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Solo Exhibitions

2006 Made In Bow Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, Washington

2004 Solo The Foundry, Houston Texas

2002 Cozy, Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles

2002 Objects between Subjects from: personal To: Monumental Lewis and Clark Gallery, Portland, OR

2002 More questions than answers, Centre D’etudes d’Architcture et Ubanisme Saintes, France

2000 Sown, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA,

2000 Clearing, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA,

1999 Industrial Strength Art, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA

1991 Sculpture, Nancy Lurie Gallery,Chicago, IL,

1990 Vocabulary, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA,

1988 City Bejewelled, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA,

1983 Cultural Relativity, Rubin/Mardin Gallery, Seattle, WA

1983 America in a Box, Memory and Lands of the 20th Century, Florence, Italy

1981 International Furnishings, Rubin/Mardin Gallery, Seattle, WA

1980 The Princess and the Pea, Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA

1979 Domestic Set Up, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA

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Selected Exhibitions

2007 Similar Differences Art League Houston, Houston, Texas

2007 Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting Museum of Art and Design New York, NY

2005 pARTners: Considerations Rather Than Constraints Kirkland Arts Center Kirkland, WA

2005 the things we loved first Shift Collaborative Studio Seattle, WA

2005 Exposed, Rudolph Projects and Cultural Arts Council of Houston / Harris County Galery, Houston Texas

2004 A Painting for Over the Sofa, Western Gallery, Bellingham,Washington

2003 Fashion is Art, Curated by Thread for Art: Rhonda Howard and Rebecca Richards

2002 Art of the Americas, Amigos, Miami, FL

2002 Let ‘er Rip again, InternationalEdison Eye Gallery, Edison WA

2000 A Gift of Light and Time, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000 Materials, Process, Meaning, Pritchard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

1999 Hey, Viking Union Gallery, WWU, Bellingham, WA

1998 Metalcraft, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA

1997 Horsehead Sculpture Project '97, curated by Mathew Lennon, Carnation, WA

1996 Let 'er Rip, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA

1996 The Flexible Line, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA

1996 Ubiquitous Bead, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1992 Nine One Special Union Station, Los Angeles, CA

1992 The Home Show, Security Pacific Bank Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

1992 Summer Lighting, Dreadnought Seamens Hospital, Greenwich, England

1992 Revolution, The Works Gallery, curated by Stuart Katz, Long Beach, CA

1991 Legacy of Karl Blossfeldt, Jan Turner Gallery, curated by Malinda Wyatt, Los Angeles, CA

1991 Lost and Found, Jose Druadis - Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1991 Environmental Delights, Installation Space, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1991 Big Objects, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1991 Empty Pedestal, Project Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY

1991 In/Scale Bennett-Seigel Gallery, New York, NY

1991 Front and Back/ In and Out, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL

1990 New Work, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1990 Metro/Metro, New Art from Atlanta and LA curated by Madeleine Grynsztejn, Atlanta, GA

1990 Recycled, Los Angeles Artists Space, New York City, NY, and Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1989 Group Show, Long Beach Museum, curated by Josine Ianco Starrels, Long Beach, CA

1989 Group Show, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA

1989 Sculpture, Chicago Equitable Building and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1989 Rites of Spring, Suzanne Rezak Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988 Before and After, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

1988 Information as Ornament, Feature/Suzanne Rezak Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988 Los Angeles / Pittsburgh Mendelsohn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1986 American Pop Culture, La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1985 Magical Mystery Tour, Municipal Gallery of Los Angeles, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

1985 Workshop Experiments, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

1982 State of the Art, Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, OR

1981 The Figure in American Art, Museum of the Southwest, Corpus Christi, TX

1981 Choice & Chance P.S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY

1981 Win, Place, or Show, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1981 Women on Women, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, WI

1980 In Site, Five Person Show, Womens Building, Los Angeles, CA

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Commissions and Public Art

 

2007 Shady Liberty, ELDI Pedestrian Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2007 Roosevennavelt: Columnseum, 4Culture, 10 acre park-and-ride, Seattle Washington

2005 GoldLine MTA Los Angeles. California Alignment artist

2004 Comfort Zone, Harborview Hospital, Pat Steel Building, Seattle, Washington

2002 Sky Within, McClellan Station, Sound Transit Link Light Rail, Seattle, WA

2002 Roosevelt Park, Master Plan, City of Bellingham, Bellingham, WA

2002 Leopard Sky, George Bush International Airport, Houston, Texas

2001 Garden Panels, Wiggum Park, Everett, WA with Ries Niemi

2001 Show and Hide, Mead Building, Portland, OR

1997 Light Overhead, Pico Boulevard Street Improvements, Santa Monica, CA

1997 Castro Valley Welcome, Redwood Road Street Reconstruction, Castro Valley, CA

1996 City Yard, Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI

1997 Gateways, Standards, Memory Pins, Kent Regional Justice Center, Kent, WA

1996 XX Marks the Spot, Federal Aviation Agency Tower, LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Underground Girl, Metro Redline Subway Station, Hollywood and Highland, Hollywood, CA

