Staff: Resume: Painting

Rob Datum
Associate Paintings Conservator

Professional Experience

2003-Present
Associate Conservator of Paintings, The Chicago Conservation Center, Chicago, IL.

• Responsible for all aspects of conservation in the treatment of paintings under the direction of Senior Conservator. Including examination, photo-documentation, cleaning, structural and technical treatment, inpainting, and varnishing.
• Mural conservation – installation/ deinstallation of large scale murals, full treatments.

2000-2003
Assistant Conservator of Paintings, The Chicago Conservation Center, Chicago, IL.

• Responsible for structural aspects of painting conservation under the direction of Painting Conservator.
• Mural Conservation – installation/deinstallation of large scale murals under the direction of Mural Conservator.

1997-2000
Assistant to the Conservator, The Chicago Conservation Center, Chicago, IL.

• Assisted with structural aspects of conservation for Painting Conservator.

1993-1997
Senior Art Handler and Crew Chief of Installations, Terry Dowd Incorporated, Chicago, IL

• Responsible for facilitation, installation and custom traveling exhibition packing in conjunction with local conservators. Clients included Sarah Lee Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Art, Indiana University Museum.
• Transportation of local and national traveling museum exhibitions. Including Claude Monet retrospective exhibit, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.

Education

1985-1989
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Dean’s List 1985-1989, Bachelors of Fine Arts.

1984-1985
Norwich Academy of Fine Arts, Norwich, CT
Specializing in Fine Art and Art History, including all aspects thereof.

Special Projects

Chicago Public Schools & Chicago Park District Field Houses, Mural Projects, 1998-present.
Bacardi Mural Project, Bermuda, 1999.

Professional Associations

American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), Painting Specialty Group, Associate 2005-present.

Western Association for Fine Art Conservation (WAAC), Member 2004-present.

Chicago Area Conservation Guild (CACG), Member 2003-present.

Workshops

“The Modular Cleaning Program: A Systematic Approach to Cleaning Artworks,” The Chicago Conservation Center, March 2008

“Mastering Inpainting,” Campbell Center, 2007