Christina Finlayson
National Portrait Gallery Conservator
Washington, DC
Christina Finlayson is currently working in the National Portrait Gallery’s conservation lab as a photographs conservator. She was awarded a Master of the Arts and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation from SUNY-Buffalo State College in 2010, where her specialization was in works of art on paper and photographic materials. Prior to attending graduate school she was employed for three years as conservation technician/registrar for Paul Messier LLC, a private photographs conservation studio in Boston, Massachusetts. She has held additional internships and fellowships at the SmithsonianFreer/Sackler Gallery, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-Legion of Honor, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston.