Joanna Neville
Associate
Conservator
Jo joined Modern Art Conservation in 2022. She trained in easel painting conservation at the Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI) at the University of Cambridge. She also holds an M.A. in French and German from Cambridge, including a year studying Art History at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Her early professional experience includes working in preventive conservation at the National Trust. During her training, she completed internships at the National Maritime Museum and Ebury Street Studio in London. Having trained and worked across the UK and Europe before relocating to New York, Jo brings a wide-ranging perspective on conservation traditions to her practice.
As MAC's Associate Conservator, Jo has particular expertise in thread-by-thread tear mending and the inpainting of challenging surfaces. In 2025, she was a guest lecturer for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Conservation Center's course on the Treatment of Modern and Contemporary Paintings, lecturing on the importance of mockups and on airbrushing as a key inpainting tool. Jo published on historical tinted varnishes and is a peer-reviewed Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
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