Our Brisbane team is dedicated to preserving Queensland’s diverse cultural heritage, delivering professional conservation services across fine arts, objects, public art and built heritage.
Our work in Queensland
Combining deep material knowledge with expert hands-on conservation skills, our services are tailored to the specific needs of Queensland’s unique environment and collections.
Queensland’s subtropical climate presents unique preservation challenges. High humidity, heat, and seasonal storms can accelerate deterioration, promote mould growth, and cause rapid fluctuations in moisture levels that affect both organic and inorganic materials. Our conservators apply preventive and treatment-focused strategies to protect artworks from these risks and to treat affected items.
We use industry-leading conservation techniques to clean, repair, stabilise, and preserve artworks while maintaining their aesthetic, and material integrity.
Our conservation advice and documentation support compliant,ethical, and practical outcomes across public, private, and commercial sectors.
Who do we work with?
- Museums and galleries
- Private art collectors and individuals with otherwise precious items
- Local and state councils
- Universities and collecting institutions
- Architects, heritage consultants, and builders
- Insurance assessors and loss adjusters
Local Care - National Expertise
As part of the national ICS conservation network, our Brisbane team is integrated into the large ICS pool of conservation specialists across our various branches in Australia. This collaborative model provides Queensland clients with depth of expertise, continuity of service, and confidence, regardless of project scale or complexity.
Contact ICS Conservation Brisbane
Get in touch with the Brisbane office to discuss your conservation needs and learn how we can help preserve the artworks and cultural materials important to you and your community.
Who we work with
Introducing our team
With more than 20 years working as a Conservation Framer, including owning a framing business, Jochen has a far-reaching knowledge of the conservation industry in Australia and an intimate knowledge of conservation considerations for a range of materials and situations.
Jochen’s expertise lies in all aspects of conservation picture framing, including conservation mounting of paper-based artworks, paintings and objects, the manufacture of strainers and assembly of stretchers and the stretching of works on canvas. He has worked for many of the major Sydney institutions including the Australian National Maritime Museum, Historical Housing Trust, NSW State Library, The Art Gallery of NSW and the Powerhouse Museum.
With ICS Brisbane he regularly works on and supervises site work for a wide range of projects including public art, built heritage, paintings and paper conservation.
How to find us
How to get here
- By car:
Enter via Bellevue Ave and follow signage to Unit 18. Limited on-site parking is available, with additional street parking nearby. - By train:
The nearest station is Gaythorne Station, approximately 10–12 minutes’ walk from the location. - By bus:
Several bus routes service the Gaythorne / Mitchelton area. Alight near Samford Road and walk towards Bellevue Ave. - Landmarks:
The location is close to Mt Maria Playing Fields and Ashgrove Cricket Club, making it easier to identify.