David Miller is the Chief Conservator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He was previously the senior conservator of paintings for there and has worked as a paintings conservator at the IMA for 30 years. Originally from New York City, David received a B.A., cum laude, from Hofstra University in fine arts, with minors in art history and biology. Although he had initially thought about a career in medicine, years of childhood art training first led him towards medical illustration until he took an introductory class in art conservation at Hofstra and immediately knew that this was the perfect blend of science and art. After two years of apprenticing with a private conservator on Long Island and a year working as a paintings restorer in New York City, David was admitted to the masters degree program in art conservation at the State University of New York, then located in Cooperstown, New York (now part of Buffalo State College). He received an M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Study in paintings conservation, a two-year program of study, and then had a year’s internship at the National Gallery of Canada. David is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and was the founding president of the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild. He has lectured extensively and published on artists as diverse as Giovanni Bellini, Rembrandt, Georges Seurat and Richard Pousette-Dart.