RESUME // CV
Education History
2010‒2012
MA in Paintings Conservation University of Oslo
Autumn 2011: Main treatment and technical project: Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
A 16-17th-century Italian painting, Unknown Artist
Spring 2012: Internship at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, de Young Memorial Museum
2007‒2010
BA in Cultural Heritage and Conservation University of Oslo
Specialization:
Cultural Heritage Preservation and Art Conservation
2006‒2007
Post-Graduate Studies University of Bergen
Art History, Antiquity through the ages, Italian
2003‒2006
BA in Arts and Social Sciences University of Bergen
Specialization: Classical Archaeology
Work experience
2017 - present
Paintings Conservator, project, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
• Treat paintings on paper, canvas and panel, and frames in preparation for the permanent exhibition at the new National Museum at Vestbanen opening 2020. Treat paintings and frames, write reports and make damage diagrams, for outgoing loans, both national and international.
2014 - present
Paintings Conservator NKF-N, Self employed - BMSN-Konservering ENK.
• Working independently with privately owned and public art. Specializes in conservation of paintings on wood and canvas, polychrome sculpture and frames, and preventive conservation.
Institutions:
- Bergen Kommune
- KODE Kunstmuseene i Bergen/Art Museums in Bergen
- Kistefos-Museet
- Flåm Kirke, Aurland Kommune
- Solund Kyrkje, Hardbakke i Solund kommune
- Sparebanken Vest, Bergen
- Blomqvist kunsthandel, Oslo
2015
Mounting and condition report the Exhibition: "Rockens Ikoner" at Kistefos-Museet A/S
Over 200 photographs on plexiglas, metall and canvas, as well as frames photographic prints were condition reported and hung in cooperation with the artist for the opening.
http://www.nrk.no/ho/rockeidoler-pa-kistefos-1.12359571
2012 - 2013
Special Projects Conservator, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
• My work was mainly concentrated around the four pairs of painted and gilded wooden doors belonging to the Salon Doré from the Hôtel de la Trémoille. Paris, France ca. 1781.
• The work consisted of examination and making a treatment plan including cleaning both the painted and gilded surfaces, reshape and/or restore missing pieces of ornaments and wood, inpainting and re-gilding the new fillings.
• (http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/blog/framework-salon-dor-legion-honor)
Relevant Coursework
2010‒2012
MA in Paintings Conservation University of Oslo
Modules studied: Consolidation and stabilisation, Documentation for Conservation, Practice in Traditional Painting Techniques, Cleaning, Applied Materials Science and Visual Reintegration.
Knowledge and experience gained:
• Main materials: paintings on canvas and polychrome sculpture (painted wooden rocking horse)
• Examination, sampling and analysis
• Microscopy, X-radiography, Artist Camera (UV, IR, FCIR), XRF, XRD, GC, GC-MS and SEM-EDX
• Digital photography
• Consolidation of paint layers, tear mending, lining, strip lining and loose lining
• Cleaning, varnishing and inpainting
• General understanding of the history and background for different conservation treatments
Autumn 2011
MA dissertation on a 16-17th-century Italian painting
Spring 2012
Six months Graduate Internship at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
2007‒2010
BA in Cultural Heritage and Conservation University of Oslo
Modules studied: Conservation, Art History, Art Technology, Chemistry, Religion, Cultural Studies and Philosophy
Knowledge and skills gained:
• Understanding preventive conservation and the indoor climate in museums
• Identifying possible threats in museum environments
• History and ethics of conservation
• Understanding the degradation of different materials used in paintings
• Experience with, and understanding the importance of teamwork
• Handling and packing objects
• Introduction to Art History courses: Antiquity, Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Realism and Classicism
2006‒2007
Post-Graduate Studies University of Bergen
Modules studied: Art History, Antiquity through the ages, Italian
Knowledge gained:
• Introduction to Art, Architecture and Visual Culture from 1700-1900, how antiquity has been used throughout history; and beginners’ course in Italian language
2003‒2006
BA in Arts and Social Sciences University of Bergen
Modules studied: Archaeology, Antiquity, Egyptology, Latin and Greek.
Including a 15 ECTS-credit course at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, It, studying the golden age of the emperor Augustus.
Knowledge gained:
• Understanding the developments from prehistoric times up to antiquity
• Nordic archaeology, classical archaeology
• Introduction to the Pharaonic Egypt
• Ancient Greek and Latin languages (beginners’ level)
• Studying different aspects within antiquity, from the past till the present
Autumn 2005
BA dissertation on Roman Building Techniques - How to Dome Pantheon
Internships
August – September 2012 Advanced Level Intern Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
• A Crowned Virgin Martyr, by Bernardo Daddi
• Assisting on the treatment of an early 14th century Italian gilded panel painting together with conservator Patricia O’Regan. The treatment consisted of varnish removal and the removal of old restorations and overpaint, furthermore the painting was revarnished and new filling material (gesso and wax) was added. Inpainting was done as the last part of the treatment. The project was done in cooperation with the former curator of European art. The painting was part of the exhibition Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance, Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
March-August 2012 Graduate Intern Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Examination and treatment of American Art on canvas and board, from late 19th century till 1958.
