Cesar Piñeiro
Cesar Piñeiro is the founder and head conservator of Fine Arts International. He graduated from the Furniture Conservation Program at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. and obtained his Masters of Art Conservation from the Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Recently he obtained a specialization in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Patrimony in Metal at the Escuela Nacional de Restauración y Conservación Manuel del Castillo Negrete in Mexico and the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid, Spain..
He gained his practical experience through working in professional studios that provided conservation and restoration services, such as Gold Leaf Studios with William Adair and Bernard Sellem, both restorers and gilders of frames and furniture. Later he worked and assisted the designer, sculptor and furniture maker Evan Hughes. in Washington, DC. He also worked with the British master furniture restorer David Hawkins in the Henry Ford Museum and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Later he became associate conservator at the American Conservation Consortium with Marc Williams, conservator and consultant for institutions such as the White House, the State Department, the Capitol in Washington DC as well as the House of George Washington in Mount Vernon, Virginia and many more.
Since his return to Puerto Rico he has contributed to the preservation, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage and historic objects for La Fortaleza, the Museums and Collections of the Institute Puerto Rican Culture, The Capitol, the National Park Service and the San Juan National Historic Sites El Morro and San Cristobal, the Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation as well as other institutions, museums and many private collections.
He has been Professor of the Museology Program at Caribbean University and at the University of Puerto Rico Honors Program at the Cayey Campus, where he taught preservation of collections and historic artifacts.
He gained his practical experience through working in professional studios that provided conservation and restoration services, such as Gold Leaf Studios with William Adair and Bernard Sellem, both restorers and gilders of frames and furniture. Later he worked and assisted the designer, sculptor and furniture maker Evan Hughes. in Washington, DC. He also worked with the British master furniture restorer David Hawkins in the Henry Ford Museum and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Later he became associate conservator at the American Conservation Consortium with Marc Williams, conservator and consultant for institutions such as the White House, the State Department, the Capitol in Washington DC as well as the House of George Washington in Mount Vernon, Virginia and many more.
Since his return to Puerto Rico he has contributed to the preservation, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage and historic objects for La Fortaleza, the Museums and Collections of the Institute Puerto Rican Culture, The Capitol, the National Park Service and the San Juan National Historic Sites El Morro and San Cristobal, the Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation as well as other institutions, museums and many private collections.
He has been Professor of the Museology Program at Caribbean University and at the University of Puerto Rico Honors Program at the Cayey Campus, where he taught preservation of collections and historic artifacts.
