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Élia Roldão is a specialist in the conservation of photographs, committed to research and developing conservation solutions and preservation guidelines to safeguard photographic materials and photograph collections. After a decade of research on the identification and conservation of film-based negatives, her research is now focused on technical art studies and on setting up conservation strategies for photographic prints and mixed media photographic artworks. This career change results from the collaborative works and protocols that Roldão has established between research centres and cultural heritage institutions since 2016. These collaborations allowed to survey conservation needs within the collections/institutions. One of Roldão main research goals is to respond to the urgent needs in museum collections holding such complex and challenging artworks, by providing sustainable and long-term solutions for the preservation of the collections and delivering working tools for end-users. For that, she supports her work on inter-disciplinary approaches (including materials characterization and testing) to develop conservation and exhibition guidelines, aiming at improving museum and archives practices and simultaneously disclosure collections. In this way, her work also contributes to the definition and strengthening of a network between institutions and teams devoted to the conservation of cultural heritage. Élia Roldão holds a PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage - Specialization in Conservation Sciences, from NOVA University Lisbon (2018). She has vast experience in the conservation and restoration of photographs and preventive conservation of historical and contemporary collections photographic collections (negatives, prints, albums, film), and worked in several Portuguese institutions (2000 to 2021). Since 2011, she has been lecturing and teaching at the most renowned Portuguese Universities (FCT-NOVA; Univ. Católica, Univ. Lusófona, ESAD-FRESS). Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at DCR NOVA, responsible for teaching Photo-documentation, Diagnosis and Conservation of Photography and Other Records, and Conservation and Restoration of Photographs curricular units, within the bachelor and Master degrees, and supervising Master thesis in the field of preventive conservation and conservation of photographs. Recently, she received the 'FCT-NOVA Best Professor 2021 Award', attributed to the DCR-NOVA students. Roldão integrated five funded projects (3 national and 2 European) focused on plastic, filmic and photographic heritage, in which she had the privilege of working with multi-disciplinary teams. Her scientific track record comprises seven scientific publications (peer-reviewed) and three book chapters, which reflect the efforts made in other professional fields such as training. Besides academic courses, she is also responsible for designing and lecturing 30 seminars and workshops (from 2001 to 2021), showing her devotion to sharing knowledge and developing the field of conservation of photographs in Portugal. Her supervision competencies include four master's thesis. She also participated in 16 conferences, four as an invited speaker and moderator on a symposium panel. She is a member of the American Institute for Conservation and Restoration (AIC), of the Associação Portuguesa de Conservadores Restauradores de Portugal (ARP), of the Gruppo Del Colore ' Associazone Italiana Colore, and of the Photography Network. In 2021 she was elected member of the Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation Advisory Committee (CWPCAC - FAIC), and recently was invited to be page compiler for the entry 'Photograph Conservation Training' in the Photographic Materials Group (PMG) Wiki Committee. In 2018, Roldão co-founded the first spin-off of DCR, NEON Art Conservation Lda, a company dedicated to the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Élia Roldão

Citation names

  • Roldão, E.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AD13-8F76-C1F8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6682-7620

Email addresses

  • e.roldao@fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Ed. Departamental, piso 1 - Gab. 1.22 Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/06/01 - 2018/12/18
Concluded
PhD Course Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage - Conservation Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
""A contribution for the preservation of cellulose esters black and white negatives"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Unanimously approved
2007/07/14
Concluded
Química Aplicada ao Património Cultural (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Conservation of photographs
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
1998/09 - 2000/12/21
Concluded
Conservation and Restoration (Licenciatura)
Major in Conservation and Restoration
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
""Conservação e restauro de pinturas decorativas sobre tela do zimbório da Igreja de São Vicente de Fora"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1993/09 - 1996/11/10
Concluded
Tecnologia em Conservação e Restauro (Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
