze Arti Visive, Florence
  • October 4, 2011
    Déserts (1994), Ensemble 20/21, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain
  • June 19, 2011 - October 9, 2012
    The Stopping Mind (1991), "MMK 1991-2011: "20 Years of the Contemporary," MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
  • July 13 - August 20, 2011
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death) (2005), "Bill Viola: Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death)," Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
  • August 15, 2011
    Déserts (1994), Oslo Sinfonietta, Oslo Chamber Music Festival 2011- Gamle Logen, Oslo, Norway
  • June 1 - August 7, 2011
    The Lovers (2005), "Pino Pascali: Return to Venice/Apulia Contemporary Art," Palazzo Bianchi Michiel, Venice
  • March 12 - July 31, 2011
    H.H. Dalai Lama: A Blessing (2005), Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," San Antonio Museum of Art
  • March 11 - June 13, 2011
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "Portraits de la Pensée," Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France
  • March 23 - July 24, 2011
    Anthem (1983), "Paradise Lost," Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Turkey
  • February 9 - March 26, 2011
    The Quintet of the Unseen (2000), "The Quintet of the Unseen," BlainSouthern, Dering Street, London
  • June 8, 2011 - June 22, 2011
    Three Women (2008), "art/tapes/22 a Santa Teresa (1972-76)," Forno San Ferdinando, Follonica, Italy
  • June 24, 2011
    Anthem (1983), "Tout ouïe," Sans Canal Fixe, Tours, France
  • June 14 - June 19, 2011
    Two Women (2008), Art Basel 42, Switzerland
  • June 15 - June 22, 2011
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1983), Angels Gate (1989), Sweet Light (1977), Ancient of Days (1979-81), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light and Heat) (1979), Anthem (1983), Migration (1976), I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "2011 Images and Views of Alternative Cinema," Theatro Ena, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • June 20, 2010 - May 29, 2011
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "The Promised Land," Staatliche Kunstsmmlungen Dresden, Germany
  • June 11, 2010 - March 20, 2011
    Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983) "Don't Look Now," Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzlerland
  • May 1, 2010 - March 27, 2011
    Eternal Return (2000), "Figuratively Speaking: A Survey of the Human Form," Bellagio Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
  • January 29 - March 31, 2011
    The Innocents (2007), "Happy Tech: machines with a human face," Palazo Re Enzo (1/29-2/13) & La Triennale/Bovisa, Milan, Italy (2/22 - 3/31)
  • January 27 - March 27, 2011
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (2005), La Candela Festival 2011, Valls, Spain
  • January 26 - March 5, 2011
    Incarnation (2008), "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
  • January 18 - March 27, 2011
    Silent Mountain (2001), "San Sebastian, una iconografia comtemporánea," Kubo-Kutxa, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
  • January 13 - March 13, 2011
    The Return (2007), "When Painting Moves...Something Must Be Rotten," Stenerson Museum, Oslo, Norway
  • May 9, 2010 - December 10, 2010
    The Reflecting Pool (1978-79), "Knock on wood: Tales from the forest," Virserums Konsthall, Sweden
  • May 27, 2010 - January 23, 2011
    Il Vapore (1975), "Space, " Foundazione MAXXI, Rome, Italy
  • October 15, 2010 - February 20, 2011
    Reverse Television--Portraits of Viewers (1983), "Lust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman," Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
  • October 29, 2010 - February 27, 2011
    Three Women (2008), Transfiguration (2007), The Raft (2004), Observance (2002), Union (2000), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Bill Viola a Capodimonte" Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
  • November 18 - February 21, 2011
    Incarnation (2008), "When Eve Meets Adam," Museum of Fine Arts, Strasbourg, France
  • October 15, 2010 - January 9, 2011
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-1979), "A Million and One Days," Lithuanian National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
  • October 9, 2010 - January 2, 2011
    H.H. Dalai Lama: A Blessing (2005), Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
  • October 2, 2010 - January 9, 2011
    Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) (1979), "The Moderna Exhibition 2010," Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • September 1, 2010 - January 9, 2011
    Becoming Light (2005), Ablutions (2005), "Water," Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
  • July 22, 2010 - January 9, 2010
    Anima (2000), "Le Macchine della Meraviglia. Lanterna magica e film dipinto, 400 anni di cinema ,"Le Sale delle Arti, Piani Alti della Reggia, Venaria Reale, Torino, Italy
  • January 13, 2011 - January 15, 2012
    Pneuma (1994-2009), "Absolute Installation," The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
  • May 28, 2010 - October 31, 2010
    The Greeting (1995), "Bilder in Bewegung Künstler & Video/Film" Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
  • September 10, 2010 - September 26, 2010
    Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, (9/10) KKL Luzern, Concert Hall: Lucerne, (9/17) Konzerthaus: Dortmund, (9/23) Symphony Hall: Birmingham, (9/26) Royal Festival Hall: London
  • August 20, 2010 - September 26, 2010
    Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light and Heat) (1979), "Science Art - Pictures Between Science and Art," Kunstverein Landau, Germany
  • August 12, 2010 - August 28, 2010
    The Crossing (1996), "International Summer Festival," Hamburg, Germany
  • July 21, 2010 - October 17, 2010
    The Fall into Paradise (2005), "Bill Viola: The Fall into Paradise," The Public, Birmingham, UK
  • June 12, 2010 - September 12, 2010
    Incarnation (2008), "Hope!," Dinard Palais des Arts et du Festival , Dinard, France
  • June 14, 2010 - August 22, 2010
    Acceptance (2008), "Summer Exhibition 2010: Raw," Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
  • June 28, 2010 - September 12, 2010
    Incarnation (2008), The Arrangement (2007), Three Women (2008), "Bill Viola: Figurative Works," Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain
  • August 5, 2010 - August 10, 2010
    The Reflecting Pool - Collected Works 1977-80, Anthem (1983), Angel's Gate (1989), Déserts (1994), Four Songs (1976), Migration (1976), The Passing (1991), Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981), I Do Not Know What It Is I am Like (1986), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) (1979), Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, Italy
  • July 11, 2010 - July 25, 2010
    Angel's Gate (1989) Sodium Vapor (1979), Galway Arts Festival 2010, Galway, Ireland
