SHEILA KLEIN
Sheila Klein (b. 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American artist. She lives and works in Edison, Washington and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her work straddles the worlds of architecture, sculpture, installation and traditional women's crafts.

“I want to dress the world. Re-make it, as I want to see it, one piece at a time. The world is my studio. I perform with materials.”
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Article, 25 September 2024
Vermonica featured in the Beverly Press
"Twenty-five shiny metal streetlights from different bygone eras in Los Angeles rise along a stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood as an illuminating symbol of history and hope."
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Group Show, 23 September - 31 October 2024
The Grid Show
M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"The Grid" explores the intersection of geometry, technology, and craft, showcasing three artists who reinterpret the grid through distinct mediums.
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Group Show, 8 September - 14 September 2024
Doll Party
Fresh Mochi, Seattle, Washington
This event week will spotlight both fresh new voices and established, deeply rooted ones, offering a comprehensive view of all that's happening in the vibrant art culture of Seattle.
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Group Show, 6 September - 29 September 2024
Common Ground 3
Common Ground, Seattle, Washington, and Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, Washington

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Solo Show, 1 September - 24 September 2023
Truce
Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
Installation. New work in a place. Opening September 1, 5-8 PM. Walk-through with Klein & Barbara Goldstein September 10 at 1PM.
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Article, August 4, 2023
Underground Girl featured in New York Times
Underground Girl was used as the lead image in the recent article describing the L.A. Subway.
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Public Art, 2018 - 2023
Walktic
Seattle, Washington
Walktic occupies a prominent site at the north end of the Washington State Convention Center Expansion on Boren Avenue. The site is busy with pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles. Your movement creates the experience as the sculptural graphic undulates as you move past it. You, the light, and the sky will make it happen.
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City Yard Civic Lantern Columnseum Comfort Zone Dundalk Edison Ruffle Gateways ICU2 Imaginary Landscape Leopard Sky Light Overhead Palm Ear Raison d' Être Shady Liberty Show and Hide Skyon Tryon Skywithin Souvenir Traffic Necklace Underground Girl Urband Vemonica Walktic Way XX Marks the Spot
American Bullies Arrivals and Departures Beehive Beverly's Ring Bonnet Nave Buenos Aires Bricolage Chip and Mousehole Columns Commemorative Ground Ring Dark Doilies Destination Draped Embroidery Hoops Flags Floating on a Pond Floatzones Ghost Rain Bonnets Guinevere Hall of Architecture Heirloom Textiles Holstein Oysters Imagine the World as Built by a Woman Inscriptions Other Clothing Paintings Second Grade Signals Soft City Stand Textiles Trying Once Again Weavings 2022-2024 Women Ascending Yr Room
Cept Clearing Coded Threads Flags & Monuments Her Land Imagining Home Incantation Let er Rip Made in Bow Making Up Stories &
Looking at Things Sideways Map of Everything Matched Makers McColl Fellowship Objects Between Subjects Paradise Now Physical Conversation Show of Hands Similar Differences Site and Set The Return Things We Loved First We're Busy