Our teaching team and instructors
Educational Management and Administrative Team
Annette Douay
Academic Director
Trained in the prestigious Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro in Florence in the early 1980s, Annette Douay has consistently worked to evolve traditional restoration toward a more technical and scientific practice. Mastering all techniques of conservation–restoration of paintings and polychrome artworks, and continuously refining her expertise through national and international institutions, she also holds a diploma as an “Expert in Art Law and Authenticity” from the University of Paris II Assas–Panthéon. Annette places all her experience at the service of private clients (collectors and art lovers) as well as institutions (museums, historic monuments, ministries, foundations, etc.).
Her vocation, which became her profession, has also led her to teach her skills with ever-renewed precision and curiosity at institutions such as the École de Condé, IESA, and Paris 8. She is now the Academic Director of ATP-Formation, the only certified training center in France dedicated to the restoration of paintings and polychrome artworks, supported by the restoration workshop she founded (the Atelier du Temps Passé). Considering herself a link in the chain of heritage conservation–restoration, she ensures the continuous updating of the curriculum, maintains close contact with her team of instructors, and remains attentive to the needs of learners. Annette is deeply committed each day to passing on specialized professional expertise.
Catherine Bernard
Head of Academic Programs
A painting restorer trained at the INP and holding a degree in Art Law and Expertise Techniques from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Catherine Bernard continually trains alongside internationally renowned researchers. This ongoing development enables her to offer restoration treatments fully aligned with professional ethics and compliant with institutional standards. Since 1993, she has restored both ancient and contemporary paintings in collaboration with public and private heritage stakeholders: private collections, auction houses, châteaux, town halls, associations, foundations, the DRAC Centre–Val de Loire, museums, and more.
Within ATP-Formation, she contributes to the development of programs and pedagogical approaches and supports learners in the monitoring of their internships. As a trainer, she teaches second-year students the many complex techniques involved in cleaning artworks, with method and care, and she guides third-year students through their final projects.
Andreea Nerghes
Technical Director
Coming from a family of fresco painters and mural painting restorers, Andreea Nerghes holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the Fine Arts Universities of Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Throughout her initial training, she also participated in numerous mural painting restoration projects. After arriving in France in 2014, she settled in Strasbourg, where she opened her studio. In 2015, she joined ATP-Formation and obtained the Conservator–Restorer certification for paintings and polychrome artworks (RNCP, Level II) in 2018.
Since then, Andreea has continued to train in the latest technologies in cultural heritage conservation-restoration, regularly attending advanced courses on a variety of specialized topics in France and abroad. She works daily on artworks ranging from the 15th century to the contemporary period for both public and private clients.
As the technical director of the training center, she is also an instructor specializing in new methods for cleaning painted surfaces. She leads the third-year Expert Days dedicated to contemporary art and graphic works.
Eric Parmentier
Educational Coordinator – Communications Officer
A graduate of the École du Louvre and holder of a Master’s degree in Management of Cultural Institutions and Multimedia Industries, Eric Parmentier is responsible for communication and educational coordination within the training center, acting as a link between the teaching team and the different cohorts of learners. He also teaches art history of painting.
Ilhame Sihami
Administrative and Financial Management Officer
Holding a BTS in SME/SMI Management Assistance, Ilhame joined the Atelier du Temps Passé team in 2003 as Management and Executive Assistant. As the true right hand of the director, Annette Douay, she supports her in primarily administrative and commercial functions. With extensive and versatile experience, she is responsible for a wide range of tasks, from accounting to communication, including personnel management.
Our instructors
Restoration of cultural property
Marine Beylot
Preventive/Conservation Restoration – Support Treatments (1st Year)
An independent restorer and a graduate of the École de Condé, Marine Beylot has been offering her expertise and skills to both private clients and professionals for many years. With a long and rich professional experience and full mastery of conservation–restoration techniques for paintings and polychrome artworks, she has been working with ATP-Formation for nearly 20 years and now guides first-year students through their practical work.
