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BILL FONTANA

·Born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 25, 1947

· New School College of New School for Social Research, New York, 1968 to 1970 ), B.A. 1970

· Cleveland Institute of Music, 1967,

· John Carroll University, Cleveland, 1965 to 1968

Lives in Berkeley, California

SOUND SCULPTURES

Temporary Installations

- WILD RETURN, Schloss Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg Austria, 1998

- AERIAL WATER, Kunst in der Stadt 2, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, 1998

· SUBTERRANEAN SOUNDINGS, Radio Kultur Haus, Vienna, 1997

· VERTICAL WATER, Royal College of Art & Royal Albert Hall, London, 1997

· TIME FOUNTAIN, Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, & Reina Sofia, Madrid, 1995

· FLOATING CASTLE, Château de Blérancourt, musée national de la coopération franco - américan, 1994

· SIMULTANEOUS RESONANCES, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall,Austria, 1994

· SOUND ISLAND, public art project Arc de Triomphe, Paris, summer 1994 - sponsored by the FrenchMinistery of Culture - Délégation Arts Plastique, Cultural Affairs Dept of the CIty of Paris, AT&T and EDF Foundation

· SATELLITE SOUNDBRIDGE KÖLN - KYOTO, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln Goethe Institut Kyoto, Japan Foundation, Museum Ludwig, , simultaneously in Kyoto and Köln, June 1993

· PERPETUAL MOTION, Artifices II, Saint Denis from November 1992 to January1993

· VERTICAL WATER, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1991

· RIVER SOUNDINGS, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt, 1990

· ACOUSTICAL VIEWS OF KYOTO, Kyoto International Contemporary Music Forum, Kyoto, 1990

· LANDSCAPE SOUNDINGS, Vienna Festival in cooperation with the Austrian Radio, Vienna,1990

· ACOUSTICAL VIEWS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FERRY TOWER, San FranciscoMuseum of Modern Art, 1990

· PARALLEL SOUNDINGS, Kunst in öffentlichen Raum, Kulturbehörde Stadt Hamburg, 1989

· SONIC PROJECTIONS FROM SCHLOSSBERG GRAZ, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz,Austria, 1988

· ACOUSTICAL VIEWS, Sydney Biennale/Australian Broadcasting Corp./Art

Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 1988

· LANDSCAPE SCULPTURE WITH CARILLON, University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1988

· SOUND SCULPTURES THOUGH THE GOLDEN GATE, San Francisco Museum ofModern Art, 1987

· SATELLITE SOUND BRIDGE KÖLN/SAN FRANCISCO, West German Radio/American Public Radio/Museum Ludwig/San Francisco Museum of ModernArt, 1987

· ECHO TUNINGS AT MT. ASO, Mt. Aso National Park, Kumamoto, Japan, 1987

· ACOUSTICAL JOURNEY, Wacoal Art Center: Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 1986

· KIRRIBILLI WHARF, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1986

· PHANTOM BANDSHELL, Otis Parsons/New Music America '85, Los Angeles, 1985

· ENTFERNTE ZÜGE (DISTANT TRAINS), Int'l. Bauausstellung Berlin/Berliner

Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, West Berlin, 1984

· OSCILLATING STEEL GRIDS ALONG THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, World Trade Center

and Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1983

· SOUND SCULPTURE WITH A SEQUENCE OF LEVEL CROSSINGS, 12th International

Sculpture Conference, Oakland, 1982

· LANDSCAPE SCULPTURE WITH FOG HORNS, New Music America, San Francisco, 1981

· OSCILLATING STEEL GRIDS ALONG THE CINCINNATI-COVINGTON SUSPENSION

BRIDGE, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1980

· SOUND RECYCLING SCULPTURE, Akademie der Künste, West Berlin, 1980 and Musee d'

Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, 1980

· FLIGHT PATHS OUT TO SEA, Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1980

· SPACE BETWEEN SOUNDS, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978

· PRINCE ALFRED BRIDGE, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1978

· KIRRIBILLI WHARF, Australian Broadcasting Corp and Sydney Opera House., Sydney, 1976

· SOUND SCULPTURE WITH RESONATORS, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, 1975 and ICA, Sydney, 1975

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Permanent Installations

· SOUND SCULPTURE WITH A SEQUENCE OF LEVEL CROSSINGS, collection of the San

Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998.

· WAVE TRAINS, permanent installation for a new subway station in Cologne, Germany, 1996

· SPIRALING SOUND AXIS,, permanent installation at North Carollina state Revenue Building,

Raleigh, funded by the North Carolina Artwork for State Buildings program, 1993

· EARTH TONES , permanent installation on the Oliver Ranch, Steven Oliver Collection,

Sonoma County California, 1992

Group Exhibitions

· Monument et Modernité, Espace Electra,

Paris, 1996

· END(S) OF THE MUSEUM, Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, 1995

· ZEITGLEICH, Kunsthalle Tirol, 1994

· Paris ville lumiére, projets d' artistes pour l'espace public Parisien, Espace Electra, Paris 1993-1994

· MEDIALE, Hamburg, 1993

· Artifices II, Saint Denis from November 1992 to January1993

· 1991 Bienial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1991

· DAS VERSCHWINDEN DER FERNE, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt, 1990

· PULSE 2, University Art Museum, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1990

· BAY AREA MEDIA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1990

· ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz, 1989

· RESOURCE ART, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1989

· COUNTERVISIONS; PIONEERS IN BAY AREA ART, Art Department Gallery, San Francisco State

University, 1988

· THE BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, Art Gallery of NSW, 1988

· ALLES UND NOCH VIEL MEHR/DAS POETISCH ABC, Künst Museum Bern, 1985

· SECTION SON, 13TH BIENNALE de PARIS, 1985

· IDEE/PROZESS/ERGEBNIS, International Bauausstellung Berlin, 1984

· GREAT EAST RIVER BRIDGE, Brooklyn Museum, 1983

· FUR AUGEN UND OHREN, Berlin, Akademie der Kunst 1980

· SOUND, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979

Newspaper and Periodical Articles (U.S.)