  • June 18 , 2010
    The Passing (1991), 3a Muestra de Cine Experimental y Videoart, La Roda, Spain
  • May 18, 2010 - July 15, 2010
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace," Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania
  • May 13 - June 13, 2010
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), "The Unquiet Painting: Painting as moving image and the return of genres," La Fundación Francisco Godia, Barcelona
  • March 4, 2010 - June 6, 2010
    Reverse Television-- Portraits of Viewers (1983), "Changing Channels", MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna Austria
  • February 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010
    Angel's Gate (1989), "De corps et d'eau," Museum of Orangerie, Paris, France
  • January 30, 2010 - April 25, 2010
    Ablutions (2005), "Intimacy! Bathing in Art," Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany
  • Feburary 26, 2010 - April 25, 2010
    He Weeps for You (1976), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983), "Deux eternités proches - Thierry Kuntzel / Bill Viola," Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
  • October 20, 2009 – January 24, 2010
    Becoming Light (2005), “The Legend of King Arthur,” Bibliothèque Naionale de France, Paris, France
  • October 20, 2009 – January 31, 2010
    The Lovers (2005), Becoming Light (2005), Incarnation (2008), “Tears of Eros,” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
  • December 17, 2009 - February 21, 2010
    The Night Journey, "Space Invaders" FACT, Liverpool, UK
  • January 29, 2010 - January 31 2010
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (2005), "Diario dell' Anima, Bill Viola and Arvo Pärt," Arte Fiera Art First, Aula Magna, Bologna, Italy
  • October 24,2009 – January 10, 2010
    Observance (2002), “Il volto e lo sguardo,” Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
  • September 12, 2009 – January 10, 2010
    Acceptance (2008), Catherine’s Room (2001), Four Hands (2001), Memoria (2000), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Heaven and Earth (1992), Nine Attempts to Achieve Immortality (1996), Observance (2002), Small Saints (2008), Study for The Path (2002), The Greeting (1995), The Last Angel (2002), The Lovers (2005), “Bill Viola: The Intimate Work,” De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • August 13, 2009- December 31, 2009
    The Messenger (1996), "Messiah," MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • November 10 – November 20, 2009
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), “Have you seen the Horizon recently?,” 22nd International Video Art Festival, Marseille, FranceJune 26, 2009 - Novemeber 29, 2009
    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "After Darwin: Contemporary Expressions," Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum, London
  • June 5, 2009 - November 22, 2009
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Migration (1976), Moonblood (1977-79), Angel's Gate (1989), "Anima dell'Acqua," Fondazione DNArt, Ca'd'Oro, Venice
  • June 6, 2009 - November 15, 2009
    Bodies of Light (2006), "In-Finitum," Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
  • April 4, 2009 - October 4, 2009
    Anthem (1983), "From Holbein to Tillmans: Prominent Guests from the Kunstmuseum Basel," Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
  • June 11, 2009 - October 4, 2009
    Anthem (1983), "Heart in Heart," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
  • June 26, 2009 - September 20, 2009
    The Messenger (1996), "Nits fosques de l'anima" in conjunction with the "10th Festival of World and Sacred Music Girona", Bòlit Sant Niclolau, Girona, Spain
  • June 19, 2009 - September 5, 2009
    Silent Mountain (2001), Four Hands (2001), Catherine's Room (2001), Ascension (2000), "Being Time," The Pier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney, UK
  • May 30, 2009 - July 26, 2009
    The Quintet of Remembrance (2000), "Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance," Pro Arte, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • May 28, 2009 - June 21, 2009
    Observance (2002), "Moved Pictures: Biblical Inspired Video Art," Lebuinus Church, Deventer, Netherlands
  • May 22, 2009 - June 5, 2009
    Man of Sorrows (2001), Surrender (2001), Four Hands (2001), Observance (2002), "Anima Mundi," in conjunction with "Poiesis 2009," exhibited at the Spedale di Santa Maria del Buon Gesù, Fabriano, Italy
  • March 19, 2009 - June 14, 2009
    Going Forth By Day (2002), "Un Certain État du Monde? A Selection of Works from Francois Pinault Foundation Collection," Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow
  • February 7, 2009 - June 14, 2009
    Nantes Triptych (1992), "Three: The Triptych in Modern Art," Kunstmuseum Stuttgart , Germany
  • March 12, 2009 - April 25, 2009
    Small Saints (2008), Transfiguration (2007), "Mythologies," Haunch of Venison, London
  • January 30, 2009 - April 12, 2009
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Fundación Canal, Madrid, Spain
  • December 13, 2008 - April 19, 2009
    The Greeting (1995), "The Nieuwe Kirk | Holy Inspiration, Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art ," The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • January 9, 2009 - February 22, 2009
    The Last Angel (2002), "All kinds of Angels,"
    Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • January 9, 2009 - February 21, 2009
    The Messenger (1996), Small Saints (2008), Transfiguration (2007), The Innocents (2007), Incarnation (2007), plus screenings of remastered versions of Hatsu-Yume (First Dream), 1981 and The Passing (1991). "Bill Viola: Installations/Screenings," Haunch of Venison, Berlin, Germany. Read the Gunnar Luetzow interview for Art Magazin: In German
  • October 25, 2008 - January 18, 2009
    Passage (1987), Reverse Television—Portraits of Viewers (1983–84), "Vidéo, un art, une histoire 1965–2007," Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
  • October 9, 2008 - January 11, 2009
    The Tree of Knowledge (1997), "YOUniverse," Biacs3
    , Seville, Spain
  • October 21, 2008 - January 6, 2009
    "Bill Viola: Visioni interiori," Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
  • December 18, 2008 - January 1, 2009
    Three Women (2008), "Dans le nuit des images," Le Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains, at the Grand Palais, Paris, FranceOctober 30 , 2008 - December 3, 2008
    Tristan et Isolde, Opera National de Paris, France
  • September 10 , 2008 - November 23, 2008
    Old Oak (Study), 2005 , "Academia: Qui es-tu?," La chapelle de l'École des beaux-arts de Paris
    , France
  • August 23, 2008 - October 13, 2008
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 79)
    , "Still/Motion," Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
  • May 30, 2008 - October 26, 2008
    Ocean Without a Shore (2007)
    , The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • May 7, 2008 - August 11, 2008
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "Traces du sacré," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • July 14, 2008 - July 27, 2008
    Four Songs (1976), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Chott el-DJerid (1979), I Do Not Know What I Am Like (1986), The Passing (1991) and Déserts (1994) , "Galway Arts Festival", Siobhan McKenna Theatre, NUI Galway & NUI Galway Gallery, Galway, Ireland (Click here to hear Bill Viola's interview with Vincent Woods from The Arts Show
    )
  • March 20, 2008 - July 6, 2008
    The Passing (1991), Chott el-Djerid (1979), Memory Surface and Mental Prayers (1977) and Information (1973), "Nan Hoover / Bill Viola: Some Times", Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
  • February 28, 2008 - April 5, 2008
    Reverse Television (1983), "Broadcast Yourself", The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • January 19, 2008 - March 9, 2008
    Observance (2002), "Buddha is in Akureyri", Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
  • January 24, 2008 - January 28, 2008
    The Far Shore (2007) and Impermanence (2007), "Art First" Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
  • November 30, 2007 - February 23, 2008
    Observance (2002), "Emotional Systems: contemporary art between emotion and reason", Centre for Contemporary Culture La Strozzina at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
  • November 28, 2007 - February 17, 2008
    Living Witness (2003), "Going Staying: Movement, Body, Place in Contemporary Art", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • October 25, 2007 - January 20, 2008
    Becoming Light (2005), "Richard Wagner, visions d’artistes", Cité de la Musique musée , Paris, France
  • October 16, 2007 - January 1, 2008
    Going Forth By Day (2002), "Lille 3000: Passage du Temps/Passing Time: Collection François Pinault Foundation", Tri Postal, Lille, France
  • October 5, 2007 Performance at 8:00 pm
    Déserts (1994), "Scandinavian Contemporary Music Festival: Sound Around", The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Congress Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • September 13, 2007 - December 9, 2007
    The Passing (1991), "Le Temps", Centre Albert Marinus, Brussels, Belgium
  • August 10, 2007 - August 19, 2007
    Four Hands (2001), "The 34th Annual Kilkenny Arts Festival", St. John’s Priory, Kilkenny, Ireland
  • July 6, 2007 - August 28, 2007
    Old Oak Study (2005), "Afterglow", Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
  • July 4, 2007 - August 12, 2007
    Bodies of Light (2006), "New Crowned Hope: A Festival by Peter Sellars", The Barbican, London, UK
  • June 16, 2007 - August 12, 2007
    The Last Angel (2002), "Moviken Art 2007", The Old Foundry, Moviken, Sweden
  • June 11, 2007 - August 19, 2007
    Passage Into Night (2005), "Summer Exhibition 2007", Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
  • June 10, 2007 - November 24, 2007
    Ocean Without A Shore (2007), "Bill Viola: Ocean Without A Shore", San Gallo Church, San Marco, Venice, Italy
  • May 19, 2007 beginning at 9:30 pm
    The Messenger (1996), "Nuit des Musées", Musée Rodin, Paris, France
  • May 12, 2007 - July 1, 2007
    The Raft (2004), Observance (2002), Silent Mountain (2001), Surrender (2001), Ascension (2000), The Locked Garden (2000), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), The Crossing (1996), and The Greeting (1995), "Bill Viola", Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
  • May 5, 2007 - November 4, 2007
    Emergence (2002), "Vertigo: The century of off-media art from Futurism to the web", The MAMbo - Museo of Modern Art of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • May 3, 2007 - May 20, 2007
    Il Vapore (1975), Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum, Rome, Italy
  • April 21 - One-night performance
    Déserts (1994), "Frames", Flagey Studio, Brussels, Belgium
  • April 21 - April 22, 2007 -Screening in conjunction with "Frames"
    Four Songs (1976), The Reflecting Pool Collected Work 1977-80, Hatsu Yume (First Dream) 1981, and The Passing (1991), Flagey Studio 5, Brussels, Belgium
  • April 20, 2007 - Performance at 8:00pm
    Déserts (1994), Vlaams Radio Orkestra: Thierry Fischer - Déserts", deSingel International Arts Centre, Antwerp, Belgium
  • April 13, 2007 - May 5, 2007
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Convergence", The Dock Arts Centre, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
  • April 5, 2007 - August 5, 2007
    Observance (2005), "Pain", National Gallery in the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
    , Germany
  • March 22, 2007 - May 27, 2007
    Reverse Television (1983), "Centre Pompidou Video Art 1965 - 2005",
    Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Victoria, Australia
  • March 18, 2007 - May 20, 2007
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Return to Cezanne...",
    Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
  • March 12, 2007 - March 24, 2007
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79) and Observance (2002), Fairbanks Gallery
    , Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA
  • March 3, 2007 - May 27, 2007
    Dolorosa (2000), "Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych",
    Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
  • February 8, 2007 - June 18, 2007
    Ablutions (2005), Darker Side of Dawn (2005), Emergence (2002), Observance (2002), and Ascension (2000), "Las Horas Invisibles",
    Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, Palacio de Carlos V (Alhambra), Granada, Spain
  • February 6, 2007 - June 7, 2007
    The Greeting (1995), "On History",
    Fundación Santander, Madrid, Spain
  • February 2, 2007 - April 29, 2007
    The Raft (May 2004), "Visions du déluge",
    Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • February 2, 2007 - February 28, 2007
    The Messenger (1996),
    Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield, UK
  • December 11, 2006 at 18h30
    Truth Through Mass Individuation (1976) and The Reflecting Pool (1977-79) "VIDÉO ET APRÉS: ANTHROPOMÉTRIES ET AUTRES SAUTS DANS LE VIDE (Variations autour de l'oeuvre d'Yves Klein)",
    Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • November 16, 2006 - December 13, 2006
    Bodies of Light (2006) "New Crowned Hope Visual Arts",
    Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
  • November 11, 2006 - December 17, 2006
    The Passing (1991), "mois américan: Drive in, à travers le mouvement ", LIA - Lieu d'Images et d'Art
    , Grenoble, France
  • November 7, 2006 - April 2, 2007
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983) and Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) (1979), "First Generation: Art and the Moving Image 1963 - 1986",
    Museo Nacional Centro de Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
  • September 2, 2006 - September 17, 2006
