Résumé / Klara Zold
EDUCATION
2000-2002 M.A.C. Master of Art Conservation (Paintings), Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
1998-2000 Textile Conservation, graduate course, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Inorganic chemistry, Grant McEwan University, Edmonton, Canada
Organic chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1994-1998 B.F.A. Bachelor of Fine Arts (With Distinction), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE _________ _
2012- Present Painting Conservator/Owner / Zold Art Conservation, Corning, NY
2008-2012 Associate Conservator / Page Conservation Inc., Washington, DC
2005-2007 Painting Conservator / Private Practice, Canada / USA
2002-2004 Assistant Conservator / A. E. Henry Enr., Montreal, QC, Canada
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2011 Cosmos Club, Washington, DC / Conservation/restoration of murals.
2011 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / Department of the Interior, Washington, DC/
Conservation/restoration of murals.
2011 Recording of Deeds, Washington, DC / Installation of protection for murals.
2010 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN /
Conservation/restoration of murals.
2010 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / U.S. National Capitol, Room S-238, Washington, DC /
Conservation/restoration of murals.
2010 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / Department of the Interior, Washington, DC /
Conservation of murals.
2010 West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV / Survey of easel paintings.
2009 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / Federal Building, Kansas City, MO / Conservation of murals.
2009 Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC / Conservation of murals.
2008 – 2009 U.S. GSA National Capital Region / Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
Conservation/restoration of murals.
2002-2003 Chateau Dufresne, Montreal, QC, Canada / Conservation/restoration of murals.
2003 Corona Theatre, Montreal, QC, Canada / Conservation/reproduction of a theater curtain.
INTERNSHIP (M.A.C.)
Spring 2001-2002 Internship / Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), Ottawa, ON, Canada / Research Project in support of the M.A.C. degree.
-Monograph: Thesis: What Will Happen to a Frankenthaler? An Investigation into the Oil Stain Effect on Un-Primed and Un-Sized Cotton Canvas.
Summer 2002 Internship / Ortolan Studio, Vittorio Veneto, Italy / Conservation/restoration of frescos.
Summer 2001 Internship / Restorart Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada / Conservation/restoration of paintings and painted artifacts.
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Languages: English, Hungarian (Magyar), Romanian.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION _________
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC).