Flaminia Rukavina graduated in 2009 from the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna with a master’s degree in conservation. From 2010 onward, she worked at the Doerner Institut in Munich, the research and conservation institute of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, where she focused primarily on the collection of the Alte Pinakothek.
From 2014 to 2016, she held a fellowship at the National Gallery in London.
Since 2016, she has run her own conservation practice in Vienna, working for institutional and private clients. In parallel, she serves as a paintings conservator at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.
Publications:
F. Rukavina, M. Spring, N. von Aderkas und D. Peggie, Technical analysis and conservation of Ferdinand Bol’s An Astronomer (1652) in London, in: Stephanie S. Dickey, Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck. New Research, Zwolle 2017, S. 160–167.
Professional development:
Conserving Canvas: Water Based Adhesives in Structural Painting Conservation, Workshop grant funded by the Getty Foundation, Palazzo Barberini, Rome 2022.
The Hand of the Master: Materials and Techniques by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Symposium at Kunsthistorischen Museums, Vienna 2018.
Materials and methods for surface cleaning and removal of film-forming materials, Workshop with Paolo Cremonesi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2018.
Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol: Rising Stars in Rembrandt’s Amsterdam, Conference by the Queen’s University, Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceaux Castle, Hailsham 2015.
Challenging Material: Joshua Reynolds and Artistic Experiment in the Eighteenth Century, Conference at the Wallace Collection with dem Paul Mellon Centre, London 2015.
Appearance and Reality: Examining Colour Change in Painting, Icon Conference, Tate Britain, London 2015.
Rembrandt Now: Technical Practice, Conservation and Research, Conference at The National Gallery, London 2014.
Future Talks 013, Lectures and Workshops on Technology and Conservation of Modern Materials, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 2013.
Kunst Unterwegs, Conference by the “Österreichische Restauratorenverband”, MAK, Vienna 2012.
Natural Colorants for Dyeing and Lake Pigments: Practical Recipes and their Historical Sources, Workshop with Jo Kirby, Doerner Institut, Munich 2011.
Membership: ICOM - International Council of Museums