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 79), "Water",
    Kuenstlerverein Walkmuehle , Wiesbaden, Germany
  • September 13, 2006 - October 13, 2006
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 79), Déserts ( 1994), "Bill Viola, Déserts, The Reflecting Pool",
    Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland
  • August 30, 2006 - April 9, 2007
    Stations (1994), "Out of Time", Museum of Modern Art
    , New York, NY, USA
  • July 20, 2006 - August 11, 2006
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "La Vidéo s'installe à Mortagne" Charentes Maritimes
    , France
  • July 20, 2006 - September 17, 2006
    Night Journey (2005), "Night Journey - Bill Viola" Church of St. Domingo
    , Mallorca, Spain
  • June 30, 2006 - September 3, 2006
    Anthem (1983), "New Mystics" Instituto Cabrera Pinto de La Laguna. Tenerife
    , Canary Islands, Spain
  • June 21, 2006 - September 2, 2006
    Works from Tristan and Isolde (2005 - 2006), "Bill Viola Love/Death: The Tristan Project" Haunch of Venison
    , London, UK. Press Release
  • April 28, 2006 - August 27, 2006
    Déserts (1994), "Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965) Composer, Sound Sculptor, Visionary",
    Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland. Concert of Bill Viola's Déserts in conjunction with the exhibitionon June 18, 2006. Click here for more information. Press Release
  • April 27, 2006 - May 28, 2006
    Chott el-Djerid (1979), "Landscape/Inscape",St. Paul Street Gallery @ Auckland University of Technology
    , Auckland, New Zealand
  • April 16, 2006 - August 27 2006
    Ascension (2000), The Locked Garden (2000),Surrender (2001), Emergence (2002),and Observance (2002), "Bill Viola - Video" 2006 Recipient of the NORD/LB Art Prize,
    Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Press Release
  • April 15, 2006 - July 8, 2006
    Observance (2002), "Bill Viola and the Old Masters ",
    The Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK. Click here for exhibition Press Release
  • April 4, 2006 - August 8, 2006
    The Raft (May 2004), "Sip My Ocean" International Video Art from the Louisiana's Museum of Contemporary Art Collection,
    Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
  • March 22, 2006 - May 21, 2006
    Silent Mountain (2001), "Ecce Uomo (33 + 1 artisti contemporanei)",
    Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
  • March 8, 2006 - July 17, 2006
    Anthem (1983), "Los Angeles , 1955 - 1985",
    Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • February 3, 2006 - May 21, 2006
    The Sleeprs (1992), "Dormir, Rêver... et autres nuits",
    Musée d'art contemporain , Bordeaux, France
  • January 23, 2006 - Screening
    Truth Through Mass Individuation (1976), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Ancient of Days (1979-81), Chott-El-Djerid (1979), Hatsu Yume (1981), I do not Know What it is I am Like (1986), The Passing (1991), "Bill Viola: De la nature des choses,"
    Centre Pompidou, Cinema 1, 6:30pm, Paris, France
  • December 18, 2005 - February 26, 2006
    The Lovers (2004), "Intramoenia Extra Art,"
    Castel del Monte, Andria, Bari, Italy
  • December 10, 2005 - end of 2007
    The Quintet of the Unseen (2000),
    MADRE (Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina), Naples, Italy
  • November 8, 2005 - December 11, 2005
    Anthem (1983), "BAC! 05,"
    Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • October 28, 2005 - February 26, 2006
    Ascension (2000), "Art and Technology: The Infinite Image; Screens, Visions, Actions,"
    Spazio Oberdan , Milan, Italy
  • October 15, 2005 - January 8, 2006
    The Greeting (1995), "Guardami: Percezione del Video/Look at Me: Video Perceptions,"
    Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contempranea, Siena, Italy
  • October 8, 2005 - November 20, 2005
    Catherine's Vow (2002), "Roaming Memories,"
    Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
  • September 28, 2005 - January 8, 2006
    Reverse Television (1983), "Tiempos de Video: 1965 - 2005,"
    CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
  • September 17, 2005 - January 15, 2006
    Mary (2000), "Video II: Allegorie,"
    NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • August 6, 2005 - November 20, 2005
    The Crossing (1996), "A Kind of Magic,"
    Lucerne Museum of Art, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • July 15, 2005 - September 15, 2005
    The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Soul Inspired Art,"
    Episcopal Seminary, Bruges, Belgium
  • July 13, 2005 - September 4, 2005
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 80), "Videographies-The Early Decades: From the EMST Collection,"
    National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
  • July 7, 2005 - August 25, 2005
    Unspoken Silver and Gold (2001), "Changes of Mind: Transformation and Belief,"
    Haunch of Venison, London, UK
  • June 30, 2005
    One-night screening of Déserts (1994), Ravenna Festival, Pala De Andre, Ravenna, Italy
  • June 15, 2005 - February 2, 2006
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Big Bang, Destruction and Creation in the Art of the 20th Century,"
    Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • June 15, 2005 - June 20, 2005
    The Lovers (2005), The Raft (May 2004), Basel Art Fair "Art Basel 36," Basel, Switzerland
  • June 9, 2005 - November 6, 2005
    The Greeting (1995), "The Theater of Art: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, Cologne,"
    Villa Manin Center for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy
  • June 3, 2005 - August 21, 2005
    The Messenger (1996), "Water in Myth and Nature,"
    Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
  • May 14, 2005 - July 31, 2005
    Four Hands (1996), "Works by Bill Viola,"
    Harewood House, Leeds, UK
  • April 30, 2005 - June 19, 2005
    Going Forth By Day (2002), " 25 Years of Deutsche Bank Collection,"
    Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin,Germany
  • April 28, 2005
    Anthem (1983), "Tunnel du Lötschberg/ Lötschbergtunnel: ENJOY THE RIDE: Contemporary Art and Sound Series,"
    Lötschberg Tunnel, Geneva, Switzerland
  • February 18, 2005 - May 15, 2005
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), Surrender (2001), The Messenger (1996), The Crossing (1996), Going Forth By Day (1994), "Bill Viola Visions,"
    Aros Aarhus kunstmuseum, Denmark
  • February 4, 2005 - May 15, 2005
    Bill Viola: The Passions, Fundación "la Caixa," Madrid, Spain
  • January 28, 2005 - February 28, 2005
    The Greeting (1995), "Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art", State Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Russia
  • December 18, 2004 - April 17, 2005
    Witness (2001), Mater (2001), Observance (2002), "Bill Viola: Observance,"
    The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
  • December 8, 2004
    One-night screening of Déserts (1994), Hannover University, Hannover, Germany
  • October 28, 2004
    One-night public performance of Déserts (1994), "New Music Academy Concerts, 2004-2005", Electric & Concert Halls, Sibelius Academy's Brass and Percussion Orchestra, New Music Academy, Helsinki, Finland
  • October 21, 2004 - January 31, 2005
    Mary (2000) and The Silent Sea (2002), "Visions of America, " Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
  • October 21, 2004 - January 23, 2005
    Surrender (2001), Hall of Whispers (1995), "Laocoon devoured; Arte y Violencia Politica, " Artium, Granada, Spain
  • October 9, 2004 - January 9, 2005
    Hall of Whispers (1995), De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
  • October 2 - 3, 2004
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000) and The Reflecting Pool (1979), "Nuit Blanche," Eglise de la Madeleine & Eglise Saint-Sulpice, organized by Art Public Contemporain, Paris, France
  • September 27, 2004 - November 28, 2004
    Surrender (2001), "L'Ombre du temps," Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
  • September 22, 2004 - January 3, 2005
    Hallway Nodes (1973), "Sons et lumières, Une histoire du son dans l'art du XX° siècle," Museé national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • July 22, 2004 - October 10, 2004
    Tiny Deaths (1993), "American Temporary Art of the 1990ies II: Bill Viola - Gary Hill - Roni Horn," Permanent Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
  • July 6, 2004 - December 31, 2004
    The Raft (2004), "Transcultures," National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
    The exhibition is organized within the frame of the Cultural Olympiad and includes this new work commissioned by the Museum and which will subsequently form part of the EMST's permanent collections.
  • June 24, 2004 - September 11, 2004
    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), "Animals," Haunch of Venison, London, U
  • June 22, 2004 - January 2005
    Going Forth By Day (2002), Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), The Messenger (1996), The Crossing (1996), "Bill Viola: Temporality and Transcendence, " Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (In conjunction with Aarhus Kunstmuseum
  • June 16, 2004 - 21, 2004
    "46664" screening at Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
    46664 was the prison number of Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, Cape Town where he was held in captivity for 18 years. He was the 466th prisoner to be incarcerated on the island in 1964. In November 2002, Mr Mandela gave his prison number 46664 to Dave Stewart of Eurythmics so that he could use it to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa by raising money for the Nelson Mandela Foundation.46664 - 1 Minute of Art to AIDS features on the specially commissioned Double DVD and premieres the creations of todayÊs leading contemporary artists, all of whom have created a one-minute video in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic currently inflicting Africa. Each artist has used only non-documentary techniques to convey the message of the 46664 campaign through the universal language of art. Hopefully the metaphors that the artists employ reach across cultural and religious barriers to touch the hearts and engage the minds around the world.
  • June 16, 2004 - 21, 2004
    Mary (2000), Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
  • May 5, 2004 - October 3, 2004
    Hall of Whispers (1995), "Laocoon devoured. Art and political violence," Atrium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
  • April 16, 2004
    Déserts (1994), "Varèse portrait", London Sinfonietta, Auditorium Rainier III, Montecarlo, Monaco
  • April 1, 2004
    Emergence (2002), "Preludio" from Pause event (part of Easter Holiday festivities), Duomo Cathedral, Milan, Italy
  • March 25, 2004
    "Departing Angel" from Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Last Worlds" from Pause event (part of Easter Holiday festivities), Duomo Cathedral, Milan, Italy
  • February 14, 2004 - April 18, 2004
    Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983) and The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Multiple Spaces", Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • February 12, 2004 - June 20, 2004
    Anthem (1983), "Pain", Wellcome Trust Science Museum, London, UK
  • February 6, 2004 - December 2004
    Unspoken (Silver & Gold) (2001), "The ARKEN Collection - New Acquisitions", Arken Museum for Modern Kunst, Skovvej, Denmark
  • February 2, 2004 - February 13, 2004
    The Messenger (1996), "Presence", St. Paul's Cathedral, London, U
  • October 20, 2003 - January 4, 2004
    Getty Exhibition Bill Viola: The Passions travels to the National Gallery, London, UK
  • October 15, 2003 - November 12, 2003
    Hall of Whispers (1995), and Zen Concepts (Painting, Objects & Calligraphy), Haunch of Venison, London, UK
  • October 10, 2003 - November 16, 2003
    Six Heads (2000), "Process: Encounters in Living Situations/Shifting Spaces," Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
  • May 17, 2003 - October 19, 2003
    (JUST EXTENDED! So far, there's been over 107,000 visitors!)
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millennium," RuhrTriennale, Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany
    Please click on the following to view installation photos from this show:
    Photo 1
    Photo 2
    Photo 3
  • April 18, 2003 - March 1, 2004
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001) , Permanent Collection, Tate Modern, London, UK
  • March 8, 2003 - April 13, 2003
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-1979), The Messenger (1996) and The Quintet of the Silent (2000), "Zero Visibility", Castello di Colonna, Genazzano, Italy
  • Feburary 28, 2003 - June 15, 2003
    Surrender (2001), "Painting Pictures", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
  • October 26, 2002 - January 26, 2003
    The Messenger (1996), "The Nude in 20th Century Art," at the Grosse Kirche, organized by Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
  • October 25, 2002 - January 26, 2003
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Real Life," Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • October 15, 2002 - January 5, 2003
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "Synopsis II: Theologies the National Museum of Contemporary Art," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
  • October 10, 2002 - November 24, 2002
    The Quintet of the Silent (2000), The Greeting (1995), "Like Painting," Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
  • August 16, 2002 - June 8, 2003
    Surrender (2001), "Warhol to Koons: International Contemporary Art from a Private Collection," Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • February 8, 2002 - May 5, 2002
    Going Forth By Day (2002), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany

