Claire Molgat Laurin

Claire is the Assistant Time-Based Media Conservator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and is dedicated to preserving artworks that progress over time or have a technological aspect, from video installations to LED artworks. Claire completed a fellowship with Bek & Frohnert Conservation, a leading time-based media practice in New York, and has pursued conservation work at DL HERITAGE in Montréal, Het Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Vtape in Toronto. She holds a Master of Science and Advanced Professional Degree from the University of Amsterdam in the conservation of cultural heritage, specializing in contemporary art and time-based media, and is a graduate of the Fleming College Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management program. She has also pursued studies in computer science at the University of British Columbia.