""Conservação e restauro de pinturas de cavalete da capela-mor da Igreja de São Vicente de Paulo, Carnide"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2011/06/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Department of Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03/15 - 2023/02/28 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Department of Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/05 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Department of Art, Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Católica do Porto, Portugal
2014/02 - 2014/07 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/07 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012/02 - 2012/07 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/10/01 - 2019/03/14 Photographs conservator-restorer NEON Art Conservation, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/03/14 Photographs conservator-restorer Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD, Portugal
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Storage, Conservation and Restoration Department, Portugal
2017/07/23 - 2018/02/14 Conservator-restorer Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Portugal
Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/03/02 - Current Co-founder NEON Art Conservation, Portugal
2012/03 - 2018/07 Invited lecturer Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Department of Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/02/20 Conservator-Restorer Fundação Serralves, Portugal
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2017/05/19 - 2017/08/06 Conservator-restorer Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2016/10/20 - 2016/10/24 Photographs conservator-restorer Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/08/31 Photographs conservator-restorer Parques de Sintra Monte da Lua SA, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/08/31 Photographs conservator-restorer Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/08/31 Photographs conservator-restorer Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2016/05/31 Research fellow Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
2016/01/02 - 2016/01/31 Conservator-restorer Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Portugal
2010/12/02 - 2011/05/31 Research fellow Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
2000/09/01 - 2010/11/30 Photographs conservator-restorer Lupa - Luís Pavão lda., Portugal
1997/01/02 - 1998/12 Paintings conservator Atelier Ocre – Oficina de Conservação e Restauro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/07 - Current The Photographic Impulse: Measuring the Colonies and the Colonial Bodies. The Photographic and Filmic Archive of the Portuguese Geographic and Anthropologic Missions
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - Current Innovative packaging solutions for storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage of artefacts based on cellulose derivatives – NEMOSINE
Research Fellow
AIMPLAS Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico , Spain
European Union
Ongoing
2017 - Current Photographs: Perception and changes. An interdisciplinary approach on photography and its reception
Research Fellow
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31 Study and preventive conservation of the oldest German photographs held by the Deutsches Museum
Project n. INST/95/1722-1
Post-doc Fellow
Deutsches Museum, Germany
Concluded
2016 - 2019 The Triumph Of Bakelite: Contributions To A History Of Plastics In Portugal
Research Fellow
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/02/01 - 2016/05/31 Olimpismo em imagens. Recuperação do Arquivo Fotográfico do Comité Olímpico de Portugal
____
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2011/06/01 - 2015/06/30 A contribution for the preservation of cellulose esters black and white negatives
SFRH/BD/72560/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Department of Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/12/02 - 2011/05/31 "Meio século de ciência colonial: olhares cruzados sobre o arquivo e a actividade científica da Comissão de Cartografia (1883 -1936)"
FCT/HC 0067/2009
Research Fellow
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - 2021/12/01 Restoration work of a mixed media photo-artwork by Ernesto de Sousa
n/a
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Roldão, E.; Kennedy, N.; Wessling, M.. "3.3.5. Workshops, Continuing Professional Development". In Significance, Use, and Conservation of Photograph and Image Collections. United Kingdom: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2024.
    Under revision
Conference paper
  1. Pamplona, Marisa; Clarimma Sessa; Martin Jürgens; Roldão, Élia; Cornelia Kemp; Eva Mariasole Angelin. Corresponding author: Pamplona, Marisa. "Carl August Steinheil’s pioneering daguerreotypes: Nondestructive investigation of his production and processing methods.". Paper presented in Working Towards a Sustainable Past. ICOM-CC 20th Triennial Conference, Valencia, 2023.
    Accepted
  2. Roldão, E.; Parola, A.J.; Ramos, A.M.; Lavédrine, B.; Silva, J.. "Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives: searching for new approaches". Paper presented in CoMa 2013 - Safeguarding Image Collections, Brussels, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Roldão, Élia. "Contributions for the preservation of plastic negatives". Paper presented in Perspectives in Historic Polymeric Materials – Young Professionals Research Seminar, 2019.
  2. Roldão, Élia; A.J. Parola; João A. Lopes; A.M. Ramos; B. Lavédrine. "How far can we see? The importance of accurate film identification". Paper presented in SOIMA 2015 – Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage, 2015.