· New York Times by John Rockwell 6/18/94

· Int. Herald Tribune by Mary Blume 7/9/94

· Washington Post by Sharon Waxman 6/19/94

· Los Angeles Times by Suzanne Muchnic 4/29/87

· Artweek by Barbara Kosey 3/23/85

· Village Voice by Guy Trebay 7/26/83

Fellowships

· Artists Fellowship, California Arts Council, 1992

· Visual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture, NEA, 1990-91

· Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1988

· Guggenheim Fellowship for Sound Sculpture, 1986-87

· Creative Artist Fellowship for Japan, NEA and Japan - U.S. Friendship Commission, 1985-86

· Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1983-84

Selected Bibliography

essays by artist

· TIME FOUNTAIN, catalogue for End(s) of the Museum, Fundaçio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, 1995

· THE ENVIRONMENT AS A MUSICAL RESOURCE, essay in exhibition catalogue for

LANDSCAPE SOUNDINGS, Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990

· TRANSPARENTE KLÄNGE, Kunstforum 103, Köln, 1989

· SATELLITE SOUNDBRIDGE COLOGNE-SAN FRANCISCO, essay in exhibition catalogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987

· THE RELOCATION OF AMBIENT SOUND, Leonardo Volume 20 # 2, 1987, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987

· THOUGHTS ON SOUND, exhibition catalogue for SOUND, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979

individual catalogues about artist

· LANDSCAPE SOUNDINGS, Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990 - essays by John Hanhardt, Heidi Grundmann, and Werner Fenz

· SATELLITE SOUNDBRIDGE COLOGNE-SAN FRANCISCO, essay in exhibition catalogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987 - essays by Klaus Schöning, Gerhard Kolberg

Référence: http://www.resoundings.org/Pages/Resume.html

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	Permanent Installations · SOUND SCULPTURE WITH A SEQUENCE OF LEVEL CROSSINGS, collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998. · WAVE TRAINS, permanent installation for a new subway station in Cologne, Germany, 1996 · SPIRALING SOUND AXIS,, permanent installation at North Carollina state Revenue Building, Raleigh, funded by the North Carolina Artwork for State Buildings program, 1993 · EARTH TONES , permanent installation on the Oliver Ranch, Steven Oliver Collection, Sonoma County California, 1992
		Group Exhibitions · Monument et Modernité, Espace Electra, Paris, 1996 · END(S) OF THE MUSEUM, Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, 1995 · ZEITGLEICH, Kunsthalle Tirol, 1994 · Paris ville lumiére, projets d' artistes pour l'espace public Parisien, Espace Electra, Paris 1993-1994 · MEDIALE, Hamburg, 1993 · Artifices II, Saint Denis from November 1992 to January1993 · 1991 Bienial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1991 · DAS VERSCHWINDEN DER FERNE, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt, 1990 · PULSE 2, University Art Museum, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1990 · BAY AREA MEDIA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1990 · ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz, 1989 · RESOURCE ART, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1989 · COUNTERVISIONS; PIONEERS IN BAY AREA ART, Art Department Gallery, San Francisco State University, 1988 · THE BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, Art Gallery of NSW, 1988 · ALLES UND NOCH VIEL MEHR/DAS POETISCH ABC, Künst Museum Bern, 1985 · SECTION SON, 13TH BIENNALE de PARIS, 1985 · IDEE/PROZESS/ERGEBNIS, International Bauausstellung Berlin, 1984 · GREAT EAST RIVER BRIDGE, Brooklyn Museum, 1983 · FUR AUGEN UND OHREN, Berlin, Akademie der Kunst 1980 · SOUND, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979 Newspaper and Periodical Articles (U.S.) · New York Times by John Rockwell 6/18/94 · Int. Herald Tribune by Mary Blume 7/9/94 · Washington Post by Sharon Waxman 6/19/94 · Los Angeles Times by Suzanne Muchnic 4/29/87 · Artweek by Barbara Kosey 3/23/85 · Village Voice by Guy Trebay 7/26/83
	Fellowships · Artists Fellowship, California Arts Council, 1992 · Visual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture, NEA, 1990-91 · Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1988 · Guggenheim Fellowship for Sound Sculpture, 1986-87 · Creative Artist Fellowship for Japan, NEA and Japan - U.S. Friendship Commission, 1985-86 · Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1983-84 Selected Bibliography essays by artist · TIME FOUNTAIN, catalogue for End(s) of the Museum, Fundaçio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, 1995 · THE ENVIRONMENT AS A MUSICAL RESOURCE, essay in exhibition catalogue for LANDSCAPE SOUNDINGS, Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990 · TRANSPARENTE KLÄNGE, Kunstforum 103, Köln, 1989 · SATELLITE SOUNDBRIDGE COLOGNE-SAN FRANCISCO, essay in exhibition catalogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987 · THE RELOCATION OF AMBIENT SOUND, Leonardo Volume 20 # 2, 1987, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987 · THOUGHTS ON SOUND, exhibition catalogue for SOUND, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979 individual catalogues about artist · LANDSCAPE SOUNDINGS, Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990 - essays by John Hanhardt, Heidi Grundmann, and Werner Fenz · SATELLITE SOUNDBRIDGE COLOGNE-SAN FRANCISCO, essay in exhibition catalogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987 - essays by Klaus Schöning, Gerhard Kolberg