Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Arts

Doris Vila

Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Arts
Region: Brooklyn, NY
Residencies: 1986, 1988, 1991, 1998

Doris Vila is an interdisciplinary artist who creates luminous environments where stories stretch out in time and space. Often her work revolves around flocks, swarms, and crowds in motion, as viewers trigger sounds, video, and holographic scenes. For more than 25 years, Vila has worked with art and technology in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Born in Miami of Cuban heritage, she studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and Hunter College in New York City.

Studios

Alexander

Doris Vila worked in the Alexander studio.

Funded through the generous support of Elizabeth Alexander, this studio was built in memory of her late husband, the renowned portrait painter John White Alexander (1856-1915). Originally designed as a visual art gallery, Marian MacDowell persuaded Elizabeth that the space would better serve the arts if commissioned as a visual…

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