 

MIDDLE EAST

  • January 26–July 10, 2023
    The Night Journey (2007–2018), The Infinite Body (in Hebrew)
    Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Tel Aviv
  • March 9 - April 22, 2017
    Madison (2013), Sharon (2013), Blake’s Dream (2013), Howard (2008), Lenny (2008), Lifespans (2012) and Walking on the Edge (2012),
    "Bill Viola: The Vast, Mirrors of the Mind" Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • April 18 - June 27, 2013
    Reverse Television-- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Beruit Art Center, Lebanon
  • February 8 - October 10, 2013
    I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like (1986), "Flesh & Blood," Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
  • November 27, 2010 - January 22, 2011
    Reverse Television--Portraits of Viewers (1983), "Selected works from the Centre Pompidou's New Media Collection," Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
  • May 18, 2009- May 23, 2009
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "First International Festival of Video Art and Multimedia of Palestine at Ramallah and Jerusalem," Al Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah
  • October 12, 2007 - October 12, 2008
    Observance (2002),"Bare Life"
    , Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
  • September 3, 2007 - February 2008
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79),"Building Bridges"
    ,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
  • December 4, 2003 - January 3, 2004
    Observance (2002), "Art Focus 4" , The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel


RUSSIA

 

ASIA

  • February 16–May 21, 2023
    Chris (2012), International Moving Image Collection: Art Fluidity
    Ulsan Art Museum, South Korea
  • June 30–September 12, 2022
    Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall),
    both 2005. Mourning: In the Wake of Loss, A Curatorial Essay
    Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Republic of Korea
  • May 12–15, 2022  
    Addie (2008), ART BUSAN
    Kukje Gallery booth, BEXCO Exhibition Center 1, 55 APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea
  • December 21, 2021–April 3, 2022     
    The Reflecting Pool (1977–9), Reverse Television—Portraits of Viewers (Compilation Tape), 1983-84,
    The Passing (1991) and The Night Journey (2007–2018),
    Writing the History of the Future. Signature Works of the Singular ZKM Media Art Collection
    Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea
  • December 10, 2021–April 14, 2022  
    Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millennium
    Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project
    West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China
  • August 12, 2021–January 6, 2022  
    Inner Passage (2013), The Raft (May 2004),
    Gleb,
    Madison and Sharon (all 2013), Beyond (in Chinese)
    TAG Art Museum, Qingdao, China
  • October 21, 2020–April 4, 2021
    Bill Viola: Encounter, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea    
  • October 12, 2020–January 31, 2021
    Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr and Water Martyr (all 2014), "Bangkok Art Biennale," Bangkok, Thailand
  • September 3, 2020–February 14, 2021
    Man of Sorrows (2001), "Where the Tide Has Been," Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
  • November 8–December 13, 2019
    The Night Journey game (2007–2018), "NOWNESS Experiments: The Mesh (in Chinese)," Shanghai K11 Art Mall, China
  • September 25, 2018–January 3, 2019
    The Return (2007), "Mind Temple," MOCA Shanghai, China
  • September 23, 2017–April 1, 2018
    "BILL VIOLA: SELECTED WORK 1977-2014 ," Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, China
  • November 18, 2017–February 28, 2018
    Remembrance (2002), "The Artist's Voice," The Parkview Museum, Singapore April 15 - July 9, 2017
  • Man of Sorrows (2001), "In Search of Global Poetry: Videos from the Han Nefkens Collection," He Xiangning Art Museum, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
  • July 20, 2016 - February 19, 2017
    The Night Journey (2003-present), "New Gameplay," Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • February 2, 2016 - April 17, 2016
    The Lovers (2005), The Busan Museum of Art, South Korea
    April 25 - July 5, 2015
    The Space Between the Teeth (1976), The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Ancient of Days (1979-81), Vegetable Memory (1978-80), Anthem (1983), "MAM Screen," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

