Tomas Rafa was born in Zilina in 1979. He finished study at Academy of Fine arts in Banska Bystrica and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in prof. Grzegorz Kowalski's studio of Audiovisual space. Tomas Rafa and his project NEW NATIONALISM IN THE HEART OF EUROPE won prestige Oskár Čepan's award for young artist under 35 in 2011.