  3. Roldão, Élia; J. Silva; A.J. Parola; A.M. Ramos; B. Lavédrine. "New Approaches to Conservation and Preservation of Cellulose Acetate Photographic Negatives". Paper presented in InArt'13 - 1st International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology, 2013.
Exhibition catalog
  1. Roldão, Élia; Sara Babo; Joana Silva; de Sá, Susana França. A Conservação dos Plásticos. Câmara Municipal de Leiria, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Nunes, Sofia; Ramacciotti, Francesca; Neves, Artur; Angelin, Eva Marisole; Ramos, Ana Maria; Roldão, Élia; Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Armijo, Alfonso Alejo; Melo, Maria João. "A diagnostic tool for assessing the conservation condition of cellulose nitrate and acetate in heritage collections: quantifying the degree of substitution by infrared spectroscopy". Heritage Science 8 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00373-4.
    10.1186/s40494-020-00373-4
  2. Roldão, E.; Melo, Maria João; Neves, Artur; Ramos, Ana M.; Angelin, Eva Mariasole; Ramacciotti, Francesca; Nunes, Sofia; Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Armijo, Alfonso Alejo. "A diagnostic tool for assessing the conservation condition of cellulose nitrate and acetate in heritage collections: quantifying the degree of substitution by infrared spectroscopy". Science Heritage Journal (2020):
    Accepted
  3. Roldão, Élia; Parola, A. Jorge; Vilarigues, Márcia; Lavédrine, Bertrand; Ramos, Ana Maria. "Unveiling the Colours of Cellulose Nitrate Black and White Film-based Negatives in Colonial Photography". Studies in Conservation 65 2 (2019): 118-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2019.1662672.
    Published • 10.1080/00393630.2019.1662672
  4. Neves, Artur; Angelin, Eva Mariasole; Roldão, Élia; Melo, Maria João. "New insights into the degradation mechanism of cellulose nitrate in cinematographic films by Raman microscopy". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 50 2 (2018): 202-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5464.
    Published • 10.1002/jrs.5464
Newspaper article
  1. Roldão,E.; Agnés Le Gac. "A Fotografia na investigação sobre 'Faiunça'", O Casapiano, 2022
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Somfai, Teréz. "Strategies for the preservation of a b/w motion picture film collection in safety film support". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/91275.
  2. Roldão, Élia Catarina Tavares Costa. "A contribution for the preservation of cellulose esters black and white negatives". PhD, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/59914.
  3. Mendes, Andreia Sofia Alves. "Estudo para a estabilização de negativos em gelatina e brometo de prata com suporte em vidro / Study for the stabilization of glass plate negatives". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/18326.

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition
  1. 2016. ""Jogos Olímpicos: Memórias e Vitórias de Portugal"".

Other

Other output
  1. Co-coordenation of the conservation and restoration work of the mixed-media photo artwork 'Revolução, Corpo, Tempo' by Ernesto de Sousa, from MNAC. Conservation team: Élia Roldão and Susana França de Sá. 2021.
  2. Conservation and preservation treatments of the "Roland Oliveira collection", from the Sport Lisboa e Benfica Collection.. Conservation and preservation of black and white negatives with plastic supports. The work entailed survey, cleaning and rehousing of negatives, database design, the definition of the digitizing methodology and database description, design and implementation of proper storage and environmental solutions.. 2018. Roldão, E.. https://museubenfica.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/home/museuhome/patrimoniocultural/rcr.aspx.
  3. Supervision of the exhibition "Brazilian Modernism in the Collection of the Edson Queiroz Foundation", for Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo.. Supervision of handling and transport of artworks and condition assessment of artworks displayed in the “Brazilian Modernism in the Collection of the Edson Queiroz Foundation” exhibition, for Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo.. 2018. Roldão, E.. http://pt.museuberardo.pt/exposicoes/modernismo-brasileiro-na-colecao-da-fundacao-edson-queiroz.
