Kristen Gillette
Kristen Gillette is an assistant objects conservator on the Art Institute’s Objects and Textiles Conservation team.
Throughout her career, she has participated in a diversity of conservation experiences from cultural institutions, archaeological excavations, and universities, in addition to work with corporations and private clientele. She has had the pleasure to work at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, an archaeological site Western Turkey, and the Okinawa Institute for Science & Technology in Japan, among others.
Kristen trained at University College London’s Institute of Archaeology where she received her MA and MSc in objects conservation.
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On a Roll: Conservation Takes on Another Unprecedented Project
Discover the step-by-step process of conserving and installing a very large, very flexible work of art—one that puts our city’s history center stage.
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Five Picks from the New Architecture and Design Galleries
Five staff members in five different roles highlight five distinct artworks from the newly installed Modern Wing galleries featuring architecture and design.
Joanna Abijaoude, Kristen Gillette, Thomas Huston, Elizabeth Mescher, and Schetauna Powell