Angélique Demeersseman
Preventive/Conservation Restoration – Constituent Materials of Painted Works (1st Year)
An independent restorer with extensive experience, Angélique Demeersseman carries out restoration work on easel paintings, mural paintings, and polychrome artworks, applying all her expertise to enhance the readability of the work while strictly respecting its physical integrity. She guides first-year students in discovering the constituent materials of painted artworks.
Catherine Bernard
Aesthetic Restoration – Surface Treatments (2nd Year) / Courses and Guidance (3rd Year)
A painting restorer trained at the INP and holding a degree in Law and Techniques of Art Expertise from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Catherine Bernard continually trains with internationally renowned researchers, enabling her to offer interventions aligned with professional ethics and compliant with institutional standards.
Since 1993, Catherine has restored ancient and contemporary paintings in collaboration with both public and private heritage stakeholders: private collections, auction houses, châteaux, town halls, associations, foundations, the DRAC Centre–Val de Loire, museums, and more.
As a trainer at ATP-Formation, she teaches second-year students the many complex techniques involved in cleaning artworks, with method and care, and she guides third-year students through their final projects.
Marion Colomer
Aesthetic Restoration – Filling, Pictorial Reintegration, and Varnishes (2nd Year)
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, drawing and painting instructor, and painter, Marion Colomer is also a restorer of polychrome artworks. She has worked in Washington, D.C., for the White House, the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and more. As a trainer at ATP-Formation, she teaches second-year students key restoration techniques such as filling, pictorial reintegration, and varnishing.
Andreea Nerghes
Restoration–Conservation
Coming from a family of fresco painters and mural painting restorers, Andreea Nerghes holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the Fine Arts Universities of Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Throughout her initial training, Andreea also participated in numerous mural painting restoration projects.
After arriving in France in 2014, she settled in Strasbourg, where she opened her studio. In 2015, she joined ATP-Formation and earned the Conservator–Restorer certification for paintings and polychrome artworks (RNCP, Level II) in 2018.
Since then, Andreea has continued to train in the latest technologies in cultural heritage conservation-restoration, regularly attending advanced courses on various specialized topics in France and abroad. She works daily on artworks ranging from the 15th century to the contemporary period, for both public and private clients.
As the technical director of the training center, she is also an instructor, specializing in new methods for cleaning painted surfaces and in the restoration of contemporary and graphic artworks.
Technical-Scientific Division
Gérard de Wallens
Histoarchaeometry (1st Year)
A Doctor in Art History, lecturer at ICP and the University of Reims, scientific collaborator at UCLouvain, professor at the Royal Institute for the History of Art and Archaeology in Brussels, former Head of the Heritage Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former lecturer at the Universities of Louvain and Luxembourg, former director of a Laboratory for Scientific Research and Analysis of Paintings, and author of numerous publications, Gérard de Wallens has specialized in histoarchaeometry applied to the study of easel painting, which he teaches to first-year students at ATP-Formation.
Herveline Goutel
Sciences – Microchemistry Lab Work (1st Year / 2nd Year / 3rd Year)
Holding an engineering degree and trained in art restoration at ATP-Formation, Herveline leads practical sessions on identifying pictorial materials with great enthusiasm. Sampling, embedding, analysis, and identification hold no secrets for her. A passionate teacher, she shares all her knowledge with learners, enabling them to delve into pictorial material through microchemistry and to understand all its data and implications.
General knowledge
Eric Parmentier
Art History of Painting (1st Year / 2nd Year)
Passionate about art history and an independent lecturer with a degree from the École du Louvre, Éric Parmentier guides his audience through the discovery and understanding of painting across the centuries. From the Italian and Flemish primitives to contemporary painting, the thread of pictorial creation—replaced within its historical and cultural context—unfolds progressively. These discoveries become knowledge, thereby refining both the eye and the mind of the future restorer-conservator.
Sonia Griche
Digital skills – General methodology (1st year / 3rd year)
After completing a university master's degree in film and audiovisual studies, Sonia turned to professional training as a painting and polychrome art object restorer-conservator at ATP-Formation, graduating in 2018. Sonia has since collaborated on numerous prestigious restoration projects, alongside her work in the audiovisual field.
