Professional roles
Conservator
Forsvarshistorisk museum
2024-current
Freelance conservator
Britain, Netherlands, Norway
2016-current
Marie Skłodowska-Curie early stage researcher
CHANGE-ITN project
2019-2024
Conservation research assistant
University College London / National Trust
2016-2018
Conservation of objects from following collections
British Museum, Britain
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Britain
Culver Archaeology Project, Britain
Eton Hall, Britain
Forsvarshistorisk museum, Norway
Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Egypt
Kew Gardens Economic Botany Collection, Britain
Maritimemuseet, Norway
National Trust, Britain
Clandon House
Knole
Waddesdon Manor
Norfolk Museum, Britain
Noviodunum Archaeology Project, Romania
Olduvai Geochronology Archaeology Project, Tanzania
Oscarsborg festning, Norway
UCL Institute of Archaeology Collections, Britain
UCL Petrie Museum, Britain
Universitetet i Oslos kunstsamlingen, Norway
Conservation of historic interiors and sites at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Britain
Hinemihi, Britain
El-Kurru UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sudan
National Trust, Britain
Knole
Chedworth Roman Villa
Claydon House
Kingston Lacy House
Lindisfarne
Stowe Gardens
Reading Abbey, Britain
Royal Institute of Great Britain, Britain
Stortinget, Norway
Teylers Museum, Netherlands
Universitetet i Oslos Aula, Norway
Education
Univerisity of Oslo
PhD and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship in paintings conservation
University College London
MSc in conservation for museums
MA in principles of conservation
University of Malta
BSc (Hons.) in chemistry
Committees
ICOM-CC Wood, Furniture and Lacquer working group
Assisstant co-ordinator
2023-2026
Affiliations
NKF-N
ICOM-CC
IIC
Publications
Cutajar, J.D.; Steindal, C.C.; Caruso, F.; Joseph, E.; Frøysaker, T. 2024. Spectral- and image-based metrics for evaluating cleaning tests on unvarnished painted surfaces. Coatings. 14(8), 1040. DOI: 10.3390/coatings14081040
Laserna, O.G.; Zarandona, I.; Romani, M.; Caruso, F.; Nualart-Torroja, A.; Pitarch Martí, A.; Frøysaker, T.; Cutajar, J.D.; Lizundia, E.; Maguregui, M. 2024. Nanocellulose aerogels and hydrogels as new generation materials for the green transition in painting conservation. Proceedings of the CHEMCH, Bratislava, Slovakia. Accessible here.
Grøntoft, T.; Cutajar, J.D. 2023. The role of SVOCs in the intial film formation and soiling of unvarnished paintings. Heritage Science. 11: 267. DOI: 10.1186/s40494-023-01115-y
Cutajar, J.D.; Babini, A.; Deborah, H.; Hardeberg, J.Y.; Joseph, E.; Frøysaker, T. 2022. Hyperspectral imaging analyses of cleaning tests on Edvard Munch’s monumental Aula paintings. Studies in Conservation. 67(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2022.2054617
Hatchfield, P.; Batkin-Hall, J.; Bourse, C.; Cutajar, J.D.; Mayberger, E. 2021. Conservation and preservation strategies for royal painted tombs in Kurru, Sudan: Acknowledging the past while planning for the future. In: Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to
Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21 May 2021. ICOM: Paris. Accessible here.
Hatchfield, P.; Batkin-Hall, J.; Bourse, C.; Cutajar, J.D.; Mayberger, E. 2020. Working together: community, conservation, and preservation strategies for Royal Painted Tombs at El-Kurru, Sudan. Studies in Conservation. 65(1), 132-138. DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2020.1783165
Cutajar, J.D., 2019. Kussenkasten in the Dutch Golden Age: technical insights into Knole’s ebony kussenkast from a conservation perspective. Furniture History. 55: 51-70. Accessible here.
Cutajar, J.D. 2018. Breathing life into Knole's kussenkast. In: M. Vasques Dias (ed.) Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Wood and Furniture Conservation. Stichting
Ebenist: Amsterdam. Accessible here.
Cutajar, J.D.; Bristow, H. 2018. Archaeological glass conservation: comparative approaches and practicalities of using acrylic resin films as gap fills. In: AIC Objects Specialty Group Postprints, AIC 45th Annual Meeting, 27 May – 2 June, 2017, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago: AIC. Accessible here.
Cutajar, J.D.; Duckor, A.; Sully, D.; Fredheim, L. H. 2016. A significant statement: new outlooks
on treatment documentation. Journal of the Institute of Conservation. 39/2: 81–97. DOI: 10.1080/19455224.2016.1212717