Thierry Lefort NEWS

Thierry Lefort, was born in 1967. It was at the age of twelve, without any theoretical or technical learning, that he picked up pencils, brushes, pastels and created his first drawings and his first paintings. It is the revelation, he finds his own way of understanding the world, its light, its colors and above all its beauty. Then it was Chinese calligraphy, practiced in the province of Henan in China, which led him towards greater clarity of line.

In 2021, Yoyo Maeght is dedicating an exhibition to him in Paris, followed by another in 2022. Other exhibitions are taking place in Bordeaux and Aix en Provence.

From this collaboration, several prints were published, and also quickly sold out.

Recent works 2023

In 2022, Thierry Lefort is invited by the city of Burbank to create a monumental work of more than 150 m2. All stages of creation were captured on video which will soon be the subject of a documentary.

As an extension of the adventure of his remarkable monumental painting produced in Burbank, Thierry Lefort is preparing a print which takes up this emblematic landscape of the hills of Los Angeles.

The City of Burbank, in Los Angeles County, is the world capital of the media and the film industry with the studios of major companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Touchstone Pictures, ABC, Warner Bros, NBC and Warner Music. It was at the request of the city that Thierry Lefort created this monumental work of more than 150 m2. All stages of creation were captured on video which will soon be the subject of a documentary.

Thierry Lefort, Wall of +150 m2 in Burbank, California. 2022