Bill Viola Research

Bill Viola grew up in Queens, New York and West Bury, New York.

In 1973, Bill Viola graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor in Fine Arts. He studied in the Experimental Studios of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, including the Synapse experimental program, which evolved into CitrusTV. 

Bill Viola's Studio is run by his wife, Kira Perov, who is the executive director. She has worked with Bill Viola since 1978 managing and assisting Viola with his videotapes and installations. She documents their work in their progress. 

One of Bill Viola's projects;

Acceptance - 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQmV8aPNao

Bill Viola's Art Projects

The Quintet Series - 2007

An Ocean Without a Shore - 2000

Observance - 2002 

The Tristan Project - 2004 

The Night Journey - 2005 

Bodies of Light - 2009

Bill Viola has won 11 awards for his work and projects since 1984;

- 1984 Polaroid Video Art Award for outstanding achievement, USA

- 1987 Maya Deren Award, American Film Institute, USA

- 1989 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award, USA

- 1993 Skowhegan Medal (Video Installation), USA

- 1993 Medienkunstpreis, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, and Siemens - Kulturprogramm, Germany

- 2003 Cultural Leadership Award, American Federal of Arts, USA

- 2006 NORD/LB Art Prize, Bremen, Germany

- 2009 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, MA (He was awarded $75,000 and was able to go to MIT and help enhance the creative groups there.)

- 2009 Catalonia International Prize, Barcelona, Spain

- 2010 Honorary doctorate from the University of Liege, Belgium

- 2011 Praemium Imperiale, Japan