After completing her undergraduate degrees at Leiden University and at the Royal Art Academy in the Hague in Art History and Graphic Art respectively, Tamar Davidowitz earned her MA and post-graduate (PD Res) degrees in Metals Conservation at the University of Amsterdam. She went on to found a private practice in conservation, working for various museums and collections. She is currently a Metals Conservator at the Rijksmuseum as well as a Lecturer and Program Coordinator of the Metals Conservation Program at the University of Amsterdam.