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Staphany Cheng

Member profile details

Membership level

Full Member

First name

Staphany

Last name

Cheng

Regional Group

Auckland

Occupation

Textile Conservator at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum

Specialism/expertise

Textiles

Available for:

Conservation advice only (not treatments).

About/bio

Staphany Cheng is a textile conservator from Tāmaki Makaurau, currently based at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum with over 7 years of experience working in heritage institutions in the USA, UK, Taiwan and New Zealand in conservation, collections care, collections management, art preparation/installation and visitor engagement.
Research interests include localised cleaning with gels and viscosity modifiers, conservation education and community outreach.

Qualifications and/or experience

- Freelance Textile Conservator (Oct 2018- present)
Consultation and treatment for domestic and international clients and institutions.

- Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation (Oct 2018 - Oct 2020)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

- MPhil in Textile Conservation from the University of Glasgow at the Center of Textile Conservation and Technical Art History (2016-2018)

- Conjoint BA/BSc University of Auckland (2010-2014)
Majoring in Art History, Ancient History, Biology and Marine Science

Relevant training

- Workshop on the Conservation of Japanese Textiles (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019)

- Bone and Ivory Identification Workshop (ICON Archaeology Group, Manchester, UK, 2017)

- Siapo: Practical Barkcloth Making Workshop (Tapa: Situating Pacific Barkcloth and Time and Place, Glasgow, UK, 2017)

Code of Ethics

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