Proficient in many digital tools, Sonia guides learners with great teaching skills through short courses in digital skills and in preparing their restoration portfolio (1st and 2nd year), as well as in developing their final thesis (3rd year).
Artistic skills
Marion Dumaine
Colors and Artistic Techniques (1st year / 2nd year)
Author of La restauration de tableaux, de l’analyse à la pratique (Massin Publishing, 2008), Marion Dumaine has many strings to her bow. A graduate of Olivier de Serres (Interior Architecture), a restorer of Asian artworks, a specialist in kakemonos, working on Oceanian tapas, and having completed training courses in Japan, she exhibits regularly and supports first- and second-year students in various graphic art techniques as well as in general knowledge of color and the materials used in chromatic reintegration.
Stéfanie Leleu
Copying and ancient techniques (1st year)
Trained as a graphic designer and painter, and a passionate copyist for over 20 years, Stéfanie has mastered the techniques of old master painting. Her teaching is based on the artisanal preparation of materials, their use combined with tools and the act of painting. Mediums, resins, and pigments are covered according to the chronological evolution of pictorial techniques, allowing learners to discover and master the secrets of the great masters of painting.
Methodology and thesis defense preparation
Sandrine Badeuil
Thesis defense preparation – Diagnostic and interventional methodology (3rd year)
A graduate of the Paris V Faculty of Medicine, Sandrine practiced obstetrics for 17 years. She retrained in painting conservation-restoration to put her scientific skills at the service of pictorial heritage. She opened her studio in 2016 after obtaining the ATP-Formation certificate with honors. Committed to sharing the fruits of new research that enriches the restoration profession, she prepares and supports learners for their final thesis defense, ensuring that each one can contribute new knowledge to the field through their research.
Our guest instructors
Silvia Zhekova
Photography, technical imaging
After completing her higher education in visual arts and a master's degree from INALCO, Silvia Zhekova developed a passion for pigment study through spectral imaging as part of her thesis in cultural heritage restoration-conservation. A collaborator at Atelier du Temps Passé in authenticity research for painted artworks, she also shares her highly specialized skills with ATP-Formation learners in the field of technical imaging.
Thierry Moutard-Martin
Expertise and authenticity research
A painter, pigment grinder, and historian of pictorial techniques, Thierry Moutard-Martin comes from a family of artists and completed his training in Mark Lago Rivera's studio. He shares his knowledge with diverse audiences (French National Education, lectures, museums, École de Condé, etc.). Since the early 2000s, he has been reconstructing ancient pictorial techniques by combining several approaches: – Period sources: artists' correspondence, painting treatises, invoices, supplier documentation, etc. – Results from laboratory analyses and examinations carried out on paintings. – Technical reconstruction experiments, manual pigment grinding, copying, and reverse engineering. Thierry Moutard-Martin's data library is also a valuable tool for authenticating paintings and making a decisive contribution to expertise processes. He has specifically studied the pictorial techniques of forgers in order to scientifically identify their works.
Morgane Duroux
Preventive and remedial conservation related to fungal and entomological damage
Morgane Duroux is a painting restorer-conservator with a Master 2 in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Now working independently, she began her career as a conservation technician during a 10-month assignment at the Musée de l'Armée. Since then, she has established herself as a service provider for the restoration of works from various museums and historic monuments. Her professional experience has led her to address issues related to mural paintings, easel paintings, and polychrome objects. She regularly collaborates with the Research Laboratory for Historic Monuments on conservation issues, particularly regarding rock art sites and microbiological questions.
Laura Briganti
Preventive conservation
Trained in Florence and holding a degree in painting and sculpture restoration, Laura Briganti has learned the most innovative techniques, performing highly qualified treatments and specializing in contemporary art conservation. She earned her Doctorate in Figurative Arts from the University of Pisa and obtained the diploma from the Institut National du Patrimoine (VAE) in 2016. With a degree in museology and a passion for new technologies, Laura continuously shares her research with ATP-Formation learners, particularly in modules designed for continuing education.
