Marcelle Lunau - CV

HIGHLIGHTED QUALIFICATIONS IN CONSERVATION

Over 20 years experience working as a paintings conservator at major
museums in the US and Europe
Experience in teaching Collections Care and Collection Management
Experience traveling internationally as a courier with exhibitions
Experience in designing conservation and storage spaces & solutions
Have participated in conservation outreach by creating an interactive
atmosphere for visitors during treatment

WORK EXPERIENCE
SOTHEBYS INSTITUTE OF ART, LOS ANGELES / CLAREMONT
GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
August 2016 The Center for Management in the Creative Industries at CGUs Drucker
School of Management brings together core values and a unique philosophy
about leadership and management in the arts. My class offers insight into
Museum Collection Management and Care.
TATYANA THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES (Santa Monica):
October 2016 Paintings conservation. Clients include museums, private collectors and
corporations, colleges and universities, government agencies, auction houses,
contemporary artists, and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.
PRESERVATION/CONSERVATION SPECIALIST/FIELD SERVICE
OFFICER: Balboa Art Conservation Center (San Diego, CA)
June 2014 January 2016
As a manager of the Field Service Office I served Museums and collections in
the Western Region of the United States. I managed an out-reach and
education program, offering 30 collections care workshops in one year. My
duties consisted of:
Teaching face-to-face and web-based classes in collections care subjects
Providing collection surveys and assessments
Providing risk assessment surveys associated with emergency preparedness
Heading a Technical Inquiry desk for museum consultations

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CONSERVATOR: National Museum of Denmark, 2006-2008
Provided documentation and treatment of a range of paintings and
polychrome sculpture. Worked closely with conservation science department,
curatorial department and churches to ensure proper and accurate analytical
and historical research and assessing environmental conditions.
REGISTRAR/CONSERVATOR: Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2005-2006
Assisted in installation and deinstallation of traveling exhibition: Degas and
the Landscape.
Worked closely with curatorial and exhibition departments to ensure proper
mounting, housing and handling of collections and to meet expected climate
conditions for reinstallation of galleries.
CONSERVATOR: Atelier Restauro, Denmark 1993 - 2003
Worked closely with museums and private collections by conducting treatments on
art as well as educating about proper housing,care and maintenance. Acted as
project manager for designing and installing new paintings conservation studio at a
regional conservation center on southern Sealand.
CONSERVATOR: Flleskonserveringen, rhus, Denmark, 1991 - 1993
Serving 50 museums with conservation treatments and collections care.
Performed documentation, analysis and treatment on collections ranging from
modern to contemporary art throughout Jutland and Fyen.
ASSOCIATE CONSERVATOR OF PAINTINGS: Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1986 - 1991
Performed documentation, analysis and treatment on collections ranging from
14-century Italian panel paintings to contemporary paintings and painted
objects. Aided in installing the then new, three story high Andersen Wing
Prepared traveling exhibitions for outgoing and incoming loans
Acted as an interdepartmental liaison to streamline projects and ensure
timely execution of exhibits
Regularly assessed housing and humidity conditions in galleries, storage and
lab spaces
INTERN: J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA 1985-86 Paintings Conservation

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E DU C AT I O N
MASTER OF INFORMATION SCIENCE: Copenhagen University ,IVA (Denmark)
Major: Information Systems and Digital Communication in Art Museums. With a
focus on conservation outreach in exhibitions
BACHELOR : CVU (Denmark)
Major: Pedagogy in Arts Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CONSERVATION: Florence (Italy)
Major: Painting Conservation

SKILLS
IT-SKILLS: Micro-Soft Office suite, TMS Museum Content Management, Pixlr
photo editing, website editing
PHOTOGRAPHY: Good photography skills and knowledge of video production

TEACHING
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER, Focus on Collections Care classes.
Tempe,AZ- Seattle,WA- Eugene,OR- San Diego,CA & San Jose,CA
Policies, Plans and Procedures for Preservation
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT FULLERTON, Museum Studies course on
art conservation and preservation issues.

LANGUAGES
Fluent: English, Swedish and Danish
Spoken: Italian
Basic: Spanish

PRESENTATIONS
Arizona Association of Museums, Chandler, AZ ,2015
Stories that Benefit the Collections (Preservation Planning)
WAAC, J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu,CA, 2008
Restoring an Overpainted Medieval Polychrome Altarpiece
WAAC, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1990

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CAM California Association of Museums Annual Conference, 2015
Grant writing for Preservation Projects to Enhance Collection Care - Oneday workshop hosted by the California Preservation Program, San Diego
2015
American Institute for Conservation Conference 2014: Sustainable Solutions
in Conservation and Preservation
Preservation Planning - one day workshop at AIC conference, San Francisco
2014
The Transformative Museum, Roskilde, May 2012.
Hosted by the Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media
Materials
Video Production and Editing, Royal School of Journalism, Copenhagen, 6
week class, 2013
Mobile Media for Cultural Institutions, November 2011.
Royal School of Library Science, Copenhagen
Gilding of Wooden Objects Royal School of Conservation, Copenhagen
Conservation of Wall Paintings, History of Treatments ICCROM Rome, 1992
New Methods in the Cleaning of Paintings, Richard Wolburs, Getty Conservation
Institute, 1990

LINKS
LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/MarcelleLunau
WEBSITE PRESENTATION: marcelles-visual-resume.weebly.com

Tel. 415.767.6772
marcelle.lunau@gmail.com