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BIOGRAPHY

CAROLE FRARESSO PhD

 

 

 

Scientific Consultant in Goldsmithing and pre-Columbian Art

L’idoleEnquête d’art, TV program presented by Laurence Piquet, France 5 (2015).

Le Pérou. Le Grand Tour, TV program presented by Patrick de Carolis, France 3 (2012).

Le Pérou. Echappées belles TV program presented by Sophie Jovillard, France 5 (2011)

Archaeometallurgist (PhD, 2007)

Technological Investigations conducted with Modern Laboratory Equipment.

 

Expertise Missions

Galerie Mermoz (2019),

Musée des Amériques Auch (2008),

Musée du Quai Branly (2007),

Metropolitan Museum of New-York (2002),

Museo Larco de Lima (2002-2004),

Museo del Banco Central de Rerserva del Perú (2002),

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Lecturer

L'École des Arts Joailliers (Paris, 2022), Drouot (Paris, 2017), Musée des Amériques (Auch, 2016, 2010, 2009), MEG de Genève (2015), Musée du Quai Branly (2010), Dumbarton Oaks (Whashington, 2009), École Normale Supérieure (Paris, 2008), Maison de l'archéologie (Bordeaux, 2006), Musée d'Ethnologie de Berlin (2006), IFEA (Lima, 2005), Université PUCP (Lima, 2004). 

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Scientific Curator of Exhibitions

Co-curators Carole Fraresso and Ulla Holmquist Pachas

Global Exhibition "Machu Picchu and the Treasures of Peru", organized by World Cultural Exhibitions, Cityneon Holdings, Museo Larco, and Inkaterra Asociación :

  • Opening November 23, 2024 at the Australian Museum of Sydney.

  • From October 8, 2022 to February 19, 2023, at the MUDEC Museum of Milan.

  • From April 16 to September 4, 2022, at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Trocadéro, Paris.

  • World premiere on October 16, 2021, at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA.

Exhibition "Inca. Gold. Power. God", organized by World Cultural Heritage Völklinger Hütte, Germany (2017)

 

Co-organizer of exhibitions, conferences, and workshops

  • Exhibition at the 29th TECSUP Mining Convention, Arequipa (2009).

  • International Round-Tables co-organized at the Pre-Columbian Institute of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington (2009) and at Bordeaux University (2007).

  • Temporary exhibition H. Stern, Marriott Hotel, Lima (2006).

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Since 2022

Member of the Scientific Council of L'École School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.

 

Since 2010

Founder and director of Maison Motché, a unique jewelry house dedicated to pre-Columbian heritage.

  • Loma Negra Collection, Musée des Amériques (2018)

  • Ucúpe Collection, MEG of Geneva (2014)

  • Larco Collection, Museo Larco of Lima (2011)

 

Since 2004

Collaborations with international archaeological projects:

  • Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol

  • San José de Moro

  • Sipán

  • Dos Cabezas

  • El Brujo

  • Huaca el Pueblo

  • Moche Archaeological Project

 

From 2004 to 2010

Associated Researcher:

  • French Institute of Andean Studies (UMIFRE 17 MAE/CNRS).

 

Since 2002

Associated Researcher and Scientific Curator:

  • Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.

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