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K R I T H I O T I S VA S I L E I O S

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Greek
Age: 39 (November 15th, 1977)
Place of Birth: Athens

EDUCATION

2004.2005 M.A. in Conservation in Camberwell College

of Arts, University of the Arts, London
(Grade: 73% in a 100% scale)
Diploma Thesis with the subject of: Evaluation Of The

Immediate Chemical And Physical Alterations Of Islamic

Style Paper Substrate Caused By Laser Treatment,
Using Paper/Dirt Model Systems and The
Conservation of an 18th-19th Century Turkish Koran;
Concerns, Ethical Restrictions and Actions

1997- 2003 Dept. of Conservation of Antiquities and

Works of Art, Technical Educational Institute of Athens
(Grade: 7,5 in a 10 graded scale).
Diploma Thesis with the subject of: Analysis and
comparison of Japanese papers used in the Conservation
practice of archive material and paper works of art,
under the guidance of Mrs. Stassinou Aggeliki and Dr.
Kylikoglou Vasileios

April 1st, 2002- 1st of July 2002

Internship at the Paper Conservation Workshop of the
War Museum of Athens under the guidance of Mrs. Loli
Vasiliki, working with newspapers and photographs

October 8th, 2001- January 8th, 2002

Internship at the Paper Conservation Workshop of the

Hungarian National Library, Budapest, Hungary under

the guidance of Mrs. Kastaly Beatrix, working with
paper objects and photographs (for any information
about my internship, contact Mrs. Kastaly at
Kastaly@oszk.hu)
 2000- 2001 2 Academic semesters at the Conservation
Dept. of the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary,
participating in the Student Exchange Program Erasmus-
Socrates
The study areas were: the conservation of wall
paintings, wood curved objects and oil paintings, under
the guidance of Bona Istvan Jr.
Conservation of a part of the wall painting of the main

staircase at the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest,

Hungary, under the guidance of Mr. Bona Istvan Jr.
nd
Conservation of a 2 century Roman fresco located at
the Aquinqum Museum of Roman Antiquities, Hungary,
under the guidance of Mr. Bona Istvan Jr.
(for any information contact Mr. Bona at
bonaistvan@freemail.hu)

October- November 2000

1-week seminar of leather conservation , under the

guidance of Mrs. Bendefy Marta and 2-weeks seminar of

textile conservation , under the guidance of Dr. Balazsy
Agnes

1989- 1995
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Graduated the 35 General High School of Athens.

LANGUAGES
English. First Certificate in English from the Oxford
University, 1992. Grade C (fluent)
German. On a Mittelstuffe level (no degree)
French. 6 years in High School (no degree)
Hungarian. Knowledge by experience, due to living in
the country for 1, 5 year.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

June - July 1999

Conservation Workshop of the Benaki Museum, under

the guidance of Mr. Stassinopoulos Stergios, working

with wooden objects.

EMPLOYMENT

December 2010 today

Sales Manager
Organising and Managing Sales in a retail Outdoor

Activities Shop

May 2010
Paper Conservator
Conservation of Archival Material, University of Athens,

Greece

May 16th, 2009 December 31st, 2009

Paper Conservator
Organised the Paper Conservation Workshop and
worked on the Exhibition Material, National Archive of
Monuments, Ministry of Culture and Turism, Athens,
Greece.

December, 2008
Paper Conservator
Preservation of Archival Material coming from the
Diamantoi Maniaris Foundation, Ampelakia, Larissa,
Greece

August, 2008 November, 2008

Paper Conservator
Documentation and Preservation of Archival Material in

the Folklore Network of Museums, Florina, Greece.

T.E.I. of Athens, under Dr. Panagiaris George

October 1st, 2007 May, 15th, 2008

Paper Conservator
Documentation of Conservation requirements in the

Museums of Hama and Damascus, Syria and training of

local Museum personnel. International Program of T.E.I.
of Athens, under Dr. Panagiaris George

February 5th, 2007 August 3rd, 2007

Paper Conservator
Internship under the Leonardo Da Vinci program at the

Paper Conservation Workshop of the Hungarian

National Library, Budapest, Hungary under the
guidance of Mrs. Ildigo Csillag, working with paper
objects and photographs

Nobember 15th, 2004 Nobember 15th, 2005

T.E.I. of Athens
Establishing and applying the proper preservation
techniques for waterlogged archaeological archival
material. CLT 2004/A1/GR-146 First Aid for Wetland
Cultural Heritage Funds: Tradition and Innovation,
under Dr. Panagiaris George
 February 16th, 2004 August 24th, 2004

4th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Rhodes

Main Paper Conservator
Conservation of Gospel Books, coming from the
Monastery of Holly Virgin Chozoviotissa, Amorgos,
under the guidance of Mr. Patatoukos Sotiris

September 1st, 2003 December 23rd, 2003

4th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Rhodes

Main Paper Conservator
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Organised the Paper Conservation Workshop of the 4

Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Rhodes. Conservation

of Gospel Books, coming from the Monastery of Holly
Virgin Chozoviotissa, Amorgos, under the guidance of
Mr. Patatoukos Sotiris.

PROGRAMMES AND PUBLICATIONS

CONNECT Initiative Education and Culture:

Multilingual Conservation Dictionary in Printed and
Digital Form. Technical support

HOPE Distance Learning Brokerage Environment

for Life Long Training of Individuals with Emphasis in
Socially Excluded Communities (IST-2000-26271).
Technical support.(for any information about my
participation in these programmes contact Mr. Panagiaris,
Head of the Conservation Dept., at the T.E.I. of Athens at
gpanag@teiath.gr).

PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS

3rd-7th of October 2005

Seminar on Preservation and Management of
Photographic Collections, Benaki Museum, Athens
23rd- 26th of August 2005
Improved Damage Assessment of Parchment,
Conservation Dept, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
(Kunstakademiets Konservatorskole), Copenhagen,
Denmark.
SCHOLARSHIPS

Academic Year of 2006-2007

A 6 month scholarship for the Conservation Department

of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen,

Denmark. Funded from the CIRRIUS Programme (never
used)
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5 of February-till present time
A 6 month scholarship for working in the Conservation

Department of the National Library in Budapest,

Hungary. Funded from the Leonardo da Vinci
Programme.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LICENSE

June 19th, 2008

Acquired the Licence for Practising Conservation and

Preservation Projects. Qualified for the study, ascension,

supervision of Conservation Projects in the firlds of Oil
Paintings, Panel Paintings, Wood Ornamenrs, Paper
Objects and Wall Paintings.

PC WORKING SKILLS

April 4th, 2008

Granted the European Computer Driving Licence on the

modules of Text Processing, Spreadsheets and

Information and Communication.
Basic Adobe Photoshop skills out of personal interest on

Image Manipulation and Digital Retouching.

MILITARY SERVICE

10th of November 2005- 10th of November 2006

Enlisted in the Artillery Corps. Was trained as a cook and

then was transferred to the Greek Army Aviation.

Athens, February 27th 2017,

Vasileios Krithiotis.