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Contemporary art patron and collector Chris Vroom is the CEO of Art+Culture. Vroom is also the founder of CollectorIQ, an online data, analytics and portfolio management platform that helps collectors, and their advisors, analyze, value and trade fine art and collectibles.
Vroom previously founded and was Chairman of Artspace.com, the world’s leading internet platform for the discovery and collection of contemporary art. He’s also the Founder of the New York-based non-profit Artadia, which for over 20 years has provided over $20 million in direct and indirect support as well as professional development opportunities to artists from all parts of the United States. Vroom received his BA from The University of Chicago in Economics where his son goes now.
He was a Managing Director and Global Group Head for the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group where he advised institutional investors, venture capital and private equity firms on technology investments. He was a Managing Director and Group Head of Consumer Group equity research at Alex. Brown & Sons where he had the opportunity to learn from and, in turn, advise management teams at many great growth companies including Starbucks and Costco Wholesale, among others from their earliest beginnings to rapid growth.
Bridget Murphy is the Director of Art+Culture. She is a practicing Art Advisor based in New York City with a focus on education and supporting local artists. Bridget has both institutional and non-profit experience having worked at Artadia, Longhouse Projects, MoMA, the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, and the ICA Boston. Bridget received an MFA and Museum Studies Certificate from Tufts University, and an undergraduate degree in Fine Art and Art History from Boston University. Bridget serves on the benefit and fundraising committees of Artadia, Smack Mellon, Sanctuary for Families, and Blue School NYC.
Art+Culture was founded in 2015 by Chris Vroom and Helen Andrews. Helen ran the editions business at the prestigious White Cube gallery in London. Her exacting standards on production quality and her commitment to serving artists and cultural institutions, helped establish the basis for the Company’s future growth. Recently, Helen’s professional life took a different direction and she’s presently pursuing higher education. Her ethos remains at the core of our value system.