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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 the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) London and Imperial College 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
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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 (between 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
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AFFILIATIONS
FELLOW OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS
THE INSTITUTE OF CONSERVATION
VERBAND DER RESTAURATOREN


The Institute of Conservation

 
Verband der Restauratoren

 
The Institute of Conservation

 
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PUBLICATIONS
PAPERS
POSTERS
PRESENTATIONS
REVIEWS



PAPERS

2015 
on an ancient Egyptian puzzle | 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 Warschau)
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 the regular participation at international congresses
where she presents technical contributions, 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 |
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