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. Formerly, Ann Elliott was Chair of the Gabo Trust and she serves on Crossrail’s Round Table for their Public Art Programme and is a Trustee of the Kenneth Armitage Foundation.
Dr Gareth Williams, Chair of Trustees
Gareth Williams is Professor of Design and the Director of MDX Studios, the Creative School at Middlesex University, London. MDX Studios includes taught programmes, research and knowledge exchange across the breadth of the creative industries with a focus on creative technologies, and architecture and the built environment. Previously a curator of twentieth century and contemporary design at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a Reader in Design Curating at the Royal College of Art, Gareth curated innovative design exhibitions and published widely about aspects of contemporary design practice.
Jannicke Langfeldt
Jannicke Langfeldt is an accredited conservator with an interest in modern materials and deteriorating plastics. She was a founding member of the Modern Materials group of the Institute of Conservation and has been co-chair of the group since its inception in 2017. Jannicke is a conservation manager (objects) at the London Museum. Prior to this she worked at the Science Museum, where she first became interested in large objects, modern materials and production techniques. In addition to modern materials, Jannicke is committed to making conservation and collections care more sustainable.
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 the 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.
Emma Morris
With over 25 years’ experience of working for prestigious arts and heritage organisations, Emma Morris is highly skilled in strategic and artistic planning, financial and operational management, business development, fundraising and change management.
Throughout her career, Emma has worked with cultural organisations that have undergone significant or transformative changes, including major capital and heritage projects, mergers, and transfers from local authorities to independent charitable trusts. Emma was part of the Project Team for the £9 million refurbishment of the Grade 1 listed De La Warr Pavilion.
Dr Natalia Sidlina
Dr Natalia Sidlina has worked at Tate Modern as Curator, International Art, since 2015. A specialist in modernist migratory artistic practices, her research and curatorial work examine transcultural histories, connections, and the global exchange of ideas among the early avant-garde in Eastern and Western Europe. She brings forward a diverse portfolio of specialist publications and an extensive record of lecturing that further enriches and extends this field of study. Her recent exhibitions and projects include Naum Gabo – Constructions for Real Life at Tate St. Ives (2020), and at Tate Modern, Natalia Goncharova (2019), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (2021), Cezanne (2022), Expressionists (2024) and Theatre Picasso (2025).
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.
Rachel Cunningham and Lianne Jarrett (ProjectSpotter), Secretary
ProjectSpotter undertake secretarial work for the Gabo Trust, as well as running the Trust’s social media accounts, writing its newsletters and producing content for the Trust’s YouTube channel.