  • March 5 - May 3, 2015
    Ancestors (2012), Delicate Thread (2012), Inner Passage (2013), Inverted Birth (2014), Night Vigil (2005/2009), The Encounter (2012), Water Martyr (2014), Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • October 21, 2014 - April 26, 2015
  • Fire Woman (2005) and Tristan's Ascension (2005), "Garden," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), South Korea
  • November 15, 2014 - March 22, 2015
  • The Raft (2004), Inverted Birth (2014), Martyrs (2014), "Transformation," Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, China
  • November 5 - 8, 2014
  • Lifespans (2012), Art Fair, Art Abu Dhabi/Kukje
  • November 1, 2014
  • Migration (1976) and The Reflecting Pool - Collected Work (1977 - 80), " Percept Art, Mumbai, India
  • Februrary 15 - March 30, 2014
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Life as Journey," Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan
  • September 25 - December 31, 2013
    Reverse Television--Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  • September 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014
    The Raft (2004), Imminent Sounds- Falls and Crossings, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
  • October 12 - 13, 2013
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait of Light in Heat) (1979), I Do Not Know What it is I am Like (1986)," Bill Viola: Early Video Works 1979-1986," National Museum of Art Osaka, Japan
  • April 27 - September 1, 2013
    The Passing (1991), "Visceral Sensation- Voices So Far, So Near," 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
  • April 16 - July 16, 2013
    Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2004), "Staring Back," Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
  • July 20 - January 20, 2013
    Ancient of Days (1979-81), "Nostalgia is an Extended Feedback," Nam June Paik Art Center, South Korea
  • July 17 - August 5, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool - Collected Works 1977-80, "Yeosu International Art Festival," Yeosu, South Korea
  • 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 23 - November 6, 2011
    Three Women (2008), "Tong," Haeinsa Temple, Chiin-ri, South Korea
  • November 9, 2011
    Déserts (1994), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Esplanade- The Recital Studio, Singapore
  • June 10 - September 18, 2011
    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), "Video, An Art, A History 1965 - 2010: A Selection from the Centre Pompidou and Singapore Art Museum Collections," Singapore
  • September 6 - October 20, 2011
    Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death) (2005), Unspoken (Silver & Gold) (2001), The Far Shore (2007), Poem A (2005), The Tempest (Study for the Raft) (2005), Anika (2008), Melina (2008), "Bill Viola: Transformations," Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
  • August 22, 2011
    Déserts (1994), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
  • November 20, 2010 - January 10, 2011
    Ablutions (2005), "Shan Shui," Beijing Center for the Arts, China
  • November 4 - 20, 2010
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "City-O-Rama Hong Kong," Universal Electric Company, Hong Kong
  • September 11, 2010 - November 20, 2010
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), Bodies of Light (2006), "All things flow and nothing is permanent," Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, South Korea
  • July 17, 2010 - October 24, 2010
    Transfiguration (2007), Helena (2008), Art Setouchi Festival- Fukutake Foundation, Japan
  • June 26 – September 30, 2009
    Observance (2002), “SU:MBISORI,” Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
  • March 27, 2009 - May 30, 2009
    Study for Emergence (2002), Visitation (2008), "Matters of Faith," James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • October 17, 2008 - November 9, 2008
    Bodies of Light (2006), "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama", Hillside Terrace (Daikanyama), Tokyo, Japan
  • June 27, 2008 - August 17, 2008
    Three Women (2008)
    , Small Saints (2008), Acceptance (2008), Transfiguration (2007), The Innocents (2007), The Arrangement (2007), Bodies of Light (2006), Poem B (2006), Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "Bill Viola: Transfigurations", Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • April 29, 2008 - July 27, 2008
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 79),"Still/Motion"
    , The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (traveling exhibition)
  • February 14, 2008 - April 13, 2008
    The Reflecting Pool (1977 - 79),"Still/Motion"
    , Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie-ken, Japan (traveling exhibition)
  • January 18, 2008 - March 9, 2008
    The Quintet of Remembrance (2000),"Self/Other"
    , The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • October 3, 2007 - November 23, 2007
    Old Oak Study (2005) and The Lovers (2005),"Kukje Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition"
    , Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  • September 6, 2007 - September 9, 2007
    Becoming Light (2005) and Poem A (2005),"ShContemporary 07"
    , Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
  • April 21, 2007 - September 1, 2007
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79),"Views of Water"
    , Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
  • January 23, 2007 - March 21, 2007
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream), (1981), The Crossing (1996), The Greeting (1995), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Four Hands (2001), Observance (2002), Surrender (2001), The Raft (May 2004) "Bill Viola: Hatsu Yume (First Dream)", Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
  • October 14, 2006 - January 8, 2007
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream), (1981), The Crossing (1996), The Stopping Mind (1991), The Veiling (1995), Heaven and Earth (1992), The Greeting (1995), The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Anima (2000), Dolorosa (2000), Silent Mountain (2001), Four Hands (2001), Observance (2002), Catherine’s Room (2001), Surrender (2001), The Raft (May 2004), Five Angels for the Millennium (2001),"Bill Viola: Hatsu Yume (First Dream)",
    Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Bill Viola introduces the Mori show to Japanese audiences.
  • February 25, 2005 - May 7, 2006
    Surrender (2001), "To the Human Future: Flight From the Dark Side,"
    Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
  • October 5, 2004 - December 26, 2004
    Science of the Heart (1983), "In Bed," Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City, Japan
  • September 28, 2004 - November 28, 2004
    Ascension (2000), "Shanghai Biennale," Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • April 27, 2004 - August 1, 2004
    Information (1973), "Modern Means," Mori Art Museum , Tokyo, Japan
  • April 10, 2003 - June 6, 2004
    Remembrance (2002), Study for The Voyage (2002) & Unspoken (2001), "Lonely Planet," Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
  • November 18, 2003 - January 18, 2004
    The Greeting (1995), "PRO-Smotr, International Exhibition of Video Art" ,The State Hermitage Museum and The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • October 28, 2003 - December 21, 2003
    Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), "Traveling - Towards the Border," National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • October 18, 2003 - January 18, 2004
    Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Hear) (1979), "Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • March 19, 2003 - April 30, 2003
    Bill Viola, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • July 17, 2002 - August 25, 2002
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), "The Power of Art," Hyogo Prefecture Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan

 

