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Caroline Fry
Ms Caroline Fry
Painting Conservator
The University of Melbourne
Caroline Fry is a painting conservator employed at The Centre for Conservation of material Culture, in The University of Melbourne. At CCMC Caroline works primarily as a conservator, responsible for the conservation treatment of paintings from various collections, including public collections such as regional galleries, and commercial galleries and private individuals. In addition, Caroline lectures and instructs students enrolled in the Masters Degree in Conservation of Material Culture. Caroline’s educational background spans a variety of disciplines, she has a Bachelor of Science Degree (Melb University ) and Bachelor of Applied Science in Conservation (Canberra University). Caroline is also qualified in Education (Dip. Ed) and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies. Caroline has worked in various capacities in major cultural intuitions, such as The State Library, Museum and the National Gallery of Victoria in for the past 20 years, and has worked for the past 10 years as a painting conservator.
In 2004 Caroline was awarded an Asialink Residency at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi Vietnam, where she conserved a significant painting in the collection. At the end of the Residency, Caroline was awarded a Medal, by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture and Information for her ‘contribution towards the preservation of Vietnamese Art’. Since 2004 Caroline has maintained contact with various cultural agencies in Vietnam, and has initiated several placements for Australian conservators to work in Vietnamese Museums. These placements have assisted in preservation of collections allowing the conservator to work alongside and train Vietnamese museum staff in conservation techniques.