Francois Chantala earned a degree in Law in 1994, studied Art History at the École du Louvre and received a BA in 1997. In 1998, he graduated from Christie’s Education Masters Program in New York. In 2000, after having worked at Christie’s Contemporary Art Department in London for two years, he joined Thomas Dane, then a private dealer, to work specifically on building collections in Europe and the US. In 2004, Thomas Dane Gallery was established in St. James’s in London, of which Chantala has since been a director and partner.