Teresa Vasu DeChant
Education:
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio B.S., Magna cum Laude, Interior Design
Magnificat High School, Rocky River, Ohio Magna cum Laude
Professional Experience
- Art Consultant, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland and Florida (20 Years)
- Art Consultant, MetroHealth, Cleveland (5 years)
- Art Consultant and Appraiser, Chicago, Illinois, and Cleveland, Ohio
- Corporate Interior Designer: Granzow & Guss Architects
- Art Director, Out of L.A. Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Professional Statement:
As a corporate Interior Designer for a turnkey architectural firm, my professional experience provides me with a unique professional art consulting background. I have been trained to architecturally consider finishes, furnishings, and lighting when selecting artwork.
I have 28 years of experience as a professional fine art consultant, and curator to corporations, hospitals, financial institutions, and private individuals. This includes sales, marketing, contract negotiation, and art acquisition, advisory services for current collections, fine art exhibitions, and archival preservation. I partner with clients to build an art collection that both reflect the client’s interests and aesthetic needs along with creating a collection of great value. Strongly support important local artists as well as nationally recognized artists.
Summary of Past Projects:
- Ogletree Deakins – Cleveland, Office
- Firestone Country Club
- Majestic Steel
- James Breen Real Estate, LLC, API Global
- Art Consultant to Nuveen Investments in Chicago. Worked with the CEO and Staff of Nuveen. Inventoried 126 existing artworks and arranged for their archival storage, reframing, and conservation as necessary. Researched and planned new Fine Artworks and sited them on six floors of their newly renovated spaces at 333 Wacker Drive. Integrated their existing art collection into the remaining spaces. Researched and planned new artwork for Nuveen Investments Minneapolis, three floors of their recently opened offices.
- Art Consultant to Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff, an International Law Firm based in Cleveland. Worked with Managing Partner and five Lawyers on Art Committee. Fine Art planning of their firm’s move to three floors of the BP Building. Responsibilities included: Organized the reframing and re-siting of their existing artwork; coordinated with their art committee on new acquisitions and executed the purchases, framing, delivery. Supervised the Fine Art installation and documentation.
- Art consultant to the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic Hospital System.
For 20 years provided fine art consultation to over 50 buildings and projects. I reported to the CEO and COO. My professional responsibilities included: Research, plan, site and secure artwork and coordinate commissions; Write artwork specifications and present artwork proposals to the CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Aesthetics Committee and department administrators; Curated over 2,500 artworks; Set up the first Art Systems computer database for an entire hospital system.
Professional Responsibilities: Art Consultant
- Review architectural drawings
- Coordinate art layout and design with client expectations and functions
- Analyze and evaluate furnishings for the design of fine art within architectural furniture plans
- Research and procure fine artwork (paintings, sculpture, tapestries, original prints, photography, etc.)
- Evaluate artwork, bids, and proposals
- Prepare budget proposals Coordinate and plan artwork with prominent architects, (Including Cesar Pelli’s Office) and Department Heads
- Write artwork specifications
- Supervise delivery and installation of artwork
- Site artwork per architectural plans
- Oversee and assist with framing, lighting, selecting security hanging mechanisms, labeling of artwork and plant placement for the protection and enhancement of artwork
- Provide client with visuals and archival information of artwork and artists (as available)
- Submit artwork insurance evaluations
Selected list
Board of Governors (2005)
Center for Genomic Research (2005)
Cole Eye Institute (1999-2001)
Digestive Disease Center A-3 (2001)
Foundation House (1995)
Guest House (2000)
InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center (2002)
Inter-Continental Suite Hotel (1999-2000)
Lerner Research Institutes (1999)
M-42 Pediatric Cardiac Treatment
Minimally Invasive Surgery (1997)
P-1 Fountain (1998)
Surgical Center P-1, P-2, M-1 (1997)
Taussig Cancer Center (2000)
Urology Department A-10 (2002)
Walker Center: Lobby, Rehab Medicine, 9th & 10th Floors
Women’s Center (2002)
Satellites:
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Independence, Ohio
Lakewood, Ohio
Lorain, Ohio
Naples, Florida: Clinic and Hospital
Solon, Ohio
Strongsville, Ohio
Westlake, Ohio
Weston Florida: (Clinic, Conference Center, Hospital)
Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Wooster, Ohio
Curated Art Exhibits (selected list):
Calligraphy Exhibit (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
NASA Glenn Research Center Art Exhibit (2001- 2002, 2005)
75th Anniversary Exhibit- Photography Show (by Jennie Jones, 1997)
Cleveland Institute of Art Invitational (1999)
Emergency Dept. Community Art Contest (1995-2003)
Employee Art Show (annual); Nursing Display (1996-2004)
Healing Art: Communicating the Cancer Experience (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001)
Images of International Diversity (1999)
Kinetic Art Show (1997, 2001)
Nature: A Cure for Stress ( annually for 11 years)
Very Special Arts Exhibit (handicapped artists) (2001, 2002)
Women in Art Exhibit
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After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Ohio University with Interior Design as my major, I held two Director of Interiors positions during my five years in Interior Design.
