About me

With long-standing participation in the creative arts and the cultural heritage sector, holding undergraduate qualifications in Fine Art and postgraduate qualifications in Conservation, I undertake work at University College London and the Horniman Museum as Contract Conservator (paper and photograph) and at UCL, the Geology Collections as Artist Residence with a Leverhulme Trust Award photographing microfossils. In addition I am Associate Lecturer within the Conservation department, Camberwell College of Arts.

I am a practical and dexterous individual with interests in microscopy, the restoration and riding of vintage Japanese motorcycles as well as an avid allotmenteer.

Skills

Specialist paper and photograph conservator, Excellent photographic skills, IT knowledge of museum collections databases AdLib, MUSIMS & MIMSY, COSHH, laboratory and technical workshop aware and trained, Full and clean UK driving licence, Japanese language speaker, Qualified TESOL English Instructor

Sector Experience

At present I work as Contract Conservator for University College London throughout Museums & Collections UCL, notably the Strang Print Room; Geology Collections; the Petrie Museum of Egyptology and the Institute of Archaeology as well as the Horniman Museum as paper and photograph conservator.

Awards

Masters of Art in Conservation, Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts London, Postgraduate Diploma in Conservation, Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts London, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Hons.), Newport College of Art & Design, University of Wales, Foundation Degree, Gt. Yarmouth College of Art & Design, TESOLCert, Trinity College London, Pianoforte Grade VIII, Royal Schools of Music, Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residency Award, University College London

Clients

Camberwell College of Arts, London Metropolitan Archives, Museums & Collections, The Charles Dickens Museum, The Geologists' Association Photograph Archive, The Horniman Museum, The Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University College London, University of East Anglia

Trade Associations

Quekett Microsopical Society, ICON (Institute of Conservation)