Africa First was founded by Serge Tiroche in 2017 as a platform to support and promote Contemporary Art from the continent. An active collector of African Contemporary art for over a decade, he decided to focus his private collecting and residency program on emerging artists from Africa and its diaspora.

Africa First actively promotes the artists in its collection through its website, gallery collaborations, a lending program, digital media, an artist residency, newsletters, sponsorships, prizes and commissions, as well as various forms of collaboration and advisory work with a multitude of institutions in the art ecosystem. These activities are essential for the advancement of the artist’s profiles and ultimately long-term value creation.
  • Gitte Möller, Heaven helps those who help themselves II, 2017-2018
    Gitte Möller, Heaven helps those who help themselves II, 2017-2018
  • Gitte Möller, Purgatory, 2018
    Gitte Möller, Purgatory, 2018
  • Gitte Möller, It is impossible to eat with disgust and pleasure at the same time, 2017-2018
    Gitte Möller, It is impossible to eat with disgust and pleasure at the same time, 2017-2018
  • Godwin Champs Namuyimba, Times of Knowledge, 2021
    Godwin Champs Namuyimba, Times of Knowledge, 2021
  • Godwin Champs Namuyimba, Cat Girl, 2021
    Godwin Champs Namuyimba, Cat Girl, 2021
  • Grace Cross, Atlas is a mother (graces), 2019
    Grace Cross, Atlas is a mother (graces), 2019
  • Grace Cross, Atlas is a sex worker, 2019
    Grace Cross, Atlas is a sex worker, 2019
  • Grace Cross, Atlas Letting the Weight Settle, 2020
    Grace Cross, Atlas Letting the Weight Settle, 2020
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Heavyweight 1, 2018
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Heavyweight 1, 2018
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Heavyweight 2, 2018
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Heavyweight 2, 2018
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Blessed art the Feeble Part 2, 2018
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Blessed art the Feeble Part 2, 2018
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Mazino (The Standard Bearer), 2017
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Mazino (The Standard Bearer), 2017
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Mazino (The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men...), 2017
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Mazino (The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men...), 2017
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Beacon of Hope, 2018
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Beacon of Hope, 2018
  • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Landscape, 2018
    Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Landscape, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Trace 1-8, 2017
    Helen Teede, Trace 1-8, 2017
  • Helen Teede, Bear Bare Skeleton, 2018
    Helen Teede, Bear Bare Skeleton, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Deceased Estate - 2, 2018
    Helen Teede, Deceased Estate - 2, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Broken Story, 2018
    Helen Teede, Broken Story, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Deceased Estate - 1, 2018
    Helen Teede, Deceased Estate - 1, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Facund Ground, 2018
    Helen Teede, Facund Ground, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Air Pregnant With - 1, 2018
    Helen Teede, Air Pregnant With - 1, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Do Not Demolish, 2018
    Helen Teede, Do Not Demolish, 2018
  • Helen Teede, The Life is the Least of it, Part 1, 2018
    Helen Teede, The Life is the Least of it, Part 1, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Hanging Tree, 2018
    Helen Teede, Hanging Tree, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Seam, 2018
    Helen Teede, Seam, 2018
  • Helen Teede, Uprooting, 2017
    Helen Teede, Uprooting, 2017
  • Ibrahim Mahama, GP XX, 2015-2016
    Ibrahim Mahama, GP XX, 2015-2016
  • Ibrahim Mahama, KAW AOP, 2015
    Ibrahim Mahama, KAW AOP, 2015
  • Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Ghangha Ọ ha mmili (Ghangha the rainmaker), 2019
    Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Ghangha Ọ ha mmili (Ghangha the rainmaker), 2019
  • Igshaan Adams, In Fields of Gold and Green, 2017
    Igshaan Adams, In Fields of Gold and Green, 2017
  • Igshaan Adams, PLATE 7, Neoscope series 2014
    Igshaan Adams, PLATE 7, Neoscope series 2014
  • Isabelle Grobler, the cannibal's congress: founding ideology, 2015
    Isabelle Grobler, the cannibal's congress: founding ideology, 2015
  • Isabelle Grobler, the cannibal’s congress: mother tongue, 2015
    Isabelle Grobler, the cannibal’s congress: mother tongue, 2015
  • Isabelle Grobler, The Cannibal's Congress: father tongue, 2015
