About

Jonathan Wilder Stanley Hoyte was born in 1972 at Stanford Hospital, California and grew up in neighboring Menlo Park. Jonathan attended Menlo-Atherton High School and graduated with honors in 1989. He then studied at Stanford University and graduated with a degree in Art History in 1993. While at Stanford, he participated in the Stanford  Overseas Studies program in Florence, Italy where he studied Italian and Art History. He interned on an archaeological survey in southern Italy and upon graduation from Stanford, interned at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and then the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. While in Venice he became interested in Art Conservation and returned to Florence. There he studied stone and ceramics conservation at the Instituto per l'Arte e Restauro "Palazzo Spinelli" for two years, graduating at the top of his class. He later went on to intern at the Objects Conservation Department for The Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, and the Cloisters Museum, New York.  There he later performed conservation interventions as an independent. contractor.

For nearly twenty years, Jonathan has been based in Venice, Italy, focusing on the conservation of three dimensional art objects and historical monuments. He has become an authority on stone, plaster and ceramics restoration. His projects have include the conservation of monuments and statues in France, Romania, Italy and the United States. He has become a leading expert in laser cleaning of white marble and has given presentations in this field in Italy, London (Lacona Conference) and New York (Public Library.)

In 2012 Jonathan was able to integrate his skill in mountaineering with his interest in stone conservation. He formed a company  specializing in the use of ropes to access problematic areas on facades and historic buildings. Using this technique, he and his company are monitoring, surveying and stabilizing the facades of many historic buildings, primarily in Venice.

EDUCATION:

10/04-12/04      Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence - Diploma in the use of lasers on stone taught by Dr. Siano of the CNR, Florence.

10/95-6/97       Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro, “Palazzo Spinelli”, Florence, Italy - Degree in stone and ceramics conservation with work on plaster.

9/89-6/93         Stanford University, Stanford, CA - Bachelors degree in art history, specializing in Renaissance and modern art.

EXPERIENCE:

05/12-present   Conservator/ Co-Founder, Extreme Work s.n.c., Venice, Italy.
Monitoring, inspection, emergency stabilization interventions on monuments and historical buildings using rope access; responsible for both the practical and administrative organization of the company as well as performing treatment work.

12/05-present    Conservator, Individual Company, Venice, Italy.
Treatment of historic monuments and artistic works for the private and public sector; consultant for monument conservation projects and their funding; docent at schools for the instruction of conservation; responsible for all aspects of the company.

11/09-10/11      Conservator, Lithos, s.n.c., Venice, Italy.

10/04-05/05     Participated in conservation projects of historical monuments in Italy and France,

03/99-10/03     treating works composed of stone, brick and stucco; extensive use of laser; responsible for organization of treatment, materials, and personnel.

06/05-11/05      Conservator/Fellow, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy.

10/03-09/04      Treatment of polychromed stone objects, research and analysis of these objects and techniques of execution, documentation using AutoCAD and Photoshop, personal research on laser cleaning.

10/98-1/99       Conservator, Conservation Laboratory, The Cloisters Museum, New York
Treatment of polychrome limestone sculptures for travel and exhibition, in depth analysis of the paint layers and applied decorations.

9/98-10/98       Assistant Conservator, Lithos, s.n.c., Venice, Italy.
Treatment of an inner loggia involving cleaning, removal of mortars, and various laser testing.

7/98-8/98         Assistant Conservator, Enrico Cerami,s.n.c., Florence, Italy.
Assisted in the treatment of outdoor works of marble, granite and sandstone, including cleaning, consolidation and filling of loss areas.

2/98-6/98         Advanced Intern, Conservation Laboratory, The Cloisters Museum, New York, NY.
Projects included treatment of stone objects, polychromy analysis, FT-IR analysis, prevention treatments and large-scale moving of objects.

7/97-8/97         Advanced Intern, Objects Conservation Laboratory, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Projects included stone and ceramics repairs, authenticating works of art, installation techniques, documentation of objects and microscopy.

8/95-10/95       Pavilion Supervisor, American Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Responsible for the daily maintenance and periodic cleaning and adjustment of the video installations with weekly reports sent to the artist.

3/94-6/94         Intern, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy.
Assisted in the installation and de-installation of the galleries, in the hanging of exhibitions, in the daily running of the museum and couriered several works.

6/93-8/93         Intern, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Researched works in the Lehman Collection, created new records for works previously in that collection, gave tours of the museum.

7/92-8/92         Archeological Assistant, Ohio State University, Puglia, Italy.
Surveyed an area for potential dig sites, collected and cleaned pottery fragments, sorted Roman fragments according to type.