After serving as the first conservator devoted to Asian works on paper at the Art Institute of Chicago, Kim Nichols spent nearly a decade as Associate Conservator in the museum’s Prints and Drawings Department, followed by five years in private practice treating Asian and Western works.
Nichols has conducted research and technical analysis on a wide variety of materials to inform treatment plans and in collaboration with curators on exhibitions, publishing the results in scholarly works and exhibition catalogs. She is committed to conservation education and training and looking forward to working across the library with curators, exhibitions and research center staff, students, and scholars.