AUSTRALIA/AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

  • June 9–June 20, 2022
    Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), Inverted Birth (2014)
    DARK MOFO: Resurrection
    Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania
  • June 5–October 10, 2021   
    Observance (2002), All That Was Solid Melts
    Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
  • October 20, 2020 – February 21, 2021
    Observance (2002), "Archie Plus," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia February 22, 2020 – January 3, 2021
    Six Heads (2000), "Shadow catchers," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • March 4 - July 2, 2017
    The Return (2007), Four Hands (2001), The Silent Sea (2002), "Versus Rodin: Bodies Across Space and Time," Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • February 27 - March 15, 2015
    Three Women (2008), (St. Peter's Cathedral) Tristan's Ascension (2005), Fire Woman (2005) (Queen's Theater), Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Adelaide, Australia
  • February 27 - March 29, 2015
    The Crossing (1996), The Encounter (2012), Walking on the Edge (2012), The Messenger (1996), Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Art Gallery South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, Australia
  • August 30 - November 30, 2014
  • Bodies of Light (2006), "Five Centuries of Melancholia," University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
  • June 5 - 28, 2014
    Reverse Television -- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Vespertine," Walker Street Art Gallery and Arts Centre, Dandenong, Australia
  • December 16, 2013 - January 26, 2014
    The Night Journey, "The Games of Art," Pinnacles Gallery, Riverway Arts Centre, Thuringowa, Central Queensaland
  • June 5 - September 15, 2013
    The Return (2007), "Bill Viola: The Return," Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
  • July 23 - August 3, 2013
    The Night Journey, "The Games of Art," The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, QUT Kelvin Grove, Queensland
  • July 24 - August 4, 2012
    The Reflecting Pool - Collected Works 1977-80, "Parallel Universes 1970 - 1985," Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (Screening)
  • March 29 - July 10, 2012
    Acceptance (2007), "Migration," Arndt Berlin, Sydney, Australia
  • May 21, 2011 - May 2, 2012
    Observance (2002), Memoria (2000), "New contemporary galleries featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection," Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • October 7, 2010 - February 20, 2011
    The Raft (2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," Presented in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival; Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne
  • October 8, 2010 - November 28, 2010
    The Passing (1991), "Mortality," Presented in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne
  • October 8, 2010 - 6:30 PM
    "Bill Viola In Conversation," Presented by ACMI and Kaldor Public Art Projects in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival; ACMI, Melbourne
  • October 8, 2010 - October 23, 2010
    Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (2005), "Bill Viola Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension," Presented by Kaldor Public Art Projects in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival; St. Carthage's Church, Melbourne
  • May 12, 2010 - August 1, 2010
    Incarnation (2008), 17th Sydney Biennale, Museum of Contemporay Art, Sydney, Australia
  • May 14 - July 16, 2010
    Observance (2002), "Bill Viola: Observance," Samstag Musuem of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide
  • February 26, 2010 - June 1, 2010
    The Messenger (1996), "Bill Viola: The Messenger," 2010 New Zealand International Festival, TheNewDowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
  • May 28, 2009 - June 27, 2009
    Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) (1981), "The Quick and The Dead," Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • April 10, 2008 - July 27, 2008
    The Fall into Paradise (2005), "The Fall into Paradise: LOVE/DEATH: The Tristan Project, 2005", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • April 9, 2008 - May 24, 2008
    Tristan's Ascension (2005) and Fire Woman (2005), "Fire Woman and Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall): LOVE/DEATH: The Tristan Project, 2005", St. Saviour's Church, Redfern, Australia (from 6:30 - 10:30pm)
  • March 20, 2008 - June 1, 2008
    Heaven and Earth (1991) and Eternal Return (2000), "Southern Exposure: Works from the Collection of the MCA San Diego",
    Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • September 11, 2007 - December 7, 2007
    Observance (2002) ,"Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2007"
    , The John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
  • July 29, 2005 - November 6, 2005
    Bill Viola: The Passions,
    National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
  • April 18 - July 6, 2003
    Incrementation (1996), Memoria (2000) and Six Heads (2000), "Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • October 5, 2002; 19:00 pm to 8:00 am
    The Reflecting Pool (1977-79), "Plus Qu'une Image," Nuit Blanche/Nuit Vidéo, 5 rue Curial (19e), Paris, France
    Request a program at: plusquuneimage@wanadoo.fr
  • February 28 - April 28, 2002
    The Veiling (1995), "Material World: From Lichtenstein to Viola," 25-Years of The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia


 


Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

Japan premier of new production by director Peter Sellars

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

Opéra National de Paris

Opera in three acts in the German language

Conductor:Semyon Bychkov
Director: Peter Sellars
Video: Bill Viola

Performance Dates:

Premier on July 20, 2008, 3:00pm, Hyogo Performing Arts Center

July 27, 2008, 2:00pm, Bunkamura Orchard Hall

July 31, 2008, 3:00pm, Bunkamura Orchard Hall


Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall, St. Petersburg

Concert Version


Larisa Gogolevskaya and Susan Foster
with Gary Lehman, Ekaterina Gubanova and René Pape
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Performance Dates :

Premiers June 19, 2008
June 22, 2008


As part of The Gergiev Festival - The Rotterdam Philharmonic presents:

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, The Netherlands
Conducted by Valery Gergiev

The Tristan Project

September 2007

Wagner's revolutionary opera about medieval lovers Tristan and Isolde is one of the great cornerstones in the history of music. In collaboration with L'Opéra National de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join two artistic forces,  director Peter Sellars and video artist Bill Viola, to create a Tristan for the 21st century. This world premiere concert staging, which blends timeless myth with modern technology and features world-class singers, will be presented one act per night combined with works that were influenced by Tristan. Tristan and Isolde Synopsis

Photo Journal: Bill Viola's Video Imagery for 'The Tristan Project'
By Matthew Westphal and Matt Blank, Playbill Arts


The Tristan Project
Returns to Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

April 2007

Wagner's revolutionary opera about medieval lovers Tristan and Isolde is one of the great cornerstones in the history of music. In collaboration with L'Opéra National de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join two artistic forces,  director Peter Sellars and video artist Bill Viola, to create a Tristan for the 21st century. This world premiere concert staging, which blends timeless myth with modern technology and features world-class singers, will be presented one act per night combined with works that were influenced by Tristan. Tristan and Isolde Synopsis

Tristan Project: For Epic Wagner, Just Add Video
By Jeff Lunden, NP

Artnet review of The Tristan Project by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Studio 360 talk

Listen to Studio 360 talk


Opera in three acts in the German language
World Premiere April 12, 2005, Opéra National de Paris, France


Conductor: Esa Pekka Salonen
Director: Peter Sellars
Video: Bill Viola

Premiere Tuesday, November 8, 2005: Tristan und Isolde, Opéra National de Paris France, with conductor, Valery Gergiev.

Performance Dates :

November 12,16, and 20, 2005

November 29, 2005

December 3 and 6, 2005