The tichyocean foundation was founded in 2005 by Dr. Roman Buxbaum in order to support, collect, preserve and present works by his friend, Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý (1925-2011). Buxbaum continued to develop his collecting activities and today the tichyocean collection includes works by more than 200 artists.

Since 2021, he has been running the tichyocean exhibition space in Zurich, where he presents thematic exhibitions of contemporary art that draw on the collections themselves, but also transcend them and reflect current cultural and social events. In collaboration with artists, curators and other experts in the field of art, tichyocean also organizes a series of lectures and artistic performances and is dedicated to publishing activities related to the work of Miroslav Tichý as well as artists from its own collection.

tichyocean is guided by the conviction that contemporary art allows people to navigate the world and at the same time to protect themselves from it, just as it did with Miroslav Tichý.

ABOUT ROMAN BUXBAUM

Roman Buxbaum was born in 1956 in Prague. Since 1968 he has lived in Zurich, where he studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1982. In 1991 he became certified in psychiatry and psychotherapy and the following year opened his own practice. In 1996 he founded Psychcentral, a company that runs psychiatric and psychotherapeutic outpatient clinics.

He studied art and art therapy at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1984-1987). Since 1983 he has worked as an artist, organizing exhibitions and performances in galleries, museums and theatres. Since 1984 he has been realizing projects, exhibitions and books with the theme of Art Brut. Since 1981 he has been a collector and promoter of the Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý. He founded the project Artists For Tichy – Tichy For Artists and a collection of contemporary international art. The collections will be housed in an exhibition depository (Schaulager) near Prague and open to the public from 2027.