ABOUT OUR CONSERVATOR
Rozemarijn van der Molen, M.A. of The Sculpture Conservator, is an objects conservator with over 10 years of conservation experience. Previously trained as an artist, she chose to study conservation for 5 years in her native country, The Netherlands. She has practiced conservation at Tate UK, where she was responsible for the conservation of sculptures for exhibitions, and of new acquisitions to the collection. In the US, she set up her own private practice, carrying out treatments on a wide variety of materials for private collectors and museums. Since 2019, Rozemarijn has been sharing her exceptional skills in Singapore with museums and private clients.
Rozemarijn has written a number of articles and presented her work at various international conferences and has lectured students at University of Amsterdam.
Her favourite part of the job?
“When I can surpass client expectations - which means they regain full enjoyment of their artwork!” she says.
MEMBER OF:
AIC American Institute for Conservation Working groups: Objects, Modern Materials, Conservators in Private Practice
ICOM-CC ICOM-International Committee for Conservation Working groups: Metals, Modern Materials
ICON The Institute of Conservation
IIC International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
INCCA International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art & INCCA Asia Pacific
PUBLICATIONS
2015: Lyndsey Morgan and Rozemarijn van der Molen, ‘Henry Moore's Approach to Bronze’, in Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity, Tate Research Publication, 2015
2013: Rolfe,M. MacDonald,E. van der Molen, R, When Modern Metals meet Modern Museums, ICOM-CC Metals conference proceedings.
2011: Beentjes,T. van der Molen, R. 3D scanning and printing as conservation tools: an innovative treatment of a vandalized bronze statue, ‘The Thinker’ by Rodin, Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks IX (LACONA) : 2013, London, UK, Archetype.
2010: van der Molen,R. Joosten, I. Beentjes,T, Megens,L. Dry ice blasting for the conservation cleaning of metals, Metal 2010: proceedings of the interim meeting of the ICOM-CC metal working group : October 11-15, 2010, Charleston South Carolina, USA
2010: Beentjes, T. van der Molen, R. Davidowitz, T. The treatment of the damaged bronze of Rodin’s the Thinker from the Singer museum in Laren, The Netherlands: an innovative approach, Metal 2010 : proceedings of the interim meeting of the ICOM-CC metal working group : October 11-15, 2010, Charleston South Carolina, USA