DAVID YANEZ                                                                      yanezfineartconservation.com
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Curriculum Vitae    
                                                          

Education

2015     Master’s in Fine Art, Painting, Queens College, City University of New York
1996     Seminar for Conservators/ Gustav Berger Workshop, Rustin
              Levenson Art Conservation Associates, New York
1983     Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York


Work History

2016 - Present
             Yanez Fine Art Conservation, Queens New York. Private practice
             Restoring museum quality paintings from old masters to contemporary
             for major auction houses, institutions, dealers and collectors.

2013 – 2016
             Maria Iosifescu Painting Conservation, L.I.C. NY. Freelance paintings
             Conservator. Restoring old masters to contemporary paintings. including Jackson Pollock,      Max Ernst and others.

2010 - 2013
             Judd Foundation, NYC. Freelance in-painter restoring a David Novros fresco, working
             under the supervision of conservator Kiernan Graves. 
           
             Luca Bonetti Painting Conservation, NY. Freelance paintings conservator. Restoring 20th                century paintings including paintings by Frank Stella, Richard Pousette Dart and others.

             Fine Art Conservation Group, NYC. Freelance paintings conservator.
             Removal of the ceiling murals in the press room of City Hall in New York. Removal 
             of plaster, lead adhesive and lining of murals.
    
             Joel Żakow Art Conservation, NYC. Paintings conservator.
             Restoring old masters to contemporary paintings including paintings by Albert Bierstadt,
             Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Yayoi Kusama and others.

2004 - 2010
             Yanez Fine Art Conservation, Queens New York. Private practice
             owner. Restored paintings ranging from 17th century to contemporary
             European and American paintings.         

1999 - 2004
             Julius Lowy Frame and Restoring Co. NYC. Staff paintings conservator.
             Restored major paintings ranging from Old Masters to Contemporary.
             Introduced and implemented a new lining and cleaning system.
             Developed new methods for lining large scale murals on canvas using Beva 371.

1998 - 1999
             John Andolsek Painting Conservation, Santa Fe, NM. Business partner.
             Restored 19th and 20th century American and European paintings
             concentrating on American South-Western paintings. Restored paintings by Georgia
             O’Keeffe, Frederic Remington, George Catlin, Oscar E. Berninghaus and others

1996 - 1998
             Simon Parkes Art Conservation, NYC. Staff paintings conservator. Restored paintings   
             ranging from Italian old masters, 20th century Latin American to American contemporary.
             
1990 – 1996
             Yost Painting Conservation, NYC. Staff paintings conservator. Line, clean and in-paint
             19th and 20th century American and European paintings

1985 – 1990
             The Art Display Service, NYC. Worked as a wood worker specializing in the arts.
             Built custom gallery furniture, frames, and pedestals.

             Judson Art Warehouse L.I.C NY. Crate builder and packer for museum quality
             artworks.

             The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY. Museum Preparator. Specialized in production,  
             preparation and installation of art exhibits.

1984    Demetrio Alfonso Art Conservation, New York City, Apprenticed as a              
             Paintings conservator. Worked on 19th century American paintings.


Artists Restored:


Caravaggio, Francisco de Zurbarán, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Gustave Courbet, Gilbert Stuart, George Caitlin, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, William Bouguereau, Jules Dupré, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, George Inness, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Albert Bierstadt, John Frederick Kensett, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Moran, Robert Henri, George Bellows, Reginald Marsh, Rockwell Kent, Thomas Hart Benton, Arthur Dove, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dali, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Henry Moore, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frederic Remington, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Norman Rockwell, J. C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, Bob Thompson, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Rauschenberg, Gene Davis, Frank Stella, Yayoi Kusama, David Novros, as well as many more prominent and lesser known American, European, and Latin American Artists.