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the
artist at her studio
EDUCATION
1981-1985
Graduate
from the State Academia of Art of Bergamo, Italy.
The
program included: art history, decoration, and drawing of figures, architecture,
clay modeling, chemistry, Italian literature, Italian history and mathematics.
1985-1988
Graduate
from the painting conservation program of the Regional Conservation Center in
Botticino
(Brescia), Italy. It is recognized
and supported by the Istituto Centrale del Restauro of Rome (ICR).
The
program included courses in: restoration of paintings, frescoes and polychrome
sculptures, art history, chemistry, conservation chemistry, woodworking, graphic
design, documentation techniques and treatment proposals.
1988
British
Museum, London, England.
Internship
at the mural painting and stone conservation department.
Work
was performed on a Chinese painting c.1400 on a support of clay and straw, and
on two sculptures from Gandhara, India, circa 2-3 century AD
1991-1995
Fine
Art Conservation Laboratories, Santa Barbara, California (USA).
Paintings
conservator.
Conservation
treatment responsibilities included all phases of restoration.
·
Analytical
examination of paintings with the stereo binocular microscope, the polarizing
microscope, infrared reflectography and ultraviolet visible fluorescence, and x
radiography.
·
Cleaning
of paintings included customizing and formulating cleaning solutions.
·
Repairs
of rips and holes
·
Performing
vapor treatment to remove cracks and distortion in paintings.
·
Lining
the paintings to reinforce the originals.
·
Filling
of losses and texture matching.
·
In
painting (color matching)
·
Varnishing.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENC
FRESCOES
AND WALL PAINTINGS
VICENZA,
Villa Valmarana ai Nani.
Restoration
of frescoes of Giambattista Tiepolo in the Iliad Room of the Villa.
VICENZA,
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto by Andrea Palladio, 1570.
Restoration
of frescoes and plaster relief in two rooms of the palace.
VERONA,
Palazzo Ravignani,
Restoration
of three ceiling frescoes by a Venetian Master of 16th century.
POSSAGNO
(TV), Gypsoteca Canoviana.
Restoration
of the studies in clay and plaster casts by Antonio Canova.
BRESCIA,
Chiesa del Carmine.
Restoration
of the frescoes in the apse of the church.
ISEO
(BS), Chiesa di S. Maria del Mercato.
Restoration
of frescoes of 16th century on the north wall.
FRANCE
BLOIS,
Castle
Restoration
of the 19th century decorations on the Francesco I aisle.
LE
PUY, Cathedral
Restoration
of frescoes of XI century and capitals of XI and XVI century.
USA
LOS
ANGELES, University of California (UCLA).
Moore
Hall, Rm 100.Restoration of decorated ceiling with feaux motifs.
LOS
ANGELES, Los Angeles Central Library.
Restoration
of a large wall painting damaged from earthquake and fire, in the Rotunda.
Restoration of a painting from master Albert Herter in the Old History Room.
SAN
SIMEON, California, Hearst Castle.
Restoration
of a 16th century Italian detached fresco in the Vestibule of the
castle.
VERONA,
private conservation laboratory.
Restoration
of the paintings on panels belonging to a private museum in the oldest library
in Verona.
*The
“Last Supper” painted by a Cretan master in 14th century.
*The
“Passion over Christ” painted in the 13th century by the workshop
of Verona ( bottega di Cespo da Garofano).
*Virgin
and Child by Nicolò Zafuri in the 14th century.
USA,
Fine Art Conservation Laboratories, Santa Barbara, California.
Restoration
of the painting coming in the Lab, belonging from the major part to auction
houses, private collections, art galleries and private clients too.
Giancarla
Zanardi worked on paintings of artists like: Michal Pacher, Mignon, Hieronymous
Bosch, Brugel the Younger, and numerous masterpieces by William Wendt, Edgard
Payne, Granville Redmond, Franz Bishoff , Guy Rose etc.
CONFERENCES
MALIBU,
California (USA). J. Paul Getty Museum
Symposium:
the structural Conservation of Panel Painting.
BRESCIA.
Conference:
Method of utilization of new materials for conservation.
LANGUAGES
Italian:
Mother tongue.
English:
Fluent understanding and speaking, good writing.
French:
Sufficient understanding and speaking, scholastic writing
Spanish,
Good understanding and speaking, scholastic writing.
DECORATIONS
Giancarla
Zanardi creates frescoes on canvas that can be mounted on stretcher bars
(frames), or, can be attached directly to the walls. She also decorates plaster
relief (frames, columns, bas-relief). The products that Giancarla Zanardi offers
are unique, because each piece is totally hand made and one painting never will
be the same as another one. In fact, each time the plaster and the colors
respond differently and also the cracks or the lacunas can’t be the same, so
you can be sure that the painting that hangs on your wall will be unique. The
decorations of plaster objects, will give you the opportunity to have a plaster
cast, a piece of “Parthenon“ or a part of a portal in Florence, or Bologna
and so on, decorated like stone or bronze or marble, and you can be sure that
the impact will be overwhelming.
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