Daniella Serrano
Conservator-restorer of cultural heritage, specialising in easel painting and polychrome sculpture. Holds a degree in Fine Arts (Altea, Spain), and also trained for five years at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy, where she earned the Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico. Taught easel painting and polychrome sculpture restoration at Universidad Externado de Colombia from 2019 to 2025.
Education
- 2012 – 2017Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico, Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence, Italy)
- 2006 – 2011Bachelor of Fine Arts, Miguel Hernández University (Altea, Spain)
Continuing education
- Repeatedly invited to the Getty Foundation's Conserving Canvas program — Dallas, Córdoba, Cusco, Mexico City, Turin.
- Thread by Thread Bonding: thread-by-thread tear repair. Tear Mending Workshop 2025, Getty Foundation, Dallas Museum of Art.
- Mist-lining and traditional relining. Conserving Canvas, Getty Foundation, Córdoba and Mexico City.
- Structural treatment of large-format paintings, the case of "Emperor Justinian" by Benjamin-Constant. Conserving Canvas, The Ringling, Florida, USA.
Projects
- Directed the restoration of a Luis Caballero work for the Bank of America, MAMBO, and Universidad Externado conservation project.
Institutional restorations
- Convento de San Francisco (Bogotá), Claustro de las Clarisas (Pamplona), Museos Colonial and Santa Clara (Bogotá), MAMBO.
Has worked on pieces by Fernando Botero · Édgar Negret · Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar · Enrique Grau · Luis Caballero · Carlos Rojas · Darío Manzur · Francisco Antonio Cano · Olga Amaral · Ana Mercedes Hoyos · Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo · Alejandro Obregón · Pedro Nel Gómez · Andrés de Santa María