Advanced Professional Programme (Paintings) | 2023-present | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Master’s in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Paintings) | 2021-2023 | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bachelor of Arts: Honours Art History | 2016-2020 | McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• Minor Chemistry

Study Abroad: Art History | September-December 2019 | University College London, London, UK

Study Abroad: Art History | June 2017 | American University of Paris, Paris, France

Paintings Conservation Trainee | September 2023-June 2024 | Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE), Amersfoort, Netherlands

• Responsible for various paintings conservation and restoration campaigns as a paintings conservation trainee under the University of Amsterdam’s Advanced Placement Programme (APP)

Paintings Conservation Volunteer Trainee| July 2022-August 2022 | The Royal Collections of the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands

• Performed various conservation campaigns on small and large-scale paintings, like surface cleaning, varnish removal, retouching, structural treatments (e.g., strip-lining, canvas flattening, tear mending), and varnishing.

  Executed frame treatments and framed paintings

• Implemented preventive measures, such as adding various kinds of back-boards to canvas paintings

• Conducted condition assessment

• Engaged in research on paint layer and accretion identification using cross-sections and microscopy

Paintings Conservation Work Experience Student | May 2020-October 2020 | Katherine Ara, London, UK

• Learned about the daily conducts of a private painting conservation studio

• Conducted art historical research on undocumented collections

• Practiced manual skills associated with painting conservation techniques

• Familiarized with the current issues in painting conservation (i.e. sustainability, material data and safety, COVID-19 emergency planning)

Research Assistant | September 2018-April 2019 | McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• Borrowed and returned books for a professor specializing in East Asian Art History

• Scanned documents and books for research purposes

• Familiarized with how to work with scholars and the available sources in the field

Paper Conservation Apprentice | June-July 2018 | Ruiya Xuan, Taipei, Taiwan

• Assisted with mounting paintings

• Assisted with the restoration of works on paper, including government documents, books, etc.

• Conducted a solo project on the restoration of a century-old book

• Built foundational skills for basic paper conservation and restoration

Gallery Assistant | March 2018-September 2019 | Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal, Canada

• Managed administrative tasks for the gallery’s daily operation

• Participated in the change of legal status of the gallery

• Communicated with sponsors, artists, and associates

• Partook in the organization and operation of exhibitions

Museum Volunteer | 2016-2016 | Port Moody Station Museum, Port Moody, Canada

• Transcribed and digitized the content of twentieth-century newspaper

• Participated in festival events and ran activities with children

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Experienced in cultural heritage objects photography and image editing software (Photoshop, Procreate, etc.)

• Familiar with laser technologies (shearography)

• Familiar with x-radiography of paintings

• Familiar with 3D scanning (photogrammetry) and 3D modelling (Blender)

• Language skills

  • Fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)

  • Basic in Dutch, French, Japanese

Gilding Conservation (Level 3) | June 2024 | Beloit College, Beloit, U.S.A.

Traditional Gilding (Level 2) | June 2023 | Beloit College, Beloit, U.S.A.

Digital 3D techniques and methodologies for [restoration/heritage/archaeology] research | September 2022-December 2022 | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Drawing and Illustration Training | 2011-2016 | Mark Anthony Studio, Port Moody, Canada

• Member of International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

• Member of International Council of Museums (ICOM)

• Member of Canadian Associatio for Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC-ACCR)