2015-2021   

Member of the Regional Scientific Commission for Museum Collections in France with expertise in restoration and preventive conservation. Occitanie region

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Member of the DIM research network (Area of major interest), Ancient and heritage materials. Interdisciplinary network specializing in heritage sciences for the study of ancient materials.

           

Co-supervision of two doctoral theses at the National School of Decorative Arts and the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

 

Partner of the European group NanoRestArt NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART, H2020 -NMP-2014

"The conservation of modern and contemporary works of art requires advanced solutions at the cutting edge of modern chemistry and material science. NANORESTART focused on the synthesis of novel poly- functional nanomaterials and on the development of highly innovative restoration techniques to address the conservation of a wide variety of materials". NANORESTART was devoted to the development of nanomaterials to ensure long term protection and security.

 

Lecturer at the National Heritage Institute, INP , restorers department: History of the restoration in the paintings field and final thesis supervisions.

 

General Rapporteur of the preparatory work of the working group on "Law and restoration" which gave rise to the conference " THE RESTORATION OF WORKS OF ART AND THE LAW ", organized on April 9, 2018 Organized on April 9, 2018 at the Auditorium of the National Institute of Art History - INHA - Paris.

 

General Secretary of the Friends Society of the Paris Lawyers Bar Museum

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Lecturer at the University of Bologna : Microchemistry and Microscopy Art Diagnostic Laboratory (M2ADL) Department of Chemistry 2nd Cycle Degree Course: Science for the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage (SCORE). Processes in Conservation

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Co-supervision of Dr Alexandra Bridarolli's doctoral thesis - Nanoscale strategies for the consolidation of cellulose in cultural heritage (Nanorestart) UCL, 2015-2019 and Honorary Lecturer, University College of London, UCL Eastman Dental Institute

 

Member of the Support Commission for the Study and Research in Restoration and Conservation of Contemporary Works of Art - CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques 2013-2016

 

Member of the Art and Law Institute , "Law and restoration" working group

 

       Member of various associations: 

- ICOM (International Council of Museums), 

- INCCA (International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art), 

- SFIIC (French section of the International Institute of Conservation), 

- Friends Society of the Dubuffet Foundation, 

- Friends Society of the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris

- Friends Society of the Center Pompidou

- Friends Society of the Palais de Tokyo

- Friends Society of the Louis Vuitton Foundation

- Friends Society of Fine Arts of Paris

- Friends Society of the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum

- Member of the PEN CLUB

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2011-2015     

Lecturer at Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne , Master of Conservation Restoration of Cultural Heritage : Cleaning of paintings, Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Methodology courses given in License I, License III, Master I and Master II.  

 

Teaching contemporary art restoration at the MOMART International School in Verona, Italy (summer 2011)

             

Partner of the European project NANOFORART - Nanomaterials FOR the conservation and preservation of movable and immovable ARTworks , ENV.NMP.2011.2.2-5: Development of advanced compatible materials, techniques and their application for the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage assets, project led by CSGI - Department of Chemistry University of Florence, Italy.

 

Partner of the MATERIALS AND METHODS OF PASTE LININGS FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF CANVAS PAINTINGS research program: DOCUMENTATION, FUNCTIONALITY AND CONSERVATION, Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation (MICIIN) - 2011

 

Member of the Scientific Council of CICRP , Interregional Conservation Center for Restoration, Marseille.

 

Laureate of the Europa Nostra European Prize for the safeguarding of heritage, June 2012

 

Winner of the Pierre Bézier thesis prize, thesis prize awarded to Doctors of Arts et Métiers ParisTech   

 

Supervision of an Expertise Project, Master of "Arts et Métiers ParisTech-LCPI"

Supervision of 2 students in Master II, CRPBC, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne

             

Expertise contract on behalf of RTM (Laser Technologies), European program LASCLEAN (Laser cleaning and polishing for industrial applications), call MANUNET 2008.

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2010         

Doctoral thesis obtained on November 17, 2010 with the congratulations of the jury, LCPI Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Subject: How to design a protocol for the application of laser and nanogel technologies for the conservation / restoration of canvas paintings.

 

2008-2009      

Carnot Foundation scholarship . 2008-2009 Laureate  

 

Research allowance in the field of restoration, awarded by the CNAP, FIACRE

Restoration improvements of Simon Hantaï's canvases: dialogue with the artist around the issue of hanging.

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2004-2005      

Research allowance in the field of restoration awarded by the CNAP, FIACRE

Technical-scientific study of Simon Hantaï's folds smoothed out by synthetic linings. A special case: “Etude" dedicated to Pierre Reverdy, 1969 conserved at the Mac / Val Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val de Marne in Vitry-sur-Seine.

 

2003-2005     

University of Paris I, Panthéon - Sorbonne

Master II in art history: History of canvases restoration in the 20th century, an important episode in contemporary restoration: the use of synthetic adhesives.  

 

1999-2003     

Master II from the National Heritage Institute , restorers department, painting section

Final thesis on The study, restoration and conservation of a work from the Ile de France museum in Sceaux, La Jeune Fille by Jean Fautrier; case of a mixed technique on paper mounted on canvas.  

 

1995-1999     

Copyist at the Louvre Museum