Gabrielle Christiansen

Gabrielle Christiansen is a PhD student in the Art History department at Northwestern University specializing in artist-built environments and vernacular artworks of the 20th century United States. She is particularly interested in the ecology of salvaged materials taken up by artists in the creation of built-environments. She was the summer research fellow at SPACES Archives in 2023 and 2024. 

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Black Madonna Shrine

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Buildings of Junk

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David Rousseau's Model City

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Earth Museum / Occoneechee Trapper's Lodge

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Fleet of Ships

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Fred Burns' House

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Hans Jorgensen's House

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I Buy Anything Company

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Kim's Corner Food

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Meta Dobson's House

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Metropolitan Rockitorium

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Piacenza Birdhouses and Murals

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Robolights

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Rockome Gardens

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Stanley's Folk Art Museum

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The Mark Bradford Project

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The Playhouse

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Trees of Mystery (Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox)

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