Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (ABD), University of Granada, Spain, 1993
  
  
• Doctoral Program in Conservation of Fine Arts
  Specialty Training:
    - Traditional Paintings Conservation
    - Contemporary Paintings Conservation
    - Paper Conservation
    - Book Conservation
    - Sculpture and Objects Conservation
  
  
• Master of Arts, University Complutense; Madrid, Spain, 1987
    - Specialty: Restoration
  
  
• Bachelor of Arts, University Complutense; Madrid, Spain, 1984
  - Specialty: Restoration
  
  
• Bachelor of Arts, School of Conservation and Restoration of
  Cultural Heritage; Madrid, Spain, 1983
  Specialty Training:
    - Archeology
    - Painting
    - Sculpture
    - Paper

Additional Education

• The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
  In Partnership with the Yale University Art Gallery
  Tear Repair of Paintings
  
  

Professional Experience

2003 - Present
Senior Conservator, Paper and Paintings
The Fine Arts Conservancy/Stoneledge, Inc.

• Conservation and restoration of contemporary and traditional works on paper; sculpture and objects, and contemporary and traditional paintings.

1990 - 2002
Professor of Art Conservation
Graduate Faculty; Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Granada

• Planned, organized, trained and supervised graduate students in Conservation treatment protocol development and treatment of:
  Contemporary and Traditional Paintings Conservation (16th - 20th centuries). 
  
  
  • Paper Conservation
  • Bookbinding
  • Preventative Conservation: lighting, humidity and temperature control, pollution control, handling and crating works of art
    
    
• Assisted Design: use of computers in conservation Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand and QuarkXPress.

1985 - 1990
Paintings Conservator
Cerralbo Museum, Madrid

• Developed conservation and treatment reports
  Conservation and restoration of traditional paintings
  
  
  • El Greco
  • Tiziano
  • Ribera
  • Maella
  • Pereda