Biography

I grew up in England and loved going to museums as a kid (Bowes Museum, British Museum, and I always remember the costumed fleas at the Natural History Museum at Tring). After my Master’s studies, I moved abroad to the Alte Pinakothek in Munich for several years, to the Met in New York, to a collective studio in Amsterdam, and back to Munich, before founding SAM’s conservation department in 2001. SAM has grown so much since then, and it is wonderful to have played a part in building a team and a program and helping to raise the profile of conservation at SAM and in the region. Recent fun projects include establishing the new Tateuchi Asian paintings conservation studio at the Asian Art Museum and building a new X-radiography facility at SAM.