Ricardo Okaranza

Born in Donostia – San Sebastián (Bask Country) in 1959
Resides in Berlin


academic qualifications

2002-03
· DFFB – Deutsche Film u. Fernseh-Akademie Berlin
  Studies in Film Analysis and Film History

2001
· Bundesfilmarchiv Berlin
  Internship in Film Conservation

1992
· ICCROM - Unesco Academy Rome
  Diploma in Scientific Principles of Conservation

1987-88
· Ex-Monastero della Trinità | Brescia | IT
  Diploma in Easel Paintings Conservation
  Dissertation Topic: Wooden Polychromed Sculpture

1985-87
· Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro | Palazzo Spinelli | Florence  
  Diploma in Conservation of Wooden Artefacts

1976-81
· Universidad de Barcelona
  MA in Humanities and Geography

 
recognitions

2000
· Roland Lauder Grant
  Internship in MOMA

1992
· Grant by the European Union
  Conservation Studies at ICCROM – Unesco Academy Rome

1986-88
· Grant by Diputación de Gipuzkoa
  Conservation Studies in Florence and Brescia

1985-86
· Grant by San Sebastián City Hall
  Conservation Studies in Florence

 
selected exhibitions

2011
· Melanchotopia | curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen
  Witte de With - Center for Contemporary Art
  Bilderberg Parkhotel | Rotterdam | NL | www.wdw.nl

2010
· Un Certain Regard | solo exhibition | lorch+seidel galerie | Berlin

2009
· Flohmarkt, Nacht | solo exhibition | Wilde Gallery | Berlin
· Calgary Nocturnes, Lanes | solo exhibition | Illington Kerr Gallery | Calgary
· Sled Island Music Festival of Art + Design
· Tape Modern #7 - Black | Tape Modern | Berlin

2008
· Inventory #1 | Wilde Gallery | Berlin
· Nuit Blanche Toronto | curated by Wayne Baerwaldt

 
art fairs

2009
· Scope Basel | with Wilde Gallery | Berlin
· Scope New York | with Wilde Gallery | Berlin

2008
· Art Miami | with Wilde Gallery | Berlin
· Toronto Art Fair | with Wilde Gallery | Berlin
· Red Dot Art Fair New York | with Wilde Gallery | Berlin
 
 
work experiences

2000-07
· Skulpturensammmlung | Bode Museum | Berlin
  Conservation of Polychromed Italian Terracotta Sculptures | XV-XVI C
  Jacopo della Quercia, Andrea della Robbia,
  Michele da Firenze, Vincenzo Onofri

1999
· Museum of Modern Art New York
  Conservation of Charles & Ray Eames, “Glider Nose”, 1943
  Examination and Treatment Proposal
  of Baranoff-Rossiné’s “Symphonie n°1”,1913

1996-2000
· Bundesdenkmalamt | Vienna 
  Conservation of Michael Pacher’s Altar in St. Wolfgang | AT
  Conservation of Wiener Neustädter Altar | St. Stephan | Vienna
  Conservation of Sculptures at the Admont Abbey | Styria | AT

1991-96
· Albayalde Conservation Studio | San Sebastián | ES
  Conservator of Polychromed Sculptures
  Projects included:
  Museo Diocesano | San Sebastián
  Museo de Bellas Artes | Vitoria
  Museo Julio Beobide | Zumaia
  Iglesia de San Esteban | Larraul | Main Altarpiece XVII C
  Iglesia de San Juán Bautista | Hernani | Altarpieces XVII C
  Private Collections in the Basque Country

1988-91
· Arteleku Regional Government Conservation Studio | San Sebastián | ES
  Conservator and Studio Co-Ordinator
  Projects included:
  Conservation of Bidaurreta Altarpiece XVI C
  Conservation of Albiztur Altarpiece XVI C
  Conservation of Murinondo Madonna XVI C

1988
· Teatro Ponchielli | Cremona | IT
  Analytical Study of the Polychromed Layers
  of the Architectural Decorations Prior to Conservation

1983-85
· Museo de San Telmo | San Sebastián | ES
  Apprenticeship | Conservation of Wooden Artefacts