Serge Tiroche comes from a family with a long tradition in art - as collectors, gallery owners, dealers and auction house founders. He has been collecting contemporary art for over 30 years. He obtained an MBA from INSEAD in 1997 and was a Managing Director at Citi Private Bank until 2007, when he left in order to combine his passions for art collecting and investments. His mission has since been to enable a broader community to participate in the art world, by combining passion and investment.
His first project was to found ST-ART, Israel's first art incubator project. He went on to invest in the Artist Pension Trust and serve as its global chairman until 2010. In 2011 he co-founded Art Vantage PCC Limited, an Art Fund focused on collecting contemporary art from developing markets, via the Tiroche DeLeon Collection.
His most recent venture is Africa First, a private collection he founded in 2017 focused on contemporary art from Africa and the diaspora, which includes a unique residency program in Israel, where he is from.
Over the years Serge was involved with multiple public art organisations in various functions - The Batsheva Dance Company, The Tel-Aviv Museum, The Serpentine Gallery and the Israel Museum to name a few. He also invests and advises various startups targeting a more efficient art market ecosystem.
