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LA Art Labs
4810 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
United States
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Kamila Korbela

Founder,
LA Art Labs

Biography

Kamila M. Korbela is the owner and principal paintings conservator at LA Art Labs (LAAL). She has been treating paintings and sculptures in encyclopedic public as well as private collections in Europe and America since 2006. After completing her graduate training in conservation with a specialization in paintings and sculptures at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart (GER), Kamila held positions at institutions, such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC), the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), the Universalmuseum Joanneum and the German Government. LAAL oversees the physical well-being of some of the most significant private and corporate collections of art as well as holdings at major museums notable for their collection’s incredible sophistication and breadth. For almost two decades Kamila M. Korbela has cared for and treated artworks nationally for their public appreciation and internationally through local museums’ enterprising loan programs to institutions around the world. Besides of private, corporate and museum clients, LAAL's client portfolio further includes government entities, artists, their studios and foundations, galleries, art dealers, auction houses and individuals with conservation needs.

Education

Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart (GER)
German Diplom (eqivalent to the American Master's degree), 2013
Conservation of Paintings and Sculptures
2008 To 2013
Dissertation: Artist’s technique and/ or the role of the environment: developing a preservation strategy for two problematic paintings by Edvard Munch
Advisor: Prof. Volker Schaible

Job History

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ahmanson Conservator, Paintings; Assistant Paintings Conservator, Conservation Center
Los Angeles, CA, United States
August 2015 - present

Haute Heritage
Founder and Paintings Conservator
Los Angeles, CA, United States
November 2014 - present

Balboa Art Conservation Center
Mellon Fellow in Paintings Conservation
San Diego, CA, United States
September 2013 - October 2014

National Gallery of Denmark
Graduate Intern
Copenhagen, Denmark
February 2012 - October 2013

German Government
Fellow in Paintings Conservation
Ludwigsburg, Germany
October 2006 - October 2008