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Professor
Strand, Somerset House
WC2R 0RN London
United Kingdom
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Aviva Burnstock is the Head of the Department of Conservation and Technology at The Courtauld Institute of Art, where she took a PhD (1991) and a Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings (1984). From 1986-1992 she worked in the Scientific Department of the National Gallery, London after a year as a paintings conservator in Australia with the Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales. Her first degree is in Neurobiology (BSc University of Sussex 1981). She was awarded the first Joop Los Fellowship at the Institute for Molecular Physics (AMOLF /FOM) Amsterdam in 2003, and is a Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation (IIC).
Aviva’s research interests include investigation of the materials and techniques used for painting; and characterisation of visual and material changes; the application of new methods for technical study; evaluating methods for conservation practice (for example methods for cleaning paintings); focus on the deterioration and conservation issues for modern oil paint and paintings.
2017
2016
2015
2012-13
2011
2005-10
Grants for Equipment
Amarilli Rava – Consolidation of earthen supports in wall paintings (with Emma Richardson, UCL from 2018)
Sreekumar Menon - Materials, history and use of Early Buhddist wall paintings from the Ladak region 900-1400 (with Emily Howe, from 2019).
The application of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to the examination of painting materials with special reference to cleaning and blanching., The Courtauld Institute of Art
… → 1991
The Courtauld Institute of Art
… → 1984
University of Sussex
… → 1981
National Gallery, London
1986 → 1992
Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Aviva Burnstock, Philip Mould & Fiona Bruce
11/8/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media