Artists/Sylvain Bouthillette
“Manjushri is a bodhisattva associated with Vairochana, the Buddha Resplendent, who is like the sun in glory at its zenith. He is the patron bodhisattva of the Kadampa denomination, famous for its students of the written word. Manjushri’s sword of discriminating wisdom is tipped with flames to show that it severs all notions of duality. It can cut away delusion, aversion and longing, to reveal understanding, equanimity and compassion.”
Born in 1963 Sylvain Bouthillette took a Master’s degree in Visual Arts at Concordia University where he now teaches. For more than twenty years he has developed his multidisciplinary practice of painting, sculpture, soundwork and printmaking. He has shown at or been collected by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal; Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, TD Bank and the Musee de Quebec among several others. A survey and catalogue, “Sylvain Bouthillette: Dharma Bum”, recently finished a national tour.
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Installation view,
Blastronautes (2007)
University of Quebec at Chicoutimi
Work/Sylvain Bouthillette
Dharma Tram Stop (1997)
collection of the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, dimensions: 322 x 244 cm (painting) and 360 x 132 cm (sculpture)
Work/Sylvain Bouthillette
Installation view at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, of the touring survey Sylvain Bouthillette: Dharma Bum
