Journey

A repeating paddle design, sandblasted into the side of concrete benches located within the upper plaza of Songhees Park.
About the artist
Dylan Thomas

Dates

Born in Victoria, in 1986

Biography

Qwul’thilum (Dylan Thomas) is a Coast Salish artist from the Lyackson First Nation. He has trained in jewelry design with jewelry artist Seletze ( Delmar Johnnie), and apprenticed under renowned Kwakwaka’wakw artist Rande Cook in all mediums of Northwest Coast art.  Dylan has also extensively studied other forms of traditional geometric art, and his work has been deeply influenced by Vajrayana Buddhist mandalas, Celtic knots, Islamic tessellations, and many other ancient geometric art traditions. 

Dylan’s artwork has been published in The Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Taylor and Francis), and in Contemporary Art on the Northwest Coast by Karen & Ralph Norris. In 2013, Dylan was featured in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Urban Thunderbirds/Ravens in a Material World art show, and in 2016, Dylan held his first solo exhibit, titled Sacred Geometry, at Alcheringa Gallery in Victoria. He was the Indigenous Artist in Residence at the City of Victoria from 2019 – 2021.

Website

http://www.dylan-thomas.ca/

Details
Artwork type
First Nations
Medium
Sandblasted concrete
Copyright
Dylan Thomas
Site
on the benches in Songhees Park, which is on the west side of Johnson Street Bridge where the Songhees Walkway leads onto the bridge
Artwork category
Civic Public Art
Community
Victoria
Date unveiled
July 22, 2022
Location
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