OMC Course Leader
Dr Roberta Ballestriero graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts
in Venice and completed her European PhD at the Complutense
University of Madrid. She is an associate lecturer on the Master of
Art and Science course at the University of London and since 2013
has been an Art Historian in Residence at the Gordon Museum,
London.
Her research concerns the history and conservation of
Ceroplastic and wax figures throughout the centuries, including
anatomical models, portraits, ex-voto, wax sketches and
contemporary art.
She started her research on the art of wax modelling in 1995 and
since 2004 has presented at numerous conferences and has published
several articles on her thesis subjects.