Experience

The choice of a restorer is a delicate issue because the profession is unregulated. This means without legal status or required state of qualification to work freelance. Yet, the use of inadequate materials or inappropriate methodologies can lead to irreversible damages, not always visible. Therefore, the final appearance of a restored art work is not a guarantee of quality. Graduated with Master's degree, I strictly respect the E.C.C.O (European Confederation of Conservators - Restorers Organisations) professional code of ethics.

Each art work is treated with an adapted methodology, taking notice of its history and esthetic appearance. The products and material utilized as well as their implementation aim at ensuring stability and reversibility. The restoration techniques are improving; I am constantly updating my skills through training and inter-disciplinary network.

2014 - 2018

Freelance in Conservation and Restoration of paintings

France and international. Institutional and private clients. Based in Vaucluse, France.

  • Conservation and restoration of paintings from 15th to the 20st century, on canvas and panel.

Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, MUCEM (Marseille), Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux, Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux, Musée d'Art Yacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan), Musée du Temps (Besançon), Musée des Cultures Taurines (Nîmes), Christie's Paris; French and dutch private collectors.

 

  • Condition reports of paintings during installation and de-installation of temporary exhibitions : Petit Palais (Paris, France), Cobra Museum (Amstelveen, The Netherlands), Fondazione Museuo Roma (Rome, Italy).

 

  • Public awareness of heritage preservation : Restoration in front of the public of a 15th century Flemish panel, 'Madonna with child', Rigaud Museum (Perpignan, France), December 2015 till March 2016. Direct dialogue with the public, conferences, press, social networks.

2012 - 2014

Painting restorer at the Conservation Center of the Oriental Pyrenees heritage - CCRP

Departmental centre in charge of the survey and the preservation of church heritage

  • Painting restoration on canvas and panel from the 16th to the 18th century.

 

 

  • Research projects with institutions in France, Spain and Italy.

 

  • Paintings condition reports for the departmental villages survey.

 

  • Participation in a thematic exhibition for the public, 'The Master of Llupia, a 16th century painter in Roussillon', September 2012 - October 2013. Catalogue writing, chapter on painting techniques. Exhibtion installation, art works monitoring and de-installation. Weekly guided tours focussed on painting techniques and re-employment practices of Renaissance altarpieces at the Baroque period.

 

  • Guides tours at the CCRP during the European days for heritage (JEP).

 

  • Supervisor of freelance restorers on painting restoration projects.

 

  • Supervisor in painting and sculpture restoration of junior restorers.

1996 - 2012

Freelance in Conservation and Restoration of paintings

The Netherlands, France and Italy. Institutional and private clients. Based in Amsterdam.

  • Conservation and restoration of paintings from 15th to the 21st century, on canvas, panel, metal, ivory and paper.

 

  • Condition reports of paintings and monitoring of painting collections for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Cobra Museum (Amstelveen). Condition reports during installation and de-installation of exhibitions at the Van Gogh (Amsterdam), the Cobra and the Central (Utrecht) Museums.

 

  • Preventive conservation of collections : monitoring, storage, transport, courier, for the Van Gogh and Cobra Museums.

 

  • Technical and scientifical studies on paintings for acquisitions by galleries and private owners; preliminary studies on restoration projects for the Van Gogh and the Mesdag collection (The Hague) Museums; research studies (pigment discolouration, material migration through paint layers and saponification).

 

  • Collaboration on the development of an infrared reflectrography camera (Artis) and an ultraviolet laser for painting cleaning, with Art Innovation (Hengelo).

 

  • Team coordinator for large independent projects and for the Frans Hals (Haarlem), Catharijneconvent (Utrecht), Cobra and Zuiderzee (Enkhuizen) Museums.

 

  • Teaching of painting conservation and restoration to the Amsterdam University Conservation and Restoration Master students and to the technical staff of the Catharijneconvent Museum (preventive conservation and monitoring of collections) ; supervisor of European graduate restorers.

 

  • Public and collections stewards awareness of heritage preservation. Workshops for the technical staff of Christie's (Amsterdam), small provincial Museums, galleries and collection stewards. Many restorations in exhibition rooms, direct dialogue with the public, at the Mesdag collection, Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Enschede) and Zuiderzee Museums.

1991 - 1996

Junior restorer and internships