Granzow & Guss, Architects, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio Director of Interiors. Completed projects for such clients as Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.; Smith & Schnacke Law Firm in Dayton, Ohio; and various Bank One facilities throughout Ohio. My professional responsibilities included the following: Formulate budget proposals for interior finishes, furnishings, and artwork; Initiate and evaluate programming and design with client expectations and functions; Coordinate furnishings and artwork contracts to support interior architectural plans; Provide art consultation and procure artwork
IKM/SGE, an architectural firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The second directorship for the Interior Design Department included projects with a special emphasis on healthcare. Clients included Western Psychiatric Institute and John J. Kane Hospital, as well as the conceptual planning for Pittsburgh National Bank. My professional responsibilities included: Developed project design and budget proposals; prepared and executed client presentations, bid document and evaluation; provided art consultation and procured artwork.
Professional Affiliations:
Cleveland Museum of Art Fellow Member
CMA Painting and Drawing Society Member
CMA Contemporary Society Member
Art Institute of Chicago Member
Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland member
Society Arts in Healthcare (National Organization) Member
Speeches:
Society Arts in Healthcare: San Diego, California, April – 2003
Intown Club, Cleveland, Ohio: October – 2004
Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio “The Dynamics of Art Preservation” 2007
WINN: The Fine Art of Art Collecting 2009
Ursuline College: Art, Color, Design.
DeChant Art Consulting Projects:
| ALL ERECTION AND CRANE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
Cleveland, Ohio |
DENNIS LEEBOW ResidenceMoreland Hills, Ohio | NUVEEN INVESTMENTSMinneapolis, Minnesota |
| ALFA ROMEO SHOWROOM Cleveland, Ohio |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Columbus, Ohio |
OGLETREE DEAKINS Cleveland, Ohio |
| ASSISTANCE IN MARKETING Baltimore, Maryland | DEPENDABLE CHEMICAL COMPANYRocky River, Ohio
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OHIO SAVINGS BANK PLAZA Cleveland, Ohio |
| ATHENS COUNTRY CLUBAthens, Ohio |
ERNST & YOUNG (formerly Ernst Whinney) Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio |
OHIO UNIVERSITY Chillicothe, Ohio |
| BANK ONEColumbus, Ohio | FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUBAkron, Ohio | PAUL LACOUTURE, ESQ.Dayton, Ohio |
| BIOMEC, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio |
GATEWAY STADIUM LOUNGE The Jacobs Group, Cleveland, Ohio |
Rockwell, Automation Mayfield, Ohio |
| BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFFCleveland, Ohio | INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTERCleveland, Ohio |
RUSSELL REYNOLDS Cleveland, Ohio |
| BISTRO DES ARTISTESCleveland, Ohio | J. & E. ENERGY MANAGEMENTColumbus, Ohio |
SMITH AND SCHNACKE (Law Firm) Dayton, Ohio |
| BP AMERICAPublic Square, Cleveland, Ohio |
KING JAMES GROUP Cleveland, Ohio |
STERIS CORPORATION Mentor, Ohio |
| CENTRAL OHIO ORTHOPAEDIC, INC.Columbus, Ohio | L. J. MINOR CORPORATIONCleveland, Ohio |
STOUFFER’S RESTAURANT Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York |
| CENTER FOR PLASTIC SURGERYBeachwood, Ohio | LINDY’S RESTAURANTCleveland Hts., Ohio |
TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER, LPA Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. |
| CITIZENS NATIONAL BANKUrbana, Ohio |
MAJESTIC STEEL Cleveland, Ohio |
TETLAK, INC. Cleveland, Ohio |
| CIVIC SAVINGS AND LOANJackson, Ohio | MAXUS INVESTMENT GROUPCleveland, Ohio |
TOWER NATIONAL BANK Findlay, Ohio |
| CLEVELAND MARBLE COMPANYCleveland, Ohio | MEDICAL LIFE INSTURANCECleveland, Ohio |
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEAS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Columbus, Ohio |
| CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART Cleveland, Ohio |
METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER Cleveland, Ohio |
DR. WALTER HAUSERColumbus, Ohio and Seabrook Island, South Carolina |
| COLE NATIONALCleveland, Ohio | NATIONAL CITY BANKCleveland, Ohio |
WESTON, INC. Cleveland, Ohio |
| COLUMBUS SAVINGS AND LOANColumbus, Ohio | NATIONWIDE ADVERTISINGCleveland, Ohio | THE WYATT COMPANYCleveland, Ohio |
| DAVID LOWE, ESQ.Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Chardon, Ohio |
NUVEEN INVESTMENTSChicago, Illinois | Standard Building, for Weston, Inc
Cleveland, Ohio |
Fine Art Services
Fine Art Design, Layout and Planning
Paintings / Sculptures / Photography / Tapestries / Kinetic Art / Mobiles / Portraiture / Antiques / Tromphe l’Oeil Painting / Murals / Mosaics / Bas Relief – Stone / Bas Relief – Metal
FRAMING: Custom Framing / Archival & Protective Framing / Locking Systems
INSTALLATION: Site Planning & Supervision / Shipping
ART LIGHTING: Consultation / Recommendations
RESTORATION: Complete Restoration and/or Repair of Artworks / Re-installation / Art Appraisals for Insurance or Estate Purposes