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​Rhéni Tauchid is an author, painter, and educator. In her professional life at local acrylic paint manufacturers, Tri-Art Mfg. Inc., Rhéni is the materials consultant, part of the product development team, and founder of the Tri-Art Acrylic Education Program and the Art Noise Studio program. Rheni is the director of the Art Noise Gallery.  She teaches painting workshops and lectures locally and abroad.

Rheni is the author of The New Acrylics (Watson-Guptill/Random House, 2005),  and its sequel, New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook, (Watson-Guptill/Random House, 2009). Her books have been translated into Dutch and German. Her third book,  Acrylic Painting Mediums & Methods (The Monacelli Press, 2018) explores the intricacies and possibilities of acrylic mediums.
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​She is based in Kingston, Ontario Canada.