    Isabelle Grobler, The Cannibal's Congress: father tongue, 2015
  • Isabelle Grobler, The wedding night, 2015
    Isabelle Grobler, The wedding night, 2015
  • Isabelle Grobler, Untitled (chair), 2015
    Isabelle Grobler, Untitled (chair), 2015
  • Isshaq Ismail, Mutumin Yau (Today's man), 2022
    Isshaq Ismail, Mutumin Yau (Today's man), 2022
  • Jade Montserrat, Big black hardhead, 2016
    Jade Montserrat, Big black hardhead, 2016
  • Jade Montserrat, Possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers, 2017-2020
    Jade Montserrat, Possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers, 2017-2020
  • Jade Montserrat, Feet: Spectator, 2016
    Jade Montserrat, Feet: Spectator, 2016
  • Jade Montserrat, Torso: wheat, 2020-2021
    Jade Montserrat, Torso: wheat, 2020-2021
  • Jammie Holmes, Angels, 2021
    Jammie Holmes, Angels, 2021
  • Jeanne Gaigher, mind, middle, sensations choking with expectation how could things be otherwise a world evolving according to it’s own rhythms responsive life a sequence from the back to the front, 2023
    Jeanne Gaigher, mind, middle, sensations choking with expectation how could things be otherwise a world evolving according to it’s own rhythms responsive life a sequence from the back to the front, 2023
  • Jessy Razafimandimby, quie sait ou le temps s'en va?, 2022
    Jessy Razafimandimby, quie sait ou le temps s'en va?, 2022
  • Joana Choumali, Ca Va Aller 2, 2018
    Joana Choumali, Ca Va Aller 2, 2018
  • John Madu, Man and His Flowers, 2021
    John Madu, Man and His Flowers, 2021
  • Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, Annunciation, 2019
    Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, Annunciation, 2019
  • Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, Far and Away, 2019
    Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, Far and Away, 2019
  • Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Boys meets Ocean, 2022
    Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Boys meets Ocean, 2022
  • Jonathan Lyndon Chase, A-Fib, 2021-2
    Jonathan Lyndon Chase, A-Fib, 2021-2
  • Jonathan Lyndon Chase, 7 Heads on Red Bed, 2016
    Jonathan Lyndon Chase, 7 Heads on Red Bed, 2016
  • Joseph "Paa Joe" Tetteh Ashong, Water Series 1, 2004
    Joseph "Paa Joe" Tetteh Ashong, Water Series 1, 2004
  • Joshua Oheneba Takyi, Desolate, 2022
    Joshua Oheneba Takyi, Desolate, 2022
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evils, Part 3, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evils, Part 3, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 4, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 4, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 5, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 5, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 7, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 7, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 8, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 8, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 9, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Lesser Evil, Part 9, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Fate, Part A, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Fate, Part A, 2018
  • Julio Rizhi, Fate, Part B, 2018
    Julio Rizhi, Fate, Part B, 2018
  • Kaleab Abate, Behind the Curtain, 2022
    Kaleab Abate, Behind the Curtain, 2022
  • Kaleab Abate, The in Between 2, 2022
    Kaleab Abate, The in Between 2, 2022
  • Kaleab Abate, For the eyes only 1, 2022
    Kaleab Abate, For the eyes only 1, 2022
  • Kaloki Nyamai, No Leloni, 2021
    Kaloki Nyamai, No Leloni, 2021
  • Kara Walker, Kilroy Was Here, 2010
    Kara Walker, Kilroy Was Here, 2010
  • Kassou Seydou, Cap Skirring, diptyque, 2020
    Kassou Seydou, Cap Skirring, diptyque, 2020
  • Kassou Seydou, Sur le chemin de chez l’oncle Adama, 2019
    Kassou Seydou, Sur le chemin de chez l’oncle Adama, 2019
  • Kassou Seydou, Mame Line do not forget, 2018
    Kassou Seydou, Mame Line do not forget, 2018
  • Kate Gottgens, The Empty Hours, 2020
    Kate Gottgens, The Empty Hours, 2020
  • Kelechi Nwaneri, Ala's Compassion, 2020
    Kelechi Nwaneri, Ala's Compassion, 2020
  • Kelechi Nwaneri, Carry You Home, 2019
    Kelechi Nwaneri, Carry You Home, 2019
  • Kelechi Nwaneri, Flooded Apartment II, 2020
    Kelechi Nwaneri, Flooded Apartment II, 2020
  • Kelechi Nwaneri, Lovers 1, 2019
    Kelechi Nwaneri, Lovers 1, 2019
  • Kelechi Nwaneri, Lovers 2, 2019
    Kelechi Nwaneri, Lovers 2, 2019
  • Kimathi Mafafo, Cradlesome, 2021
    Kimathi Mafafo, Cradlesome, 2021
  • Kimathi Mafafo, Voiceless II, 2019
    Kimathi Mafafo, Voiceless II, 2019
  • Kimathi Mafafo, Solitude I, 2017
    Kimathi Mafafo, Solitude I, 2017
  • Kimathi Mafafo, Transcendent II, 2019
    Kimathi Mafafo, Transcendent II, 2019
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