Per Knutås is Chair of Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where he oversees a department of 21 conservators and conservation technicians. He graduated from The School of Conservation at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, in Copenhagen, Denmark with a focus on modern contemporary paintings. Knutås worked at the Moderna Museet and the Swedish National Heritage Board, both in Stockholm, Sweden, before moving to New York in 1998 to work in the conservation laboratories at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. After four years in New York, he moved to Ohio to work for the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland, followed by contract work at the Cleveland Museum of Art and private practice. He served as the chief conservator for the Cincinnati Art Museum and The Cleveland Museum of Art prior to his current position at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. His interests are modern conservation ethics, artist collaborations, and conservation outreach and advocacy.