Born off the Martinique of a Guadeloupean father and a Reunionese mother Thierry grew up under the protection of his grandmother parterelle Marthe in Guadeloupe. At 17, he returned to Martinique where he learned to paint under the direction of Ernest Breleur, Victor Anicet, Rene Louise, Hamid, Ismael Mundaray, Magalie Degras and a few others. He also learns life, love, work. At 23, he meets André Arsenec while he sells encyclopedia to pay for his studies. He invites him on the set of 20H00 on the occasion of his first exhibition "The Fallen King". The success of this exhibition propels him on the artistic front of Martinique and causes his departure in New York. There he is guided by Marc Latamie and enters MFA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York.