JILL HARI
Bend,Oregon
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Conservator
Current West Coast Art Conservation
01.2012 - Current
- Senior Conservator for a small full-service art conservation company with clients primarily in Southern and Northern California and Central Oregon
- Work in all aspects of art conservation and collections management, serving private and public collections, universities, and governments to undertake maintenance and restoration projects, condition assessments, de-installations and installations, crating, art transportation
- Complete project management and experience with permitting and insurances for public work, including right of way projects such as public sidewalks, parks, and roundabouts
- Conduct preventive and corrective conservation and restoration treatments in private residences, public sites, and studio
- Specializing in large scale sculpture and fine art objects in metalwork and various media including ceramics, stone, wood, textiles, leather, and modern materials such as plastics, pigmented resins, epoxies, patinas and coatings
- Collaboration with artist sculptors in metalwork patina finishes and coatings prior to installation and onsite after installation
- Collaboration with private conservation firms out of state for special projects in the specialty area of metalwork, surface treatments and coatings
- Current clients include private collectors in southern California and renewed contract with the City of Bend and Bend Park and Recreation since 2017
- The City of Bend and BPRD collections include over 50 public artworks in roundabouts, city right of way and parks.
Special Projects Conservator, Metalwork
Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey
07.2012 - 08.2012
- Treated over 200 ancient coins from the previous season's coin hoard and 2012 excavations; continued treatment and storage preparation for over 100 objects from the 2010 bronze disease project; fabricated mounts, cradles and containment bins for storing artifacts without environmental control; treated metalwork, glass, and pottery
- Supervised student conservators.
Assistant Conservator (6 month fixed term contract)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
01.2012 - 06.2012
- Conducted assessments, condition reports and treatments on collections at the deYoung Museum and the Palace of the Legion of Honor; researched and treated an earthquake damaged French Ormolu sculpture; conducted outdoor sculpture garden condition and treatment surveys and routine maintenance; assisted with exhibition installations; organized and undertook a major cleaning of Mark di Suvero 'Pax Jerusalem' and worked on important monumental sculpture maintenances such as Rodin 'The Thinker'.
Getty Graduate Intern, Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA
09.2010 - 09.2011
- Conducted technical examinations, research, X-radiography and XRF analysis on gilt bronze furniture mounts, decorative arts objects and sculpture; assisted with a large scale veneer repair and refinishing of two large French corner cabinets; participated in research and restoration of a Roy Lichtenstein 'Three Brush Strokes'; performed weekly maintenance and routine treatments on outdoor sculpture; condition reported, photographed, and crated objects for travel; treated gallery damages; worked on exhibition installations, including preparing mounts and installing; supervised and trained interns and volunteers.
Special Projects Conservator, Metalwork
Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey
07.2010 - 08.2010
- Examined approximately 400 bronze disease-suspected artifacts, organized into categories for stabilization and treatment, and prepared long-term preservation plan; tested for bronze disease, treated as needed, fabricated mounts, cradles and containment bins for storing artifacts without environmental control; treated metalwork, glass, and pottery.
Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellow, Objects Lab
Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA
09.2009 - 07.2010
- Conducted technical examinations, research, X-radiography and XRF analysis, and treatments on ceramic and metalwork objects; undertook a technical research project on ancient electrum coins which included XRF, SEM and Microprobe analysis; worked with the conservation team to consolidate fresco murals using a Cyclododecane treatment and de-installation during the Fogg Art Museum building renovation; created and updated treatment records in database; photographed objects and maintained photography archives; prepared and presented PowerPoint lectures; wrote a safety protocol for use of cyanide compounds in the laboratory.
Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow
Historic New England (formerly SPNEA), Haverhill and Boston MA
09.2008 - 09.2009
- Conducted technical examinations, research, and treatments on a wide variety of organic and inorganic decorative arts, architectural objects, and sculpture; treatments and work conducted in the laboratory and on-site, including environmental monitoring for Historic New England's 36 house museums; artifacts included textiles, leather and hide, Japanese and Chinese lacquer, polychromy, furniture, stone, marble, and metalwork; photographed, condition-reported, fabricated mounts and cradles, and packed objects for storage, travel and exhibition, including the 'America's Kitchen's exhibit; undertook a research and treatment project on a collection of over one hundred 18th - 20th century European and American snuff boxes.
Education
M.A. Conservation Studies -
University of Sussex at West Dean College
09.2008
B.A. Art -
University of Oregon
09.2003
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Multitasking
- Excellent Communication
- Computer Skills
- Organization and Time Management
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Affiliations
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
- Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild (COMAG)
- Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Certificationssafetytrainings
- Ariel Lift Certified
- American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Basic First Aid
- Fall-prevention training for Construction Zones (2010 Harvard)
- Fire-prevention and extinguisher training (2010 Harvard)
- Fit Tested and Equipped with Personal Respirator
Additionalcoursework
- Exploring Moldmaking, The Crucible, Oakland, CA, 04/2012
- Archaeological Field Conservation, New York University Center for Conservation, New York, NY, 05/2010
- Ceramic Materials, Chemistry of Clays and Glazes Studio, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02/2010
- Science and the Practice of Art History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02/2010
- Numismatics: What's in a Coin, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 02/2010
- Integrated Pest Management, Historic New England and New England Museum Association, Various locations, 05/2009
- Materials in Ancient Societies: Metals, M.I.T., Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, 09/2009
- Ancient and Historic Metals: Technology, Microstructure, and Corrosion, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 07/2009
- Chasing & Repoussé, West Dean College, England, 02/2008
- Torch Fired Enameling, Revere Academy, San Francisco, CA, 04/2005
Awards
- Baird Fellow (Travel Research Award), Harvard Art Museums
- Edward James Foundation Bursary, West Dean College, England
- Université Per Stranieri Scholarship, Summer Language Intensive, Perugia, Italy
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer, Collections and Exhibitions, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
Timeline
Special Projects Conservator, Metalwork
Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey
07.2012 - 08.2012
Senior Conservator
Current West Coast Art Conservation
01.2012 - Current
Assistant Conservator (6 month fixed term contract)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
01.2012 - 06.2012
Getty Graduate Intern, Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA
09.2010 - 09.2011
Special Projects Conservator, Metalwork
Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey
07.2010 - 08.2010
Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellow, Objects Lab
Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA
09.2009 - 07.2010
Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow
Historic New England (formerly SPNEA), Haverhill and Boston MA
09.2008 - 09.2009
M.A. Conservation Studies -
University of Sussex at West Dean College
B.A. Art -
University of Oregon
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