About
Marceline is currently Assistant Objects Conservator at Preservation Arts in Oakland, California. She completed her MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums (Distinction) and MA in Principles of Conservation (Distinction) at University College London. She was awarded the Nigel Williams Student Prize in 2023 for her treatment of an archaeological glass vessel. She was also awarded the Ione Gedye Prize in 2021 and 2023, the former for her master’s dissertation, titled ‘Encountering the Other: Doris Salcedo and the Ethics of Conserving Contemporary Sites of Memory’ and the latter for treatments conducted in the MSc Programme.
During the 2022-2023 academic year, Marceline served as Conservator-in-Residence at UCL’s Slade School of Fine Art (a role developed through their Material Research Project to promote material-based knowledge) and completed a ten-month placement at Julia Nagle Conservation, where they specialise in the conservation and preservation of modern and contemporary paintings. Prior to her return to university, Marceline was Associate Director at Ocula, a digital platform for contemporary art.
Marceline previously graduated with a BA and honours in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley and spent two terms interning at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Artist Initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.