  4. Supervision of the digitization process of the Siza Vieira Archive, from Fundação Serralves.. Responsible for monitoring the digitization process of the Documentary Archive of the Siza Vieira Archive. Construction of handling and packaging protocols appropriate to the documentation present in the file and monitoring of the digitization practical work.. 2017. Roldão, E.; França de Sá, Susana. https://www.serralves.pt/pt/arquitetura-3-0/acervo-de-alvaro-siza-vieira/.
  5. Condition assessment of artworks displayed in the Joan Miró: materialidade e metamorfose exhibition, for Fundação Serralves.. Supervision of handling and transport of artworks and condition assessment of artworks displayed in the “Joan Miró: materialidade e metamorfose” exhibition, for Fundação Serralves.. 2017. Roldão, E.. https://www.serralves.pt/pt/actividades/joan-miro-materialidade-e-metamorfose-2/.
  6. Condition assessment of artworks displayed in the "O olhar do artista: obras da coleção de Serralves" exhibition, for Fundação Serralves.. Supervision of handling and transport of artworks and condition assessment of artworks displayed in the “O olhar do artista: obras da coleção de Serralves” exhibition, for Fundação Serralves.. 2017. Roldão, E.. https://www.serralves.pt/pt/actividades/da-colecao-em-lisboa-o-olhar-do-artista-obras-da-colecao-de-serralves/.
  7. Conservation treatment of photographic collection from Palácio Nacional de Sintra.. Conservation and preservation of black and white negatives with plastic and glass supports and historical prints. The work entailed survey, cleaning and rehousing of negatives and prints, database design, the definition of the digitizing methodology and database description, design and implementation of proper storage and environmental solutions.. 2016. Roldão, E.. https://www.parquesdesintra.pt/.
  8. Conservation and restoration of Helena Almeida artwork "Ouve-me", from Culturgest.. Conservation and restoration of Helena Almeida artwork “Ouve-me”, from Culturgest. The work entailed unframing the artwork, surface cleaning, reattachment of a loss, infilling and inpainting and reframing of the artwork.. 2016. Roldão, E.. https://www.culturgest.pt/pt/colecao/.
  9. Conservation and restoration of Helena Almeida artwork "Estudo para Dois Espaços" , from Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo.. The work entailed unframing the artworks, surface cleaning, reattachment of detached areas, infilling and inpainting and reframing of the artwork.. 2016. Roldão, E.. https://pt.museuberardo.pt/colecao.
  10. Conservation treatments of Fernando Lemos prints for the exhibition "Fernando Lemos: Para um Retrato Coletivo em Portugal, no fim dos anos 40", from Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo. The work entailed unframing the prints, surface cleaning of prints and frames and reframing.. 2016. Roldão, E.. https://pt.museuberardo.pt/colecao.
  11. Conservation and restoration of John De Andrea artwork "Arden Anderson and Norma Murphy" , from Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo.. The work entailed surface cleaning.. 2016. Roldão, E.; França de Sá, Susana. https://pt.museuberardo.pt/colecao.
  12. Conservation and restoration of photographs at LUPA - Luis Pavão lda., private company.. For ten years I worked in conservation treatment projects of large-scale photograph collections in several museums, archives and cultural institutions in Portugal, a work that entailed surveys, cleaning and rehousing of prints, database design, digitizing and database description, design and implementation of proper environmental solutions such as cold storage vaults.. 2000. Roldão, E..
Spin-off company
  1. 2018. NEON Art Conservation. Provision of conservation and restoration services. https://www.neonartconservation.com/home-eng.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/04 Obras Fotográficas Mixed-Media de Helena Almeida: Como Preservá-las? VII Encontro Luso-Brasileiro de Conservação e Restauro
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Caparica, Almada, Portugal)
2023/02/23 Documentation for the conservation of a mixed media photographic work by Ernesto de Sousa 2023 Photographic Materials Group Winter Meeting
Photographic Materials Group, American Institute for Conservation (Austin, Texas, United States)
2022/10 "Digital image gains and constrains: The case study of IICT ' s photography collection" Congress ICA Abu Dhabi 2021, Empowering Knowledge Societies
International Council of Archives (ICA) (Abu Dhabi)
2022/05 "The human factor: How to recover the hidden craftsmanship of a Portuguese moldmaker" AIC 50th AIC Annual Meeting
American Institute for Conservation (Los Angeles, United States)
2022 "Inventory and conservation for democratization and access to the colonial past" Eleventh Iberian Conference on African Studies – CIEA11, African Transits in the Global World: History and Memories, Heritage and Innovation.
