LYDIA GUTIERREZ

Skills & Services Offered
Conservation treatments on individual works are conducted either from the studio or on site if required.

I undertake work outside Auckland and have worked on projects for public art galleries and small private museums ranging from the central North Island to the lower South Island.

I offer:

• Professional conservation of oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings on canvas, panel and board
• Conservation of historic frames that accompany paintings
• Collection condition surveys
• Preventative conservation advice
• Advice for display and storage
• Continued preventative care and monitoring of collections 
• Lectures on conservation and the materials and techniques used by modern New Zealand artists

Professional experience in museums:
2006 Studio Assistant, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
2008 Marylyn Mayo Conservation Intern, Auckland Art Gallery

Other professional experience:
2005               Conservator at Westminster Abbey, London
2006               Studio Assistant, Patrick Corbett Conservation Studios, Chelsea, London
2006 – 2007     Studio Assistant, Sarah Cove, Private Paintings Conservator, London
2008 - present  Private practice, Auckland

Qualifications:
1997-2000 BA(Hons) History of Art and Classical Studies, University of Otago
2004-2007 PGDip. Conservation of Easel Paintings, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

Professional memberships:
New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Materials (NZCCM)
Institute of Conservation, UK (ICON)
Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ)

Conservation

Preventive conservation

Painting Conservation

Collection Surveys

Conservation Consultancy

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