Corey Anne Celebration of Women in the Arts

Jeana Eve Klein is an artist and educator based in Boone, North Carolina, where she is
Professor of Fibers (and—reluctantly—sometimes a low-level administrator) in the Art
Department at Appalachian State University. Klein’s wide-ranging practice addresses recurring themes of labor and value, social media and other digital relationships, language and communication, the inherent meaning in materials, the fallibility and malleability of memory, and the limitations of documentation. As a textiles generalist and conceptual artist, the processes and materials she uses vary from project to project, including traditional textiles techniques such as weaving and knitting as well as digital media, installation, and social practice. Klein’s work has been exhibited widely, including recent solo exhibitions at OZ Arts (Nashville) and ArtSpace (Raleigh) and group exhibitions at the Museum of Design (Atlanta) and PULSE Contemporary Art Fair (Miami Beach). Klein earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and MFA from Arizona State University. She is a past recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Individual Craft Artist Fellowship. Klein has exactly one tattoo (a blue dot on her right foot based on a dye spill), is a passionate-yet-mediocre gardener, and has never met her match in Boggle. She shares her home with her husband, two kids, two guinea pigs, and a few houseplants that are struggling to survive.