Portfolio
Vol. 01 / Artist File
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Theo Thierry*

Born in 1998, is a budding afro-surrealist artist and visionary primarily dealing in digital mediums. Originally from North Carolina, Theo now resides and works in Brooklyn, NY.

SURREALISM
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NYC BASED
Studio image
Studio / working space
statement

STATEMENT

My work is situated between things both familiar and unsettled. I often borrow from contemporary visual culture, religious iconography, personal myth and life when creating. I am constantly re-examining themes of transformation, confinement, faith, and self-authorship stemming from my own personal triumphs and struggles.

Using color, texture, and surreal composition I build environments viewers can reflect their situations in.

In my visuals texture is introduced to counter the immaterial nature of the digital image, introducing friction that slows perception that sort of urges a physical yearning.

As I move across visual art, fashion, and conceptual design through different disciplines, I am interested in how ideas arrive to me and how they are refined.

I encourage viewers to slow down and engage attentively.

chronology

TIMELINE

selected moments
2012
origin

Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal

Learning Photoshop in late 2012, he begins tinkering with graphic design and practicing a technique called photobashing. This becomes his entry point into design.

medium

Chooses his first consistent medium

Gifted his first camera, a Samsung fixed-lens point-and-shoot. Soon after, he saves for a Nikon D3200 and leans into photography as a primary medium, shooting in public and at school with friends while practicing video FX.

2015
2021
practice

Adopts artist as path

Encouraged by friends already present in full artistic careers, he transitions from treating art as a hobby into a more serious, consistent practice and begins his digital art journey.

location

Moves to New York & develops a unique digital style

Relocates to NYC and enrolls at Pace University after a BS in Information Technology, eventually adding a minor in Art and refining his digital tapestry language.

2023
2024
expansion

Moves to Paris & begins a painting arc

During a study abroad period, he moves to Paris, sees Europe for the first time, engages new cultures and perspectives, expands his visual vocabulary, learns to paint, and creates a small series of works.

exhibition

Exhibits for the first time in NYC

Returns to NYC and exhibits in group shows with Pace University and MONAD Galleries while leaning into accessories and merchandising work under his own creative direction.

2025
Portfolio
Vol. 01 / Artist File
About / Contact / Portfolio

Theo Thierry*

Born in 1998, is a budding afro-surrealist artist and visionary primarily dealing in digital mediums. Originally from North Carolina, Theo now resides and works in Brooklyn, NY.

SURREALISM
PORTFOLIO BOTTOM OF PAGE
NYC BASED
Studio image
Studio / working space
statement

STATEMENT

My work is situated between things both familiar and unsettled. I often borrow from contemporary visual culture, religious iconography, personal myth and life when creating. I am constantly re-examining themes of transformation, confinement, faith, and self-authorship stemming from my own personal triumphs and struggles.

Using color, texture, and surreal composition I build environments viewers can reflect their situations in.

In my visuals texture is introduced to counter the immaterial nature of the digital image, introducing friction that slows perception that sort of urges a physical yearning.

As I move across visual art, fashion, and conceptual design through different disciplines, I am interested in how ideas arrive to me and how they are refined.

I encourage viewers to slow down and engage attentively.

chronology

TIMELINE

selected moments
2012
origin

Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal

Learning Photoshop in late 2012, he begins tinkering with graphic design and practicing a technique called photobashing. This becomes his entry point into design.

medium

Chooses his first consistent medium

Gifted his first camera, a Samsung fixed-lens point-and-shoot. Soon after, he saves for a Nikon D3200 and leans into photography as a primary medium, shooting in public and at school with friends while practicing video FX.

2015
2021
practice

Adopts artist as path

Encouraged by friends already present in full artistic careers, he transitions from treating art as a hobby into a more serious, consistent practice and begins his digital art journey.

location

Moves to New York & develops a unique digital style

Relocates to NYC and enrolls at Pace University after a BS in Information Technology, eventually adding a minor in Art and refining his digital tapestry language.

2023
2024
expansion

Moves to Paris & begins a painting arc

During a study abroad period, he moves to Paris, sees Europe for the first time, engages new cultures and perspectives, expands his visual vocabulary, learns to paint, and creates a small series of works.

exhibition

Exhibits for the first time in NYC

Returns to NYC and exhibits in group shows with Pace University and MONAD Galleries while leaning into accessories and merchandising work under his own creative direction.

2025