Center for History of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon)
2021/11 The Importance of Teaching for the Definition of Good Photographic Conservation Practices - The Role of the Department of Conservation and Restoration of FCT-NOVA in the National Context. IV Jornadas RMA "Conservar O Património Em Portugal – Boas E Más Práticas
Rede dos Museus do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2021/07 History, technology and conservation: a holistic approach to describing photographic equipment S&I Media 2021 - Stereo & Immersive Media — Photography, Sound and Cinema Research
(Portugal)
2021/07 The study of mountings, housings and preservation of daguerreotype originals: the specificities of stereo daguerreotypes. S&I Media 2021 - Stereo & Immersive Media — Photography, Sound and Cinema Research
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/05 Material characterization and decision making in the conservation of IICTs photographic album TRANSFORM 2021: AIC/SPNHC 2021 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING
(United States)
2016/03/16 Is it obvious? Not when we are dealing with cellulose nitrate Plastics Associated with Photographic Material
Center for Creative Photography (Tucson, United States)
2014/12/15 Polímeros semi-sintéticos em fotografia - o nitrato e o acetato de celulose Encontro DigiFup – Digitalização e Tratamento da Filmoteca Ultramarina Portuguesa
Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/10/31 Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives: searching for new approaches CoMa 2013 – Safeguarding Image Collections
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) (Brussels, Belgium)
2009/10/28 Conservação de fotografias em espólios de arquitectura: as colecções de Manuel Laginha e Frederico George Palestras SIPA/IHRU
SIPA/IHRU - Forte de Sacavém (Sacavém, Portugal)
2008 A importância da conservação de fotografia em arquivos municipais
Arquivo Municipal do Barreiro (Barreiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Estudo de dois retratos pintados oriundos do Brasil.
Supervisor
Ciências da Conservação (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - Current Characterization of mid-20th century photographic paper sample books from different manufacturers
Supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - Current Estudo e conservação do espólio do artista plástico René Bértholo
Supervisor
Ciências da Conservação (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/03/01 - Current Chromogenic film: Characterization, conservation and appreciation of case-studies in Portuguese collection
Supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09 - Current "O Daguerreótipo em Portugal - inventariação, caracterização, intervenção e divulgação da primeira forma de fotografia no território português."
Supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
2018/09 - Current "Study of cinematographic films with cellulose acetate support"
Supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/12/12 Mixed Media Photo Artworks by Helena Almeida: Documentation, Materiality and Conservation
Supervisor
Ciências da Conservação (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09/15 - 2022/02 "Estudo e preservação da Série Desporto da Empresa Pública Jornal "O Século" (EPJS) - Caso de estudo das Telefotos" (Study and Preservation of the Sports series from the "O Século" journal - the Wirephotos case studies")
Co-supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Department of Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/07 "Identification, condition assessment and definition of conservation procedures for a set of photographic cameras used by Gago Coutinho. " ("Identificação, diagnóstico e proposta de intervenção para conjunto equipamento fotográfico do fundo fotográfico resultante do trabalho de Gago Coutinho.")
Supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/07 "Estudo para a estabilização de negativos em gelatina e brometo de prata com suporte em vidro"
Co-supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/01 "Degradation of black and white cellulose-acetate base negatives"
Co-supervisor
Conservação e Restauro (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/02/01 - 2023/11/05 Member of the organising committee of the 7th Luso-Brazilian Meeting on Conservation and Restoration, organised by FCT NOVA, which debated fundamental issues in Heritage Preservation, reflecting on the different approaches in theory, training, research and professional practice. (2023/11/02 - 2023/11/04)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/01/15 - 2021/03/02 "Description of photographic equipment" working session (2021/03/02 - 2021/03/02) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/07/10 - 2019/07/12 A imagem analógica: um mundo azul. (2019/07/10 - 2019/07/12)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09/13 - 2018/09/14 Masterclass "Conservation of Colour slides" (2018/09/13 - 2018/09/14)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
NEON Art Conservation, Portugal
2005/10/10 - 2005/10/11 International Conference: "Conservação de Fotografia: Encarando o Futuro" (Conservation of Photographs: Facing the Future) (2005/10/10 - 2005/10/11)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Lupa - Luís Pavão lda., Portugal

Fundação Oriente, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/06/05 - Current Preventive Conservation of Photographic Collections
Other
Preservar a memória do mundo: a ciência de mãos dadas com a conservação
2021/12 - 2021/12 Description of photographic cameras of the 19th and 20th centuries Workshop.
Workshop
International Conference Photography and History
2021/02/15 - 2021/02/17 Participation in "NETCHER - 3D Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage at Risk Workshop"
Workshop
NETCHER - 3D Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage at Risk
2020/06/01 - 2020/11/26 Preparation of a seminar about Preventive Conservation; Exhibition, Storage and Conditioning, and Handling objects of cultural heritage that was presented to the partners of the COSMUS - Community School Museums project.
Seminar
COSMUS - Community School Museums - Conservation of Museographic pieces
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/10/14 - 2020/10/14 Moderator in a panel discussion of the European Online Symposium: Good Practices in Conservation of Special Collections - Cultural Heritage in 90 minutes
Symposium
European Online Symposium: Good Practices in Conservation of Special Collections - Cultural Heritage in 90 minutes
Conservation and Restoration Department of the NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA), Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/01 Presentation of a seminar "A contribution for the Preservation of Cellulose ester black and white photographic negatives", for the Master students of the Máster en enseñanzas artísticas de Conservación y Restauración de Patrimonio Fotográfico.
Seminar
A contribution for the Preservation of Cellulose ester black and white photographic negatives”
Escola Superior de Conservació i Restauració de Béns Culturals de Catalunya, Spain
2017/10/12 - 2017/10/13 Lecturer and instructor of the Preservation of Photographic Collections Workshop. The explores the nature of silver-based analog photographs, their creation, and their deterioration mechanisms, as well as the methods for identification and condition assessment. The current strategies for the preservation of photographic collections are also presented.
Workshop
6ª Semana da Fotografia da Golegã
Centro de Estudos de Fotografia da Golegã, Portugal
2017/07/13 - 2017/07/13 Photography: materials, degradation and conservation
Seminar
Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas, Portugal
2014/12/16 - 2014/12/16 "Methods of measuring pH in film negatives." Seminar in which the different types of photographic negatives with plastic supports and the current methods for evaluating the degradation of these materials were presented. This was followed by a practical session with the presentation of new methodologies for measuring pH in negatives with plastic supports.
Workshop
“Digitalização e Tratamento da Filmoteca Ultramarina Portuguesa – DigiT FUP Imagem Digital na dupla função de transferência de suporte e restauro documental”
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
2001 - 2010 Lecturer and instructor in the Workshops: Preservation of Photographic Collections; Conservation and Restoration of Photographs; Infilling and Inpainting of Photographs.
Workshop
Lupa - Luís Pavão lda., Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/02/28 Truth and Vanity. The retouching techniques on dry plate negatives of Portuguese photography collections of the first half of the twentieth century.
(Thesis) Main arguer
Catarina Luisa Cortes Pereira (PhD)
Department of Art, Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Católica do Porto, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/11/20 - 2023/11/23 Heritage (2571-9408) MDPI
2023/09 - 2023/09 Art MDPI

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/02 - Current American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Page Compiler of the entry "Photograph Conservation Training" in the Photographic Materials Group Wiki (PMG Wiki).
