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Staff Members Yoshi Nishio, President and Senior Conservator, received his MA and Certificate in Conservation in 1978 from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. He worked at the Freer Gallery from 1984 to 1990, and received the Smithsonian Award in recognition of his work in 1985. He also worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1990 to 1994. He is a consecutive visiting lecturer at the Conservation Center, State University College at Buffalo, and a Professional Associate member of AIC, IIC, IPC and the Japan Society for Cultural Property. Mr. Nishio is the author of numerous professional articles on techniques of Asian painting conservation. Kyoichi Itoh, Senior Conservator, was trained in traditional conservation and scroll and screen mounting at Harada Studio in Kyoto and Kyushu. He received a Certificate in Conservation from Bunkacho (Japanese Government Agency for Cultural Affairs). He worked at the Freer Gallery from 1986 to 1996, and received Smithsonian Awards in recognition of his work in 1990 and 1996. Mr. Itoh taught numerous American paper conservators. He joined the Nishio Conservation Studio in 1996. Keiko Takai, Assistant Conservator, was trained for six years in traditional Asian painting conservation at the Hyouami Studio in Kanazawa, Japan. She received a Certificate in conservation from Bunkacho. Under the supervision of Mr. Hideo Baba, she has treated cultural properties of Japan. |
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