Icon Student Month: Kickstarting Your Conservation Career.

Sonja  Schwoll ACR FIIC

Head of Conservation and Treatment Development, The National Archives, UK

Sonja Schwoll is Head of Conservation and Treatment Development in the Collection Care Department at The National Archives in London. Before working at TNA, Sonja owned an independent book conservation studio in London and has worked in both the private and public sectors in the UK and the US. She is accredited by Icon and a fellow of IIC. All her career she has engaged in advancing the profession. She taught book conservation over 10 years at Camberwell College of Arts and West Dean College. Sonja holds an MA in book conservation and an MA in Art History.

Ioannis Vasallos

Photograph Conservator

Ioannis Vasallos graduated in 2012 with a Master's degree in Conservation from Camberwell College of Arts in London, following a Bachelor's degree in Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art from the University of West Attica in Athens. In 2014, he completed a one-year advanced Icon Photographic Conservation Internship at the National Galleries of Scotland.

Since then, Ioannis has worked as a photograph conservator at various institutions, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Library of Scotland, The National Archives in London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is currently the Photograph Conservator at Tate.

Beyond his professional roles, Ioannis has contributed to the field as Events Coordinator for the Icon Photographic Materials Group (UK), organising workshops and events to raise the profile of photograph conservation across the UK and to strengthen professional networks within the field.