Curriculum

Federica Delia’s curriculum vitae

Conservation

Conservator of paper, books, and photographs, Federica primarily works in Italy with a base in Rome. Her work and education have also taken her to travel across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Oriental Asia, participating in workshops, conferences, and collaborating on restoration missions and international training projects. Driven by her passion for travel and photography, she has often had the opportunity to explore the world, developing her personal and professional skills through encounters and exchanges with other cultures.

Making Hanji in South Korea

In her twenty years of experience, Federica has worked on various types of artifacts, from ancient to contemporary. She has expanded her expertise not only in Italian and European heritage but also in African, Islamic, and Oriental art and traditions.

Teaching

Since 2019, she has been a professor of Paper Conservation at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome , and since 2021, she teaches at the High Training School on Conservation established by the Ministry of Culture at at the Istituto centrale per la patologia degli archivi e del libro. Through teaching, she aims to impart the knowledge she has acquired about this material, which is never-ending.

Interdisciplinary and International Cooperation

Working in various institutions, including restoration laboratories, museums, archives, and libraries, Federica Delia has frequently collaborated with other professionals. She believes that cooperation, communication, and exchange with other disciplinary fields are key to effective and successful work relationships To this end, she consistently deepens her knowledge of new techniques and materials for preservation through available literature and experimentation. She attends courses and contributes to building a network with colleagues worldwide.
A member of the International Committee for Museums (ICOM) since 2009, she served as the coordinator of ICOM Italia – Committee for Conservation from 2017 to 2022..

For further details on her experience and education, her curriculum vitae is available online on LinkedIn.

Publications

  • CLEMENTE M., DELIA F. (in press), Treating Two Illuminated Fragmentary Buddhist Manuscripts Preserved in the Tucci Tibetan Collection of the “IsIAO Library”: A New Approach, in Proceedings of the 19th International Seminar on the Care and Conservation of Manuscripts, University of Copenhagen, 19-21 April 2023.
  • DELIA F. (2023), I libri tibetani e la pratica del loro restauro in Occidente. Un’analisi dello stato dell’arte, in Accademie e biblioteche d’Italia, gennaio-dicembre 2023, pp. 102-116.
  • CHECCHI S. et Alii (2023), Autochromes from the Bombelli Collection: History and Conservation Survey on an Early Colour Photographic Process, in Colour Photography & Film: sharing knowledge of analysis, preservation, conservation, migration of analogue and digital materials. 2nd Conference Proceedings, Research Culture and Science Books series, vol. II, Florence, 15-16 September 2022: Gruppo del Colore, pp. 24-31.
  • DELIA F. (2021), Ageing and Deterioration of Tibetan Books. An Overview of Approaches and Methods for Conservation. In Traditional Paths, Innovative Approaches and Digital Challenges in the Study of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs, ed. M. Clemente, Roma: ISMEO, pp. 113-136.
  • CATTANEO B., DELIA F. (2020), Hanji e la sua applicazione nel restauro della fotografia. Evoluzione di una ricerca, in Lo stato dell’Arte 18. Atti del convegno, Udine, 29-31 ottobre 2020: IGIIC, pp. 57-64.
  • DELIA F. (2018), La conservazione dell’Archivio storico fotografico di Adolfo Venturi: un’esperienza formativa, in La Fototeca di Adolfo Venturi alla Sapienza, ed. I. Schiaffini, Roma: Campisano Editore, pp. 41-48.
  • DELIA F., MATE’ D. (2016), Arredi, contenitori e involucri, in Fotografie, orientamenti per la conservazione, ed. D. Matè, Milano: Nardini Editore, pp. 131 – 157.
  • DELIA F. (2015), Infestanti e problematiche di restauro conservativo, in Sulle fotografie danneggiate – Gestione degli organismi infestanti, ed. M. Adamo, D. Matè e P. Trematerra, Roma: ENEA, pp. 195 – 206 (available online).
  • DELIA F. (2013), L’album come “contenitore” di immagini, in Fotografie, finiture e montaggi, ed. D. Matè e M. C. Sclocchi, Milano: Nardini Editore, pp. 129-132.
  • DELIA F. (2012), La gestione delle emergenze, in Il restauro della fotografia,  ed. B. Cattaneo, Milano: Nardini Editore, pp. 219-231.

Conference Presentations

  • Materia e forma della carta est-asiatica, Seminario “Il libro tradizionale nell’Asia orientale premoderna”, Università di Napoli L’Orientale, 28-29 Maggio 2024.
  • Analysis and Conservation Treatments of a Buddhist Manuscript Preserved in the Tucci Tibetan Collection at the “IsIAO Library”, The 19th International Seminar on the Care and Conservation of Manuscripts, University of Copenhagen, 19-21 April 2023.
  • Autochromes from the Bombelli Collection: History and Conservation Survey on an Early Colour Photographic Process, Colour Photography & Film: sharing knowledge of analysis, preservation, conservation, migration of analogue and digital materials. 2nd Conference Proceedings, Research Culture and Science Books series, vol. II, Gruppo del Colore, Florence, 15-16 September 2022.
  • Tibetan Books and West Conservation Practice. An Analysis Using Case Study Examples, The 16th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS), Faculty of Arts, Charles University of Prague, 3-9 July 2022.
  • Hanji e le sue applicazioni nel restauro della fotografia. Evoluzione di una ricerca, XVIII Congresso Nazionale IGIIC – Lo Stato dell’Arte, Palazzo Garzolini di Toppo Wassermann di Udine, 29-31 ottobre 2020.
  • I Fondi Orientali della Società Geografica Italiana. Riordino e condizionamento, Giornata di studi “I fondi orientali conservati presso le istituzioni culturali di Roma”, Società Geografica Italiana, Roma, 12 ottobre 2020.
  • Hanji. L’uso della carta coreana per la conservazione di stampe fotografiche, IV Giornata di studio: Conservazione e Restauro del contemporaneo, Il restauro della fotografia dagli anni ’50 al contemporaneo, Aula Magna dell’Accademia di belle arti di Bologna, 1 febbraio 2019.
  • Il restauro della carta e della fotografia: tra cultura materiale e principi di conservazione, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal e Istituto italiano di cultura, Lisbona, 9 marzo 2017.
  • The Use of Hanji Korean Mulberry Paper in Photograph Conservation (poster), ICOM Photographic Material Working Group Interim Meeting, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 21-24 September 2016.
  • Presentazioni di alcuni restauri condotti dal Gruppo 130° con carta Hanji in comparazione con carta Washi, Seminario “La carta di gelso coreana Hanji. Caratteristiche e applicazioni nel restauro e nella conservazione”, Archivio storico della città di Torino, 2 dicembre 2015.
  • Esempi di manufatti cartacei restaurati con carta Hanji, Incontro tecnico “L’uso della carta di gelso coreana Hanji nel restauro dei libri e delle opere su carta”, Musei Vaticani, 8 maggio 2015.

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