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Additional Reading
Marilyn Zeitlin (ed.), Bill Viola: Survey of a Decade (1988), an exhibition catalogue; Bill Viola, Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings, 1973–1994, ed. by Robert Violette and Bill Viola (1995); David A. Ross and Peter Sellars (ed.), Bill Viola (1997), an exhibition catalogue; Chris Townsend (ed.), The Art of Bill Viola (2004).
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Lisa S. Wainwright
Lisa Wainwright has held several positions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Dean of Faculty, Vice President of Academic Affairs (present); Interim Dean of Faculty (2007 – 2010); Dean of Graduate Studies (2004 – 2008); Professor, Art History, Theory, and Criticism (2003 - present); Interim Dean of Graduate Studies (2002 – 2004); Undergraduate Division Chair (1996 – 2001). Her educational background: BA, cum laude, 1982, Vanderbilt University; MA, 1986, and PhD, 1993, University of Illinois. Lectures: "Decadent Ornament," Los Angeles; "Rauschenberg and After," Dallas; "Pink Decay: The Femme Fatale in Contemporary Art, " South Carolina; "Ed Paschke and Toulouse Lautrec: Picturing the Demi-Monde," Chicago. Curator: "Ah...Decadence," "From Steel to Flesh"; "2001 Spaced Oddities"; "At Home in the Museum"; "Pink"; "1968."
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 16, 2024 | ||
| Added his death information. | Jul 13, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 05, 2021 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: The J. Paul Getty Museum - Bill Viola. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: TATE - Biography of Bill Viola. | Sep 05, 2013 | ||
| In October 2011 he formally received the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale prize for painting. | Oct 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Bill Viola. | Aug 11, 2011 | ||
| In July 2011 he was named the recipient of the Praemium Imperiale prize for painting. | Jul 12, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated and author signature added. | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jan 21, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Nov 07, 2008 |
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