Klavdia Vashchillo
@klavdiavashchillo
Multilingual art historian and provenance researcher with programming skills bridging culture and tech.
What I'm looking for
I am a multilingual art historian and provenance researcher who blends rigorous archival investigation with digital skills to make cultural collections more accessible and accountable. I have led provenance research projects, attributed over 2,000 works, and created digital records and visualisations for exhibitions and institutional collections.
My background includes museum and archive work across Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and academic training in museology and art history, complemented by ongoing software engineering and applied informatics studies. I build HTML/XML editions, record data in institutional databases, and create interactive visualisations that connect scholarly research to public-facing exhibitions.
I seek roles that let me apply provenance expertise and technical ability—Python, C, HTML/XML, database work and digital humanities tools—to advance ethical collection care, digital scholarship, and audience engagement.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Student Assistant
Institute for European Art History, Heidelberg University
Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)
Supported a digitisation project of Franz Moufang's guest books, attributed over 2,000 works/image reproductions and clarified copyrights while recording data in the heidICON database.
Student Assistant
Heidelberg University Library
Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)
Investigated Nazi-looted property within library acquisitions and systematised provenance characteristics of suspect books, improving provenance records and aiding restitution research.
Curatorial Assistant
Heidelberger Kunstverein
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 (7 months)
Conceived and researched the exhibition 'The Social Network. The Guest Books of Art Collector', handled transport and installation, led guided tours and created an interactive digital visualisation of the collector's network.
Intern
Étienne Bréton St. Honoré Art Consulting
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 (5 months)
Conducted documentation and archive research on provenance of 18th–20th century artworks and completed digitisation of artwork documentation to support sales and advisory processes.
Art Mediator
Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris Collections
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021 (1 month)
Developed and delivered mediation programming on contemporary artist Mathis Collins, executing public events in a Paris town hall as part of the Rencontres Inattendues exhibition.
Intern
Il Cigno GG Edizioni
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020 (8 months)
Translated catalogue chapters and official documents among Russian, English and Italian, and represented the Italian office in preparing two exhibitions at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
42 Berlin
Certificate, Software Engineering & Applied Informatics
2025 -
Practice-oriented software engineering and applied informatics training focusing on C, JavaScript, Python, and object-oriented programming.
École du Louvre and Heidelberg University (IMKM Double Degree)
Master in European Art History; Diploma in Museology and Art History, European Art History / Museology
2021 - 2024
Completed a double degree program culminating in a Master's in European Art History and a Diploma in Museology and Art History with specialization in provenance research and collection history.
Saint Petersburg State University and Bard College
Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences (Art History)
2017 - 2021
Activities and societies: Semesters abroad: Bard College Berlin (08/2019-12/2019), University of Siena (02/2020-07/2020)
Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Art History, focusing on early 20th-century art and reception studies; included semesters abroad.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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