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

 

PAST EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

CURRENT

 

Ocean Without a Shore
Chiesa di San Gallo, Venice

“The Self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon it has no
beginning or end, in this world and the next.”
Ibn al’Arabi (1165 – 1240)Ocean Without a Shore is about the presence of the dead in our lives. The three stone altars in the church of San Gallo become portals for the passage of the dead to and from our world. Presented as a series of encounters at the intersection between life and death, the video sequence documents a succession of individuals slowly approaching out of darkness and moving into the light. Each person must then breakthrough an invisible threshold of water and light in order to pass into the physical world. Once incarnate however, all beings realize that their presence is finite and so they must eventually turn away from material existence to return from where they came. The cycle repeats without end.

The work was inspired by a poem by the 20th century Senegalese poet and storyteller Birago Diop:

“ Hearing things more than beings,
listening to the voice of fire,
the voice of water.
Hearing in wind the weeping bushes,
sighs of our forefathers.

The dead are never gone:
they are in the shadows.
The dead are not in earth:
they’re in the rustling tree,
the groaning wood,
water that runs,
water that sleeps;
they’re in the hut, in the crowd,
the dead are not dead.

The dead are never gone,
they’re in the breast of a woman,
they’re in the crying of a child,
in the flaming torch.
The dead are not in the earth:
they’re in the dying fire,
the weeping grasses,
whimpering rocks,
they’re in the forest, they’re in the house,
the dead are not dead.”
(from David Melzter, ed. Death - An Anthology of Ancient Texts, Songs, Prayers and Stories (San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984)
The new work is jointly presented by galleries Haunch of Venison London, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Kukje Gallery, Seoul.
Please click here to visit the project website.San Gallo mapTate Shots interview with Bill Viola at San Gallo

Bill Viola Creates Work for Venice Biennale, artdaily.org

 

UNITED STATES

  • 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, USA    March 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    .
  • 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 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

EUROPE

  • 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

ASIA

  • 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

  • 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

SOUTH AMERICA

  • 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

     

MEXICO

 

MIDDLE EAST

  • 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

OCEANIA

  • 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

 

 

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