Thierry Corpet Dit Raymond X

It was in Nice-France in the 1980s - under the influence of pop art and comics that Thierry Corpet alias Raymond X discovered his taste for urban art. Particularly attracted by the paintings of Robert Combas and free figuration, he decided to continue his studies in art in Nice (EMAP Villa Thiole - School of cartoons Palais des Congrès). At the same time, he began to present his first works to Nice gallerists and fortuitously met the visual artist Daniel Spoerri who discovered his works and encouraged him in his graphic orientations.

He chooses the pseudonym of Raymond X in order to work freely and to affix on the walls of Nice and Paris, pictorial works previously produced on kraft paper.
At the end of the 80s he took part in an underground cultural event in Brittany alongside Speedy Graphito.

Over the years, his emerging style of the spirit of free figuration has refined to become more personal and arrive at a Graff spirit 'bordering on abstraction.
His deconstructed images with amalgamated, colored forms linked by superimposed lines are reminiscent of the interconnection that exists between things, people and places.

In his studio in Corte in Corsica, he plays the crazy laboratory assistant and experiments with all ki...

1985-1986 Ecole de dessins animés - Palais des congrès NICE, France
1983-1985 EMAP Villa Thiole NICE, France

Expositions collectives

2019 2ème Salon d’Art Contemporain “Point Art Fair” Le Lazaret – Ajaccio
1994 Les Paradis Artificiels Espace Laleu – St Leu – La Réunion, France
1991 Rock aux portes de l’enfer (expos / concerts avec “Les Happy-Drivers, Speedy Graphito, etc) Brasparts, France
1991 Fête Artension – Peinture en plein air Château de de la Madeleine – Vernon, France
1990 The no man’s land Meaux, France
1988 Expo collective – Galerie Chante Pierre Nice, France
Expositions solo
1997 Homo erectus consommatorus Galerie Art Sénik – St Leu la Réunion -, France
1995 Surf Jazz and Ideas Mairie Ravine Blanche – St Pierre la Réunion, France
1995 Surf Jazz and Ideas Galerie Art Sénik – St Leu la Réunion, France
1993 “Kess kia ala téloch’ ce soir” Galerie Indigo – St Denis La Réunion, France
1992 Performance “Coloriage Géant” Montreuil – La Noue, France
1992 Fou de Jazz – Méridien Porte Maillot Paris, France
1991 Le press agrumes Paris 19eme, France
1990 Le Bar à vin Meaux, France