Biography

Lénia Oliveira Fernandes has a master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, specializing in photograph and paper objects. Her PhD project in this institution is on the topic of chromogenic transparencies (a.k.a. colour slides) in Portuguese collections and is financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (ref. 2022.13036.BDANA). 

She has worked as a photograph conservator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (2014-2016 and 2021-2022) and the Nederlands Fotomuseum (2016-2021). Her professional experience and training is also connected to institutions such as the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (2012-2014), HTW-Berlin (2011), Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira (2009-2011) and the Image Permanence Institute (2007-2008).

Lénia is a member of several professional organizations related to the conservation of cultural heritage such as AIC PMG, APOYOnline, ARP, Gruppo del Colore, IADA and ICOM-CC PMWG.