Bill Viola

Bill Viola was born on Jan 25, 1951 in USA. Bill Viola's big-screen debut came with The Reflecting Pool directed by Bill Viola in 1979.

A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu yume (1981), I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), The Passing (1991), and installations Room for St. John of the Cross (1983), The Messenger (1996) and The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.