• Examination of a painted photograph attributed to Edward Hopper.
• Condition checking paintings and frames for outgoing loans
• Tear mending, strip lining, cleaning, varnishing and inpainting
• Digital photography, UV, IR, X-ray, XRF (BRUKER-TRACER), cross sectioning, polarized microscopy
• Courier a painting by Jay Defeo from the museums collection to SFMoMA
• Repair and inpaint frames belonging to the collection
• Write detailed reports on all the conservation treatments undertaken
• Write guidelines for the use of different equipment
• Worked on paintings by;
o James Hamilton
o William Keith
o Jess
o Edward Hopper
o François Boucher
o Jan Lievens
2011‒2012 Registration of collection Emanuel Vigeland Museum
I previously worked on a funded project, which aimed at the registration and condition assessment of the works by the Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland (1875-1948). His work consists of sketches, drawings, paintings, murals and sculptures. In addition, the project included cleaning and retouching fresco fragments.
Relevant Experience
2018
Advising on mounting of unframed works on paper and canvas
Kistefos Museum
2014
Proof Reading Exhibition Texts Kistefos-Museet
Kistefos Træsliberi
Proof reading the text that was going to be displayed on the exhibitions information plackets and museum web page. The exhibition was a celebration on the 125th anniversary of Kistefos-Træsliberi (wood pulp mill).
2009 ‒ 2012
Mediator Norwegian Folk Museum
Present Norwegian history and traditions through demonstrations and interactions with the visitors
May 6, 2011 Examination of architectural paint layers, “Østbanehallen” – Oslo Railway Station (1854)
Documenting and uncovering 18 different layers of paint and ground in the directors office, that had been applied during the time the building was in use as Oslo’s Railway station. With Anne Milnes (Paintings Conservator), Margrethe Moe (Conservator) and Niels Gerhard Johansen (Paintings Conservator).
2010
The Munch Aula Project – Conservation of monumental art University of Oslo
Munch’s monumental room decorations in the University’s assembly hall, the Aula, were renovated from 2009-2011 for the University’s 200th anniversary (September 2011). The decoration consists of eleven large-scale canvas paintings, painted in the period between 1909 and 1916. In 2010 I spent two days working on the project by preparing and executing a marouflage on two of the paintings. This spring, my fellow students and I observed the transport, handling and remounting of several of the paintings.
Memberships
2016 - ongoing
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
AIC
Associate member
2013 – present
Nordic Conservation Association – Norway
NKF-N
Ordinary/Professional membership
2010 – 2012
Nordic Conservation Association – Norway
NKF-N
Student membership
Other affiliations
2018 -
Chairman of the board, NKF-N
2017-
Member of NKF-Ns Online Editorial Board
2011‒2012
Representative for the Master Students, Student Committee for Conservation University of Oslo
Represent my fellow MA students in the student committee for Conservation and act on their behalf when ever appropriate.
2010 ‒ 2011
President of Student Committee for Conservation University of Oslo
• Chair all the meetings and general assemblies
• Delegate tasks to the other members of the committee
• Main contact person between the staff and students
• Responsible for all decision making
• Speak at social and conservation related gatherings
• Represent the Norwegian students at the ENCoRE meeting in Vienna, Austria – autumn 2010
2010
Vise President, Student Committee for Conservation University of Oslo
• Assist the head of the Committee
• Write summaries of each meeting and general assembly
• Chair the meetings/assemblies whenever the head of the Committee is unavailable.
• Organize a student trip to London, contacting the British Museum and Museum of London
2009
Social Gathering Organizer, University of Oslo
Student Committee for Conservation
• Organize conservation related lectures and excursions to different museums and cultural institutions
Courses, Workshops, Conferences, Certificates
2014
First Aid course
2011
20|21 Conservação e Restauro, Loss Compensation in Paintings: Filling and Retouching, with Dr. Laura Fuster-López, November 10 – 12; Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal
2011
New Methods of Cleaning Paintings, with Richard Wolbers June 27 – July 1; London Metropolitan University, London, by International Academic Projects
2011
NITON® XL3t XRF Analyzer license, by Holger Technologies
2010
Student representative from Norway at the ENCoRE meeting in Vienna, Austria
April 17, 2009
First Aid Course
A first aid course mandatory for my job at the Norwegian Folk Museum. We learned how to do CPR, how to act at the scene of an accident, temporary treat injuries, internal and external bleeding, and handle acute injuries and medical conditions before medical personnel arrive.
2003
Drivers License (B – Norway)
Languages
Norwegian Native
English Full professional proficiency
Danish Full professional proficiency
Swedish Full professional proficiency
Spanish Basic proficiency