Raphaël Thierry

Under the name of Rapharty, he created and illustrated a collection of books for children, Les Aventures de Superchien (The Superdog Adventures) since 2000.

Raphaël Thierry (born 1972) is a French visual artist, painter and illustrator. He displays his work on various media such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, performances, installations and develops his artistic practice under multiple identities. Raphael Thierry lives between Paris and Avignon, France.

Born in Tunisia in 1972, Thierry grew up in the South of France. He moved to Paris in 1990 where he studied graphic design at the Académie Julian. Graduated with honors from the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques Met de Penninghen in 1994 and recipient of the Villa Medici grant in fine art at the French Academy in Rome in 2004, he decided to focus exclusively on his artistic work. He produced numerous exhibitions and performances while developing his artistic practice under multiple identities. He has worked for many years with the writer and philosopher Federico Nicolao [fr] with which he published in 2004 the book La Medesima Ombra. During his stay at the French Academy in Rome, he met the composer Jérôme Combier, with whom he created several visual performances during the concerts of Vies Silencieuses. In 2008, he created the duo ©® with the French director Christian Volckman (Renaissance), an artistic collaboration source of a series of thematic films and exhibitions named Theflow. In 2010, he produced the paintings and the video for Frank Wedekind's play Lulu – une tragédie monstre directed by Stéphane Braunschweig at the Théâtre national de la Colline.