2021/01 - Current American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Member of the Photographic Materials Group (PMG)
2021/01 - Current ARP - Associação Profissional de Conservadores-restauradores de Portugal Membro do Grupo de Conservação de Fotografia

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Elected member of the Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation Advisory Committee (PMG - FAIC). The Advisory Committee is responsible for the conception and planning of workshops on topics of interest to Photographic Materials Group (PMG) membership and the photograph preservation community at large.
Member
American Institute for Conservation, United States

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC), United States
2019/04 - Current Member of the Disclosure and Communication Group from Conservation and Restoration Department
Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - Current Member of the FCT NOVA Sustainability Group
Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/02/01 - 2023/11/05 VII Encontro Luso-Brasileiro de Conservação e Restauro Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
2022/06/13 - 2022/06/15 Counter-Image International Conference and Photo Impulse Final Conference: Decolonizing visuality
2017/10/20 - 2017/10/21 4th International Meeting on Retouching of Cultural Heritage - RECH4 University Library in Split, Croatia

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Consultant in conservation of the estate of Helena Almeida (PT artist), holding by the artist's heirs, work conducted under the protocol established between Helena Almeida heirs and DCR from NOVA School of Science and Technology (consulting team: Élia Roldão and Susana França de Sá)
2021 - Current Consultant in conservation of Ernesto de Sousa and Jorge Silva Araújo artworks (PT artist) from MNAC, work conducted under the protocol established between MNAC and DCR from NOVA School of Science and Technology (consulting team: Élia Roldão, Susana França de Sá and Sílvia Sequeira)
2020/09 - 2021/07 Master thesis entitled "Estudo de novas metodologias para a limpeza de objectos em acetato de celulose" Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/02 Dismantling monitoring of the exhibition "Dilemma of Being and Opinion - The Portrait in Painting, Photography and Sculpture.", Observation and condition assessment of the works of Jorge Silva Araújo. The exhibition was on display at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03/11 - 2021/07/31 Conservation and Restoration of Photographs Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/03/12 - 2021/07 Conservation and Condition Assessment of Photographs and Other Records Conservação - Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/03/06 - 2020/07/31 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/03/05 - 2020/07/31 Conservation and Restoration of Photographs Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/01/21 Photographic documentation Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/12 - 2019/12 Conservation and Preservation of Photographs Seminar for photographers Fotografia (Licenciatura) School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03/15 - 2019/07/31 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2017/07/31 Conservation and Restoration of Photographs Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Preventive Conservation: Packaging for storage and display of cultural heritage (photographs) Conservação - Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/06 Conservation of Contemporary Art - Conservation of Photographs Arte - Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Department of Art, Conservation and Restoration of Universidade Católica do Porto, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/03 - 2014/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/03 - 2013/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012/03 - 2012/07 Conservation and Condition assessment of Photographs and other records Conservação e Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/01/03 - 2021/01/15 Revista Conservar Património (2182-9942) Associação Profissional de Conservadores-Restauradores de Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/09/25 - 2021/02 "X-ray sheets for technical studies and documentation of Portuguese artworks: study and preservation of the Instituto José de Figueiredo (IJF) collection"" Raúl Gaspar Gonçalves Rodrigues
2020/09 - 2021 Definition of a material characterization approach for audiovisual tapes Luiza Di Blasio Bandeira
2019/09 - 2020/01 Estratégias para avaliação do estado de preservação de fitas de vídeo magnéticas. Aplicação ao acervo do Arquivo Nacional da Imagem em Movimento (ANIM). Luiza Di Blasio Bandeira
2018/09 - 2019/11 Conservação e Restauro Somfai, Teréz
2017/03 - 2017/07 Conservação e Restauro Teréz Somfai
2017/03 - 2017/07 Conservação e Restauro Pedro Matos
2013/09 - 2014/01 Conservação e Restauro Bárbara Maria Moraes de Castro Ferreira
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 FAIC/Mellon Photograph Workshop Professional Development Scholarship
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC), United States
2011 PhD Research financed by the grant SFRH/BD/72560/2010
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 FAIC/Mellon Photograph Workshop Professional Development Scholarship
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC), United States
2005 Bolsa de Desenvolvimento Profissional
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal