Carolina is an internationally renowned art conservator. She has worked and taught preventive conservation of cultural materials since completing her conservation training at IAR in Florence, Italy in 1981.  In Italy, as Managing Director of a large team of professionals, Carolina was involved in the consultation around collections belonging to the Italian State and various national and international institutions.  In 2001 she moved to New Zealand where she worked for six years as a painting conservator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Carolina worked predominately on the Museum’s painting collection carrying out preventive conservation and providing care for art collections on loan and exhibitions. She collaborates with art professionals nationally and internationally. Carolina leads the team and directs large and small scale projects on heritage buildings throughout New Zealand. She is also a former Teaching Associate at Victoria University of Wellington.
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M: +64 21 236 6510
E: carolina@studioizzo.co

Giulia has been working with Studio Carolina Izzo since 2011. In 2015, Giulia moved to Florence to study the 16th century art technique of Scagliola, studying under Cinza Lunghetti, a world-leading expert in the design and creation of stone artefacts. This experience furthered Giulia’s interest in the conservation of heritage in art and buildings and in 2021, she completed her degree in Art Conservation at IAR Palazzo Spinelli with a thesis on the conservation of modern New Zealand art. Since 2020, Giulia has been working full-time with the studio.

E: giulia@studioizzo.co

Kate joined SCI as Studio Administrator in 2023. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam at Auckland University, majoring in Painting in 2003. Since then she has held a wide range of roles in the art and design sector. Kate worked for 14 years at City Gallery Wellington, where her roles included technician and registrar.
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E: admin@studioizzo.co

Martina joined SCI as conservator in 2023 following the completion of her studies in Art Conservation at IAR Palazzo Spinelli. Martina’s studies and thesis focussed on the scientific and technical analysis of works of art and, in Italy, she has worked in laboratories specialising in art
diagnostics. Martina is from a village near Lago di Como (Lake Como) in Northern Italy and she is currently at the studio gathering work experience.

E: admin@studioizzo.co

Beatriz joined SI in 2023 as a conservator. She trained as an architect in Brazil, focusing on restoration and conservation of the artistic and architectural historical heritage. She has also worked with several museums on cataloguing, conservation proposals and collection restoration.Beatriz has significant experience restoring cultural assets with her training in Florence, where she specialised in decorated surfaces of architecture and painting on canvas or wood.

William joined SCI as Studio Manager in 2019 following his studies at Victoria University where he completed a Bachelors in Art History, Classical Studies, and Spanish Language. In 2019, he also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Practice from Victoria where his studies focussed on marketing the arts as well as boosting engagement and revenue within the museum and gallery sector. William now supports the studio from Europe.

Melanie joined SCI at the beginning of 2023 and is a first-year conservation student training at the studio in partnership with IAR Palazzo Spinelli. She is currently doing her studies in Art Conservation at IAR Palazzo Spinelli. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient History, Classics and Art History from the University of Auckland in 2019 and also has a diploma in Italian Language. In 2018 she completed an internship at the Museo Egizio, Turin.

Axel joined SCI in May 2023 as a second-year conservation student gaining private practise experience at the studio. He is currently studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, Design and Conservation in Copenhagen and we are partnering with them for his internship. Axel loves the sciences, especially the scientific side of conservation.