Experience
Full CV available upon request.
Education
The Conservation Center
The Institute of Fine Arts,
New York University (New York, NY)
MS in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and MA in the History of Art and Archaeology
2020-2024
Met Fellow in the Sherman Fairchild Department of Objects Conservation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
2024-2025
Institutions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Brooklyn Museum
The American Museum of Natural History
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum
The Irish Museum of Modern Art
Selinunte Archaeological Park (Sicily, Italy)
Artists
Terry Adkins
Lynda Benglis
Lee Bul
Paul Chan
Shu Lea Cheang
Christopher Hewat
Frank Gehry
Alberto Giacometti
Joan Jonas
Yves Klein
Shigeko Kubota
Claes Oldenburg
Nam June Paik
Paul Rudolph
John F. Simon, Jr.
Keith Sonnier
Sarah Sze
Publications & Lectures
All About Yves’ “Venus”: Researching Treatment Options for an Yves Klein “Blue Venus” Sculpture
ICOM-CC (International Council for Museums – Committee for Conservation)
Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Working Group Newsletter, July 2025
A Venus with the Blues: The Conservation Treatment of an Yves Klein “Blue Venus” Sculpture
Public lecture for Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present
The Metropolitan Museum of Art , May 2025
Into the Blue: A Hands-On Experience with Ancient and Modern Synthetic Blue Pigments
Public activity for Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present
Co-led with Ellen Purdy, Met Fellow in the Department of Scientific Research
The Metropolitan Museum of Art , May 2025
The Place of Relics: The Conservation of Kiyoji Otsuji’s Once-Kinetic Work “Untitled” (1970)
The 2024 Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property Conference, June 2024
Plastics BINGO!: Identifying Plastics in the Collections of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The 2024 Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property Conference (Poster), June 2024
Plastics BINGO!: Identifying Plastics in the Collections of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The 52nd American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Conference (Poster), May 2024
Plastics BINGO!: Identifying Plastics in the Collections of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The 52nd American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Conference (Presentation), May 2024
Co-authors: Jessica Walthew and Sarah Barack
Timekeeper: Caring for a Complex Installation by Sarah Sze
The 52nd American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Conference (Presentation), May 2024
Co-authors: Jeffrey Warda, Agathe Jarczyk, Esther Chao, Tess Hamilton, sasha arden, Elizaveta Yuzhakova
Keeping Track of “Timekeeper”: Challenges and Lessons in Amending the Artist-Provided Manual
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, “Timekeeper” Post-Installation Conservation Working Group, Fall 2023
Motion and Materials: Case Studies in the Conservation of Contemporary Sculpture
NYU and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, July 2022
The Conservation Center at NYU’s Summer Projects Student Presentations
NYU Institute of Fine Arts, Fall 2021 and Fall 2022
Amy Alexander’s “Travesty Corporate PR Mixer”: A Source Code Analysis
NYU and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, July 2020
Co-author: Josephine Jenks
Grants and Awards
Sherman Fairchild Fellowship in the Department of Objects Conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024-2025
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellowship in Time-based Media Conservation, 2020 - 2024
Antonina S. Ranieri International Scholars Fund Travel Grant (topic of study: Corinthian Pottery; countries visited: Italy, Greece), 2023
Shelby White and Leon Levy Travel Grant (countries visited: Egypt, France), December 2021 - January 2022
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Industrial Design, with honors for academic excellence, The University of the Arts, May 2012
Travel Scholarship, Semester Abroad in Milan, Italy, August - December 2011
First Place, The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s annual COLLAB Student Design Competition, 2010
Four-Year Academic Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2008-2012
High-School Student Full Scholarship, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts High School (NOCCA), New Orleans, LA, 2007-2008
Skills
Analytic: Multi-Spectral Imaging (including visible light photography) / X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Polarized Light Microscopy / Light and UV monitoring / Temperature and Humidity Monitoring and Control (including the creation desiccant chambers and anoxic environments) / X-Radiography / Scanning Electron Microscopy / Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy / Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Raman Spectroscopy.
Fabrication: Robust two- and three-dimensional studio art background (including the use of woodshop equipment, moldmaking and casting techniques, ceramics, vacuum forming, airbrushing) / digital fabrication (3D printing, CNC cutting, laser cutting, stamping) / electronics and lighting / soldering / architectural and spatial planning / scaled drawings.
Computer: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) / The Museum System (TMS) / Adobe Creative Suite (incl. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Bridge, PremierePro) / AutoCAD / VectorWorks / Google SketchUp / Blender / Disk Imaging / Terminal / MediaInfo / QC Tools / Media Players (QuickTime, VLC, etc.) / Microprocessors / Arduino IDE / Automator / FileMaker Pro / QuickBooks / Zotero / Constant Contact / WordPress / Squarespace / DinoXcope / video games / Mac and Windows platforms.