比尔•维奥拉 （Bill Viola）
比尔•维奥拉于1951年出生于美国纽约，是国际公认的录象艺术先驱。40年来，维奥拉创作了各类建筑录像装置、录象电影、环境音响、电子音乐表演、平板录象作品及电视广播作品等，其创作还涉及音乐会、歌剧，甚至宗教场所。他的作品在世界各地的美术馆和画廊广泛展出，并被收入多个国际一流收藏。他单频录像作品的DVD被广泛发行，著作被译成多国语言在全球出版。维奥拉的影像作品通过纯熟地应用高端媒体科技，从精神和知性层面探索人类经验，关注生、死、潜意识的展开等人类共同主题。这些探讨同时根植于东西方艺术，并受到佛教禅宗、伊斯兰教苏菲派和基督教神秘主义的影响。1995年，维奥拉代表美国参加第46届威尼斯双年展。近期展览包括2008年在罗马举办的“比尔•维奥拉：内在视界”。维奥拉曾荣膺众多奖项及殊荣，包括麦克阿瑟天才奖、法国艺术勋章，以及最近的第21届加泰罗尼亚国际大奖等。2000年他在美国艺术与科学研究院正式就任。维奥拉与妻子基拉•帕罗芙生活于加州长岛。
Internationally renowned media artist Bill Viola (b. 1951) has been a leader in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art. For 40 years Bill Viola has created architectural video installations, video films, sound environments, electronic music performances, flat panel video pieces, and works for television broadcast, as well as music concerts, opera, and sacred spaces. His works are shown in museums and galleries worldwide and are found in many distinguished collections. His single channel videotapes have been widely distributed on DVD, while his writings have been extensively published and translated for international readers. Viola’s video works masterfully utilize sophisticated media technologies while exploring the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience, focusing on universal human themes–birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness–and have roots in both Eastern and Western art as well as the spiritual traditions of Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism and Christian mysticism. In 1995 Viola represented the US at the 46th Venice Biennale, and his most recent exhibitions in Italy include Bill Viola: Visioni Interiori at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, 2008. He is the recipient of many honors and awards including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government, and most recently was honored by the Government of Catalonia with the XXI Catalonia International Prize. He lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife and long-time collaborator Kira Perov.
