Work experience

• Paper Conservator (Project-based, contractor) - National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

       Exhibition and loan preparation through condition assessment, conservation treatment, mounting and framing of works on paper

Condition checking during installation, de-installation and loan movement, with documentation in Mimsy

Collaboration with conservators, registrars and art handlers to ensure safe display and transport of artworks. 

• Loan & Exhibit Conservator (Project-based, contractor) - Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom

Conservation treatment of book and paper collections for exhibitions, loans and collection care. 

Mounting, cradle-making, and packing for display and transport. 

MA conservation project on a Japanese Buddhist painting, including research, full treatment, rehousing, and documentation

  [September 2025] 

• Conservation Consultant - Gyeonggi Creation Campus, Ansan, South Korea

Selection panel member for artist candidates, followed by one-to-one consultations on material selection, mounting approaches and storage strategies for long-term preservation.

  [February 2024]  -   [Present]  

• Gallery Assistant - Robert Young Antique, London, United Kingdom

Managing gallery operations, engaging with clients, and ensuring meticulous care of valuable collections

• Conservator - Emmanuel von Bayer, London, United Kingdom

Sole conservator responsible for conserving the entire collection for sales or exhibitions. 

• Placement,  Conservator - The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, United Kingdom

Executed conservation and restoration projects for a diverse range of books, manuscripts, and paper-based artefacts.

Contributed to a team project: Blog posting: Tales from Beyond the White Door)

• Placement,  Conservator - Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom

Specialised in paper conservation, including cleaning, repairing, and mounting paper-based objects and photographs.

• Placement,  Conservator - Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom

Engaged in loan and exhibit conservation, including mounting, re-housing, and conservation treatment for loans or upcoming exhibitions.

• Researcher of Korean Papermaking and Printmaking/ Korean-English Translator - From Jikji to Gutenberg, Project is based at the University of Utah, USA

A collaborative research project which investigates the technological evidence related to the invention of book printing. 

Translating a video for UNESCO titled "2001: 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Inscription of the Jikji and the 42-line Gutenberg Bible in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register."

• Internship, Archival box making - ARCA Preservation, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Specialist preservation box-making, display cradles for books, print, manuscripts collections, and museum objects

• Placement, Assistant Conservator - Zena Art Conservation Studio, Seoul, Korea

Condition checking of Nam Tchun Mo’s <Stroke Line> series, Dry surface cleaning of the object

• Assistant Conservator - Duksung Women’s University Museum Conservation Lab, Seoul, Korea

Conserving the 19th-century Joseon Dynasty’s Folding Scroll based on traditional Korean conservation techniques

• Assistant Conservator - Control CV Conservation & Restoration Lab, Ilsan,  Korea

Data research and translation for the establishment of Korean Cultural Heritage Conservation standards supported by the Korean government

• Placement, Assistant Conservator - Zena Art Conservation Studio, Seoul, Korea

<OSGEMEOS: You Are my Guest>, Hyundai Card Storage

Pre and post-condition checking of OSGEMEOS’s paintings and 3D objects for the exhibition

Education

• MA Book and Paper Conservation 

City and Guilds of London Art School, London, United Kingdom

- MA Conservation Project: Japanese Buddhist Painting (Wellcome Collection) – technical research, treatment, ethical analysis, documentation and rehousing.

- Science Project: Comparative study of Korean and Japanese conservation papers, including mechanical, dimensional and ageing analysis.

• BA Book and Paper Conservation

City and Guilds of London Art School, London, United Kingdom

- Book and Paper Conservation (handling/ managing/ condition access/ conservation and preservation)

- Conservation Theory: Conservation ethics, history of conservation, preventive conservation  

- History: History of art, history of books, history of medieval manuscripts, history of paper, history of pigments

- Conservation Science: Biology and chemistry of paper, chemistry, chemistry of cleaning,  leather science, microscopy 

- Specialist workshop: 

Archival box and cradle making 

Bookbinding - Cambridge binding/ Case binding/ Coptic binding/ Limp parchment conservation binding/ Romanesque binding/ Stationary binding

Calligraphy, Pigment and ink making, Leather tooling, Mounting, Printmaking, Western and Japanese papermaking 

- BA Conservation Project: Conservation of a Pre-Raphaelite stained-glass cartoon using analytical testing to evaluate treatment options.

• BA Art Study 

Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

- Aesthetics, Art history (Oriental/ Korean art, Western art), and Art theories (Art Criticism and Plastic Art Theories)

- Thesis: “A study of the Erotism of George Bataille manifested in the Body Art of Cindy Sherman - comparison with Hans Bellmer”

• BA Printmaking 

Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

- Theories, Techniques, and History of Printmaking 

- Pin, Fin, Hongik University Graduation Exhibition, Hongik Contemporary Museum of Art, Seoul. (2018)

Publications and Articles

• Jung, Y. 2026. 'Between renewal and retention: conserving a Japanese scroll'. Book and Paper Gatherings. 28 May. Available from: https://thebookandpapergathering.org/2026/05/28/between-renewal-and-retention-conserving-a-japanese-scroll/

• Jung, Y. (trans.) 2026,  'Love letter to Gutenberg', From Jikji to Gutenberg: The Origins of Book Printing from Moveable Metal Type. The Legacy Press.

Certificate and Extra Courses

• Montefiascone Conservation Project, Montefiascone, Italy

Early 19th Century American and English Bookbinding: Machines, Materials, Structures, and Tools

• Science for Conservator (online), International Academic Project

• Science in Art: The Chemistry of Art Materials and Conservation (online), EDX