Alain Bouillet is an honorary professor at the Department of Educational Sciences (Universities of Paris-X-Nanterre and Paul Valéry (Montpellier III).
After meeting Jean Dubuffet, he joined the Association L’Aracine - whose collection, after donation, now constitutes the collection of Art Brut of the LaM: Musée d’Art Moderne, d’Art Contemporain et d’Art Brut de Lille-Métropole - association of which he is currently a member of the Board of Directors. Favouring encounters with the authors of Art Brut, being a lecturer, writer and even curator, Alain Bouillet has been working since 1987 to defend and illustrate Art Brut.