About the Studio
Elektra Conservation is an independent studio offering conservation, restoration, and appraisal services for all paintings from all periods.
Founded by Sophia Boosalis, Elektra Conservation draws on her international experience working alongside leading conservators and specialist in the UK and abroad.
Sophia holds a Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings and a Bachelor’s degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art. She completed a Kress Fellowship in Painting Conservation at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the USA. Her experience spans museum and heritage collections, as well as private conservation studios in the UK and the Netherlands.
Conservation & Restoration
Treatments are tailored to restore each painting's visual character and preserve the artist's original intent, with an emphasis on minimal intervention and reversibility.
Varnish Removal
The careful removal of degraded or discoloured varnishes and surface coatings to restore the painting’s original saturation, tonal balance, and visual clarity.
Consolidation
The stabilisation of fragile, lifting, or flaking paint to secure the original surface, prevent further loss, and preserve the painting’s material integrity.
Retouching
The reintegration of areas of loss and damage using high-quality, lightfast conservation materials. Our approach prioritises minimal intervention and reversibility, matching colour, texture, and gloss to visually integrate losses to ensure a seamless reintegration of the original image as intended by the artist.
Structural treatment to address damage and deterioration to canvas, panel, or metal support, including tears, deformations, splits, and weakened supports.
Structural Treatment
All Services
Elektra Conservation offers a range of conservation services designed to understand, preserve, and care for paintings from all periods.
Examination & Condition Report
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Conservation & Restoration
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Preventive Conservation & Collections Care
A detailed assessment of a painting’s condition and conservation needs, with reports tailored to acquisitions, sales, loans, insurance, transport, and collection records.
Treatments can include surface cleaning, varnish removal, consolidation, structural repairs, filling, and retouching, with an emphasis on minimal intervention, reversibility, and thorough documentation of the conservation process.
Advice and treatment to minimize deterioration and preserve paintings through appropriate environmental conditions as lighting, display, storage handlings and transportation.
Art Fair, Exhibition, & Auction Conservation
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Technical Analysis & Research
Conservation support for art fairs, exhibitions, and auctions, including condition reporting, installation, and on-site treatment.
Attribution and provenance research through detailed examination, technical investigation, and treatment. Where appropriate, technical imaging and scientific analysis can be arranged to provide further insight into an artwork’s materials, execution, and history.
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