Jonathan Kemp has over twenty years experience as a sculpture conservator and consultant working on a range of movable and immovable artefacts dating from between circa 2000 BC to the twentieth century.
He has worked extensively in stone, plaster, fresco, ceramic, and artificial stone in both public and private UK holding and on international projects in Spain, the Ukraine, and Iran.
Until October 2009 he was a senior sculpture conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Currently he is studying for a PhD in experimental media at the University of Westminster.

Publications:

Healey-Dilkes, S., Kemp, J., 'Boundaries and authenticity in the Monument to Marchese Spinetta Malaspina' in Proceedings from 'Holding it all together; ancient and modern approaches to joining, repair and consolidation' held at the British Museum, London. February 2008.
Archetype Publications. Forthcoming 2009

Kemp, Jonathan. 'Practical Ethics v2.0' in Bracker, A., Richmond, A., eds., 'Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Truths' Elsevier. September 2009

Kemp, Jonathan 'Fills for the Repair of Marble – a brief survey', Journal of Architectural Conservation, Donhead. July 2009.

Kemp, Jonathan. 'Practical Ethics', V&A Conservation Journal Issue 57, January 2008

Kemp, Jonathan. 'Marble' in Henry, A., ed., Stone Conservation: Principles and Practice. Shaftesbury: Donhead, 2006 pp 217-36 ISBN 1-873394-78-0

Kemp, Jonathan. 'Emmanual Swedenborg's Physical Computing'. in Howse,
M., Kemp, J., eds., xxxxx, xxxxx/Mute London 2006 pp 388-401, ISBN: 0-9550664-4-1

Ainsworth, G., Dixon, J., Kemp, J. 'In Situ Consolidation of 47 Sandstone Sculptures, Edinburgh' in Proceedings of the 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference. Madrid, 2000

Kemp, J. Review of 8th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone in SSCR Journal Vol. 8 No. 1. Edinburgh 1997.