ELENA RUDICHENKO
FINE ART CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

SUMMARY:

 

       Fine art conservator and restorer with over 30 years of professional experience in public and private museums. Trained at the Suzdal Art and Restoration School (easel oil painting and Russian tempera icons) and qualified as a fine-art expert at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv.

       Specializing in the examination, documentation, and treatment of paintings, icons, and ceramics, including authentication and attribution of works, condition assessment, and the care and cataloging of collections. Former Conservation Administrator at the National Museum of History of Ukraine, with a decade of subsequent practice restoring paintings for Manhattan galleries.

       Combines traditional academic restoration methods with modern conservation materials and techniques.

 

SKILLS:

 

• examination procedures to determine the materials, method of manufacture, and properties of objects or structures and the causes and extent of deterioration or alteration

• scientific analysis and research to identify historic and artistic methods and materials of fabrication, and to evaluate the efficacy and appropriateness of materials and procedures of conservation

• documentation procedures to record the condition of an object or site at a specific time, or before, during, and after treatment, and to outline treatment methods and materials in detail

• treatment, including interventive procedures, as well as passive measures to stabilize an artifact or retard its deterioration

• restoration to bring a deteriorated or damaged object or structure closer to a previous or assumed appearance or function

• advising on procedures for the safe exhibition and travel of cultural materials

• ability to work with the special literature in English and Russian

• knowledge and experience in the theory and techniques of conservation whose primary occupation is to teach the principles, methodology, and/or technical aspects of the profession

 

 

EXPERIENCE: 

 

David Killen Gallery                                                                                 03/2015-2023 

New York, NY

Restorer / Conservator                                                                           

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of  ceramics and porcelain

 

Vladimir's Antiques                                                                                  02/2015-2020

New York, NY

Restorer / Conservator    

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of  icons and painting

 

National Museum of History of Ukraine                                                           2007-2014

Kiev. Ukraine

Restorer/ Conservator

• Conservation Administrator

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of the fine art

• formation expositions and exhibitions

• collections care/preservation specialist

• attribution and examination of paintings

 

Sevastopol Art Museum                                                                                     2003-2007

Sevastopol. Crimea

Restorer / Conservator  

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of the fine art

• collections care/preservation specialist

• attribution and examination of paintings

 

Private collections and museums                                                                     2001-2014

Kyiv, Sevastopol, Ternopol. Ukraine

Restorer / Conservator / Consultant  

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of the fine art

• consulting on authenticity of icons and paintings of russian artists

• cataloging

 

Ternopol Art Museum and Local History Museum   1996-2003

Ternopol. Ukraine

Restorer / Conservator  

• conservation and restoration of the treasures of the fine art

                                                                                                                                                

 

EDUCATION:

 

National Restoration Center of Ukraine                                                           2006, 2012

Kiev, Ukrain

Study of highly complex recovery processes under the supervision of a restorer of the highest category  

 

National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture                                            2003-2008

Kiev, Ukrain

The Academy curriculum included history and technology of world paintings 

In the process of study in the Academy defended a Bachelor of Arts thesis in 2007. In 2008 I graduated from the Academy and was awarded with qualification “fine art expert, critic”.

 

Suzdal Art and restoration school                                                                    1991-1996

Suzdal, Russia

received specialization “fine art restorer of easel oil painting”   

Within five years I took a full course of conservation and restoration of easel oil painting, paintings and icons of 17-19 centuries, which made it possible to engage in the restoration of paintings made ​​in different techniques, in particular: ancient Russian tempera icons. Upon graduation complete a graduate work, which was the restoration of “The Portrait of Patriarch Nikon” from Cyril-Belozersky Monastery (now a museum of Vologda, Russia).