Biography

Bill Fontana (born 1947) is an American composer and artist who developed an international reputation for his pioneering experiments in sound. He has realized sound sculptures and radio projects for museums and broadcast organizations around the world. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; the Post Museum, Frankfurt; the Art History and Natural History Museums in Vienna; both Tate Modern and Tate Britain in London; the 48th Venice Biennale; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the Art Gallery of NSE, Sydney; and the Kolumba Museum, Cologne. He has done major sound art projects for the BBC, the European Broadcast Union, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, West German Radio (WDR), Swedish Radio, Radio France, and the Austrian State Radio.