EDUCATION

• ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS DRESDEN
  & IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
• LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITY MUNICH
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART LONDON
  & VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON
• STATE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN MAKING MITTENWALD

Details

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Conservation Science / Archaeometry (2011)
Academy of Fine Arts Dresden, Institute for Art Technology, Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property
in collaboration with Imperial College London and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London

Additional studies in the natural sciences (experimental physics/chemistry) and art history (2005-2006)
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Master of Arts (MA) in Conservation (2003)
Royal College of Art, London and Victoria and Albert Museum, London
(RCA/V&A Joint MA Conservation Programme)

Certificate of Apprenticeship (Articles) in Violin Making (1999)
State Vocational School for Violin Making Mittenwald

WORK HISTORY

• ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS VIENNA
• THE GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE –
  RADICAL WORKSHOP SERIES
• IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
• VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON
• WORKSHOP CLEMENS v. SCHOELER MUNICH
• GERMANIC NATIONAL MUSEUM NUREMBERG
• BAVARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MUNICH
• THE WALLACE COLLECTION LONDON
• THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON

Details

Senior Tutor and Research Scientist in charge of the Objects Division at the
Institute for Conservation – Restoration (2012-2014)
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

Workshop instructor for cross-section examination and fluorescence microscopy,
and cooperative research on East-Asian lacquer coatings (since 2011)
RAdICAL – Recent Advances in the Characterization of Asian Lacquers – workshop series ▸
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles

Research scientist in the field of material testing and the characterization of multilayered
decorative coatings and their mechanical properties (2006-2011)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Imperial College London

A total of six years in the conservation departments of major museums in both Germany and
the UK (1998-2011)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London | Bavarian National Museum, Munich | Germanic National Museum, Nuremberg |
The Wallace Collection, London | The National Gallery, London

Conservator for mixed media objects, furniture, and wooden interiors of historic monuments (2003-2005)
Workshop Clemens von Schoeler, Munich

AFFILIATIONS

• FELLOW OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
  CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS
• VERBAND DER RESTAURATOREN
• THE INSTITUTE OF CONSERVATION (2001-2025)

PUBLICATIONS

• PAPERS
• POSTERS
• PRESENTATIONS
• REVIEWS

PAPERS

2016 on the cleaning of East Asian (urushi) lacquer ▸ (Book chapter)

2015 on a 3.000 year old puzzle ▸ (ÖRV Proceedings)
on the conservation of an ancient Egyptian coffin lid | Part I ▸ and Part II ▸ (KHM Catalogue)
on the fracture properties of multilayered coatings ▸ (JMaterSci)

2014 on the analysis of Chinese lacquer ▸ (IIC Congress Proceedings)

2012 on the mechanical effect of consolidants on multilayered coatings ▸ (Dissertation)

2011 on a method for analysing the fracture mechanics of coatings ▸ (ICOM-CC Proceedings)
on the mechanical effect of consolidants on gesso-type grounds ▸ (CCI Proceedings)
on delaminating East Asian export lacquer coatings ▸ (Book chapter)

2009 on the properties and uses of animal glue for repairing taxidermy specimens ▸ (NatSCA News)

2008 on the causes of flaking lacquer coatings ▸ (V&A Conservation Journal)

2007 on the properties of animal glues relevant to conservation ▸ (Studies in Conservation)

2005 on aqueous cleaning of photodegraded East Asian lacquer surfaces ▸ (ZKK)

2003 on aqueous cleaning of photodegraded East Asian lacquer surfaces ▸ (MA Thesis)

2002 on the virginal of Queen Elizabeth I ▸ (V&A Conservation Journal)

POSTERS

Selection

2014 on the reconstruction of a Renaissance viol ▸ (ICOM-CC Symposium Amsterdam)

2013 on a 3000-year-old coffin lid ▸ (ICOM-CC Interim Meeting Warsaw)
on staining techniques for characterising East Asian lacquer ▸ (Asian Lacquer Symposium, Buffalo)

PRESENTATIONS

Selection

2013 on the characterisation of multilayered lacquer coatings using low-tech methods ▸ (SUNY, Buffalo)

2011 on the fracture properties of lacquer coatings and their changes after consolidation (UCL, London)

2010 on the uses of animal glues in conservation (V&A, London)

2009 on a new method for evaluating the performance of consolidants ▸ (COST ACTION IE0601, Prag)

2008 on the ageing characteristics and consolidation of East Asian export-lacquer coatings ▸ (Oranienbaum Colloquium)

2005 on the illusion of space and a miniature interior ▸ (VDR Symposium Berlin)

REVIEWS

Alongside publishing her own research and regularly participating at international congresses, Nanke Schellmann is also working as a peer-reviewer and co-editor for international journals and conference proceedings:

• Studies in Conservation
• Journal of the Institute of Conservation
• Journal of the Canadian Association of Conservators
• Journal of Applied Physics A
• Future Talks (Neue Sammlung München)
• IIC 2014 Hong Kong Congress