Education


2011 - 2016  Master's degree in Painting Conservation at Ecole de Condé, Paris, France.


Work Experience


2023 - Present  Painting conservator assistant (as needed),
Restorart Inc.
, Toronto

2022 - Present  Painting conservator assistant (as needed), 
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

2020 - Present  Instructor, history of art,
Alliance Francaise de Toronto
.

2019  Painting conservator,
Prevarti-Salvarti, Mosta, Malta.

2016 - 2017  Painting conservator,
Studio Alex de Guétonny
. Poitiers, France.

2015  Customer service and exhibit preparator,
Galerie Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France.


Internships


2016  Studio Scarpelli, Florence, Italy.

2016  Atelier Matsuoka, Paris, France.

2015  Atelier Catherine Polnecq, Paris, France.

2015  Atelier Alex de Guétonny, Poitiers, France.

2014  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.

2013  Atelier Verre-Jade, Morthemer, France.

2012  Association Mosaic, Fréteval, France.


Skills


Conservation treatment on easel paintings (wood, canvas and copper) as well as wall paintings.​

Use of such technologies such as UV fluorescent light and false colours in infrared with a microscope to analyze the nature of pigments and to assess date and provenance questions.


Thesis


Conservation of the painting "Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Louis" by Antoine Favray and study of two gels for cleaning porous paintings.


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