Experience

Conservator (Temporary Contract), Richard Rogers Conservation (July and September 2023)

• Assist with the cleaning and hot waxing of two large-scale outdoor bronze sculptures.

• Cold wax and buffing of plaques.

Conservator (Temporary Contract), National Conservation Service (July 2023)

• Deep clean of SOAS Special Collections Archive: books, documents, sculptures, and other material types.

Guest Speaker, Patina Art Collection Care (22-23 June 2023)

• Preventive Conservation and Condition Checking.

Conservator-in-Residence, Slade School of Fine Art (October 2022–September 2023)

• Advise Slade students on their practice and conservation issues.

• Assist with Material Research Project.

• Manage the Winsor & Newton Archive.

Intern, Julia Nagle Conservation, London (October 2022 – July 2023)

• Implement treatment on a large-scale oil painting on canvas.

• Conduct research on its materials using FTIR, SEM, and multispectral-imaging.

Associate Director, Gallery Liaison & Content, Ocula, London (September 2019 - January 2022)

• Built close working relationships with commercial art galleries across five continents, managing up to 116 accounts simultaneously.

• Previously: Manager, Gallery Liaison & Content (August 2018 - September 2019) and Intern (January 2018 - August 2018)

Intern, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London (September 2017 - December 2017)

• Created original content for social media and assisted with educational workshops for school-age students.

Artist Initiative Intern, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (February 2017 - August 2017)

• Completed research for Study Sessions at the SFMOMA Collection Center, where I worked with faculty from universities such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Columbia to facilitate object-oriented discussions.

Intern & Gallery Assistant, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco (August 2016 – March 2017)

• Worked with the gallery inventory, assisted staff with shipments, in-house events, and Art Fair preparation. Maintained gallery website, artist resumes, and press lists.

Communications + Digital Media Manager, Center for Cities and Schools, Berkeley (May 2015 – August 2017)

• Lead communications for the Y-PLAN Tomodachi Program. Formatted research publications for the Center for Cities & Schools.

Education

MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums (2023). University College London

MA Principles of Conservation, Distinction (2021) University College London

BA History of Art, Honours (2017) University of California, Berkeley

Studies abroad

History of Art, Trinity College Dublin (2015)

Art Business, Sotheby’s Institute of Art (2017)

Awards

Nigel Williams Prize (Student) (2023)

Ione Gedye Prize for Archaeological Conservation (2021) Awarded for MA Principles of Conservation dissertation, titled “Encountering the Other: Doris Salcedo and the Ethics of Conserving Contemporary Sites of Memory”

Professional organisations

The Institute of Conservation (ICON), American Institute for Conservation (AIC)

Specialised training

• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

• Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF)

• Cross-sectional analysis

• Content Management Systems (CMS)

• Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat

• Risk Assessment

• Academic Research

• Some Spanish and French