Born in Cap-Haïtien, Chéry began working as a barber and then moved on to open a gas station in the Artibonite Valley and exhibited his art at his work site.

In 1951 Pholimé Obin, recognizing his talent, took him to the Cap-Haïtien Art Center, where he remained for a year. Ten years later, Chéry joined the Art Center in Port-au-Prince. He took part in several Haitian exhibitions overseas.

In the beginning, Chéry was quite representative of the Northern School, minutely rendering historical scenes or events from daily life such as Christmas or Carnival. He then changed in favor of comic drawings of merchants carrying giant fruits on their heads or of tap-taps (public transport vans) on the verge of falling apart, painted in vibrant colors.