Enigmatic forces are at work upon the landscapes that Dil Hildebrand invents in his paintings and drawings. In Hildebrand's iconography, fragments of wilderness are captured in the ineffable process of an apocalyptic transfiguration. Certain references to the works' own presentation point to the viewer's presence, while invoking both a past and an implied future. Tapping diverse traditions, including Cubism and Surrealism, Hildebrand creates visions of wilderness where actuality is blended with
the imaginary. In these other-world scenarios nature is both maligned and memorialized as sublime objects of otherness.
Dil Hildebrand was born in Winnipeg . In 1998 he obtained his Bachelors degree in Visual Arts from Concordia University, where he is currently a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts programme. He has shown in several group exhibitions throughout Quebec and Canada, and will be included in upcoming group exhibitions in Auckland, New Zealand and Montreal . In 2006, Dil Hildebrand won the prestigious RBC Canadian Painting Competition. He lives and works in Montreal.
