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.
TIMELINE
TIMELINE
FILTER BY YEAR
2012 - Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal
2012 - Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal
Learning photoshop in late 2012, begins tinkering with graphic design and practicing a technique called photobashing. This would be his beginning in design.
Chooses first consistent medium - 2015
▼Chooses first consistent medium - 2015
Gifted his first camera- a Samsung fixed lens Point and Shoot. Not long after saves up enough for a Nikon D3200, leaning heavily into photography as primary medium. Shoots photographs in public and at school with friends. Practicing video FX...
2021 - Adopts artist as path
2021 - Adopts artist as path
While never really considering art as anything more than a hobby he, encouraged by friends already present in full artist careers, transitions into a more serious and consistent artistic practice. Starts digital art journey.
2023 - Moves to New York & develops unique digital style
2023 - Moves to New York & develops unique digital style
Relocates to NYC and enrolls into Pace University after a BS in Information Technology, and eventually a minor in Art. Perfects digital tapestry style langauge.
Moves to Paris & Painting Arc - 2024
▼Moves to Paris & Painting Arc - 2024
In continuing Education, moves to paris in study abroad stint. Sees Europe for the first time engaging new cultures and perspective, expanding his visual vocabulary. Learns to paint and creates a small series of works.
2025 - Exhibits for the first time, in NYC
2025 - Exhibits for the first time, in NYC
Returns to NYC. Exhibits in groupshows with Pace University and MONAD Galleries. Leans into accessories and merchandising work under own creative direction.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
My work exists in a space between the familiar and the unsettled. Often borrowing from contemporary visual culture, religious iconography, personal myth and life. 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 compositional logic I build dense environments viewers can reflect their situations in.
In my visuals texture is made 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 and how they are refined.
I encourage viewers to slow down and engage attentively.
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.
TIMELINE
TIMELINE
FILTER BY YEAR
2012 - Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal
2012 - Stumbles into design & curating visual appeal
Learning photoshop in late 2012, begins tinkering with graphic design and practicing a technique called photobashing. This would be his beginning in design.
Chooses first consistent medium - 2015
▼Chooses first consistent medium - 2015
Gifted his first camera- a Samsung fixed lens Point and Shoot. Not long after saves up enough for a Nikon D3200, leaning heavily into photography as primary medium. Shoots photographs in public and at school with friends. Practicing video FX...
2021 - Adopts artist as path
2021 - Adopts artist as path
While never really considering art as anything more than a hobby he, encouraged by friends already present in full artist careers, transitions into a more serious and consistent artistic practice. Starts digital art journey.
2023 - Moves to New York & develops unique digital style
2023 - Moves to New York & develops unique digital style
Relocates to NYC and enrolls into Pace University after a BS in Information Technology, and eventually a minor in Art. Perfects digital tapestry style langauge.
Moves to Paris & Painting Arc - 2024
▼Moves to Paris & Painting Arc - 2024
In continuing Education, moves to paris in study abroad stint. Sees Europe for the first time engaging new cultures and perspective, expanding his visual vocabulary. Learns to paint and creates a small series of works.
2025 - Exhibits for the first time, in NYC
2025 - Exhibits for the first time, in NYC
Returns to NYC. Exhibits in groupshows with Pace University and MONAD Galleries. Leans into accessories and merchandising work under own creative direction.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
My work exists in a space between the familiar and the unsettled. Often borrowing from contemporary visual culture, religious iconography, personal myth and life. 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 compositional logic I build dense environments viewers can reflect their situations in.
In my visuals texture is made 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 and how they are refined.
I encourage viewers to slow down and engage attentively.