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Augustine Thilak

Born in 1981, In Chennai, Augustine Thilak is a multidisciplinary Artist who obtained his Bachelors in Fine Arts from Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, and started working in the realms of Art as therapy as he was fascinated with the working of Human mind. Later he completed his post graduation in psychotherapy and counseling which helped him to delve deep into the therapeutic use of Art. He found psychotherapy limiting and his search continue for deeper understanding of Mind and its Harmony, where he found Yoga had the answers he was looking for. Now he also teaches Yoga and the experiences he got through this travel are predominantly felt in his works, either the Art he makes or the Therapy, he offers.

Augustine Thilak’s Art weaves together the duality of man’s existence, namely the contradictions in life as presence absence, material spiritual, visible invisible, which offers opportunities to rise above it all by connecting with the spiritual inner self. His works are a search for deeper understanding of the Existence, which is eloquently conveyed through his reductive and minimal forms with line as a descriptive protagonist, foregrounding the importance of connectivity to oneself. The simplicity of his visual language forms the basis of his inherent philosophy of attracting the viewer to hold a dialogue with his works. He uses Mixed media Installations, Dry pastels, Acrylic on canvas and performance Art. He lives and works from Chennai,India.

External links: [| many Bangaloreans were puzzled to see performer Augustine Thilak packing bricks into a piece of cloth and carrying it around.]

Art as a therapeutic tool

"Language of Existence" Art Exhibition

[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140202/jsp/calcutta/story_17865867.jsp#.U6_GgkDNJyk http:Augustine performed early on the second day. His act involved removing a mirror from seven layers of newspaper. He went on to clean the mirror, making it spotless and finally shattering it.]

Art therapy for the soul

Unscrewing the Junk of thoughts