Sabina Simonic, Treasurer
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Sabina Simonič holds a degree in Conservation and Restoration of Modern and Contemporary Art, with a diploma thesis on risk analysis of computer-based art. She is a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Conservation and Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where she teaches and conducts research in the field of modern and contemporary art conservation. Within the Institute, she is the primary contact for questions relating to modern materials—particularly plastics—and their degradation phenomena. She is currently pursuing a PhD on the influence of hacker culture on conservation.
Simonič has been active in professional advocacy, serving for many years as a board member and Vice President of the Austrian professional association of conservators and restorers (ÖRV), where she engaged with questions of professional identity and the role definition within conservation–restoration. She led the working group that developed Austria’s first fee guidelines for conservation–restoration services, published in 2025. As a delegate to the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organisations (E.C.C.O.), she contributed to efforts toward European standards for professional title protection and the harmonized classification of the profession.
She currently serves as treasurer of the European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education (ENCoRE) and holds the Vienna-based institutional seat within the organisation. Her work focuses on professional competencies, qualification frameworks, and educational standards.