Nina Williams (neé Gabo), Patron
Nina Williams, with her mother, took on the responsibility for looking after the work of her father, sculptor Naum Gabo, after his death in 1977. She married Graham Williams in 1982 and together they continue to look after Gabo's work. Nina Williams served for twenty years as a Trustee before becoming Patron of the Gabo Trust.
Graham Williams, Patron
Graham Williams set up the Gabo Trust in 1988 on behalf of Miriam Gabo, widow of Naum Gabo and the Trust's first Patron. He held the position of Chairman of the Trust until 2012. After a career in advertising and publishing, Graham Williams went his own way as an artist in 1972, making limited edition books, original prints and sculpture. He is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. For more information about his work click here.
Derek Pullen, Patron
Trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art, Derek Pullen helped to establish the sculpture conservation section at the Tate Gallery. He has published and lectured on the materials and techniques of modern and contemporary sculptors including Naum Gabo. Now director of SculpCons, an independent sculpture conservation company, he is also a board member of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association and the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art.
Ann Elliott, Patron
Ann Elliott is an independent curator who organises exhibitions and manages a portfolio of visual arts projects. Her clients are wide ranging, and include private collectors, the corporate sector, museums and galleries, local authorities and cultural organisations. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In addition to her work for the Gabo Trust, Ann Elliott serves on Crossrail’s Round Table for their Public Art Programme and is a Trustee of the Kenneth Armitage Foundation.
Professor Gareth Williams, Chair of Trustees
Gareth Williams is Professor of Design and Deputy Dean for Quality, Enhancement and Development in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at Middlesex University, London. Formerly a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he curated innovative exhibitions of contemporary design, latterly Gareth was Senior Tutor of Design Products and Reader in Design Curating at the Royal College of Art. He has published widely including ‘Telling Tales, fantasy and fear in contemporary design’ (2009), and ‘Design, an essential introduction’ (2015).
Lyndsey Morgan
Lyndsey is an accredited conservator who has specialised in sculpture since 1992 when she received funding from the Gabo Trust for an internship at Tate. She continued to work there for eleven years and, alongside work on exhibitions and treatments, she managed the survey, and safe transport of the sculpture collection to the new storage facility and worked on Tate’s Sculpture Replica project. Her time at Tate culminated in a post as senior conservator managing preparation and installation of all sculpture for the opening and initial exhibitions at Tate Modern. In 2005 Lyndsey left to become Co-Director of Patina Art Collection Care, where she has since had the opportunity to continue working practically with modern and contemporary sculpture on a diverse range of projects for both national and international clients in public and private sectors. Lyndsey has an MPhil from the RCA/V&A course specialising in the chemical and visual characterisation of artificial patinas on bronze sculpture.
Dr Natalia Sidlina
Dr Natalia Sidlina has worked at Tate Modern as Curator, International Art, since 2016. A specialist in modernist émigré art, her research and curatorial practice address transcultural histories, connections, and global exchange of ideas of the early avant-garde in Eastern and Western Europe. Her recent exhibitions include Erik Bulatov in Ekaterinburg, Russia (2018), Naum Gabo - Constructions for Real Life at Tate St. Ives (2020), and at Tate Modern, Natalia Goncharova (2019), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (2021) the forthcoming Cezanne (2022).
Sandra Smith, Trustee
Sandra Smith is Head of Collection Care at the British Museum. She is an accredited conservator and Fellow of International Institute of Conservation (IIC) and the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) and Vice president of IIC. With an overview for the long-term care of the BM collection, she has a particular interest in the research into the conservation and preservation of modern materials and the associated development of conservation practice to ensure these collections can be accessible to future generations. Sandra has taken a role in the development of the conservation profession as the Co-ordinator of the Ceramics and Glass working group of ICOM-CC, participating in working groups within ICON to develop career opportunities and education strategies in conservation. She has been the Senior Judge of the Nigel Williams Award and Treasurer of IIC and ICON.
Dr Jon Wood, Trustee
Dr Jon Wood is an independent art historian and curator, specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. He studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art and worked at Henry Moore Institute for twenty years on its research programmes and exhibitions, including: The Sculpture Collections (2018), David Dye: Devices (2017), City Sculpture Projects 1972(2016), Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986 (2015, Arts Council), 1913: The Shape of Time (2012) and United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s (2011).
Jon also worked as a co-editor of the Sculpture Journal, an international academic journal, for five years and his other co-edited publications include: Contemporary Sculpture: Artists’ Writings and Interviews (2019), Modern Sculpture Reader (2007 & 2012) and Articulate Objects: Voice, Sculpture, and Performance (2009). He recently co-curated Tony Cragg at Boboli Gardens (2019) with the Uffizi Museum in Florence and Dialectical Materialism: Aspects of British Sculpture since 1960 (2019) with Karsten Schubert Ltd in London.
Lianne Jarrett and Rachel Cunningham, Secretary
In addition to their highly distinctive and imaginative press campaigns, Lianne Jarrett Associates also carry out project management services for a number of organizations. They undertake secretarial work for the Gabo Trust, as well as running the Trust’s Twitter Account and writing their newsletters.