1989 Commemorative Ground Ring, Sculpture Chicago‘89, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL

1988 Water Palace, Formica Corporation portable fountain

1981 Interior, Raison d’Etre, Espresso Bar, Seattle, WA

1978 Edmonds Community College, Washington State Arts Commission

1977 Canyonview Elementary,Washington State Arts Commission

1977 Cottonwood Elementary School, Washington State Arts Commission

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Special Projects

 

2006 We're Busy, Lucia Douglass Gallery loading dock, Bellingham, WA, performance

2003 Art Outside, The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, temporary installation

2002 Palmear, Hedges and Edges West Hollywood, CA, temporary installation

1999 River Walk, Milwaukee, WI

1996 Garden Matrix, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

1992 Museum of the Street, Los Angeles, CA

1994 Island of Lights, Hoover Union Community Initiated Project Los Angeles, CA

1992 Urband Traffic Signal Ring, Union Station, Los Angeles, CA

1992 Traffic Necklace Las Vegas, NV

1992 Vermonica Urban Candelabra, Los Angeles, CA

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Appointments and Awards

2005 Public Art in Review Comfort Zone, Art in America

2004 Public Art in Review Leopard Sky, Art in America

2002 Public Art in Review Show and Hide, Art in America

2001 Award of Merit, Lumen West Awards, Illuminating Engineering Society, Los Angeles Section

2001 Best Subway Station, New Times, Los Angeles March 8-14 Carefree guide to L.A.

2001 Beautification Award, Highland Metrorail Station, Los Angeles Business Council, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Best Installation Outside of New York at an Alternative Institution, Nomination, International Art Critics Association,
        Sheila Klein at Consolidated Works

1999 The Westside Prize, Westside Urban Forum,”Pico Boulevard Streetscape Plan”, Santa Monica, CA

1993 Ojai Arts Commission, Ojai, California

1992 Meritorious Achievement Award, Vermonica City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1989 Barnsdall Art Park Board of Overseers, Los Angeles,California

1986 40 Under 40, Interiors Magazine, September Issue

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Teaching Experience

2005 San Francisco Art Institute, Spring Intensive, San Francisco, CA

1994 University of California at Santa Barbara, Lecturer/Teaching Pool, Santa Barbara, CA

1988-99 Otis School at Parsons, Co-Chair, Environmental Department, Los Angeles, CA

1986-88 Art Center College of Design, Environmental /Academic Departments, Pasadena, CA

1980 Visual Art Center of Alaska, Artist-in-residence and workshop instructor, Anchorage, AK

1971-72 Instituto Allende, Assistant Instructor, Textile Processes, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Related Experience

2007 Genius Loci Lecture Series: University of South Florida, Pensacola, Florida

2005 Guest Lecturer: Emily Carr School of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

2004 Guest Lecturer: Metals Symposium, SfFAi, Emily Carr, numeous others

2003 Americans in the Arts: Pan Conference Keynote Panel Defining Sucesss portland oregon

2000 Opening Day Speaker, Emily Carr College of Art. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1989 Advisory Board, New Art Examiner Magazine

1983-1986 Partner “A2Z”- Design and Architecture Firm

Inventions: Lino Rug, 1983 prototypes, 1986 line of Navojoleum rug in mini-production,

1984 Artist- in-residence, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA

1984 Juror, and/or Grants Program for Artists, Seattle, WA

1984 Consultant, Bumgardner Architects, Interior Installation, Seattle, WA

1982-1984 Consultant, Olson/Walker Architects, Design Team for South Arcade, Interiors, Seattle, WA

1979-1983 Board Member and Founding Member, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

1976 to present Self- employed as artist

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Selected Bibliography

Ng, David, "More than just dyed in the wool" Los Angeles Times February 4, 2007

Klaasmeyer, Kelly, "Color Me Nostalgic" Houston Press, February 1-7, 2007,

Ward, Sheri, "Dressing the World" Whatcom Independent, September 21-27, 2006

Kepferle, Amy, "I Want to Dress the World" Cascadia Weekly, September 20. 2006

"Sheila Klein Show at the Lucia Douglas Gallery" Entertainment News NW, September 2006

Hackett, Regina, "Underneath I-5, art is blossoming" Seattle Post-Intellincer May 24, 2006

"Art in America", Public Art, 2004 in Review, Leopard Sky, 2005-2006

Anspon, Catherine D., "Art Notes" Paper City, January 2005

Melkisethian, Angela, "Commissions" Sculpture Magazine, December 2004

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, "Little Black Book Art List" BlackBook, December/January, 2002-03

Lee, Linda, "Art Basel, Snowbird, Makes Tracks for Miami" The New York Times, December 5, 2002

Boas, Pat, "Sheila Klein at Lewis and Clark College" Artweek December/January 2002-03

"Recent Projects" Public Art Review, Fall/Winter 2002

Gragg,Randy, "Dressing he World" The Oregonian, September 20, 2002

Row, D.K., "Dressing The World", The Oregonian, September 6, 2002

"Boundary Blurs Between Art, Theater" Clackamas County Review, September 5, 2002

Such, Robert, "Everything But The Girl" Lighting Equipment News, August 2002

Pagel, David, "Taking Blandness to the (Speed) Limit" Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2002

Goffredo, Theresa, "A Neighborhood Transformed" Snohomish and Island County Herald, April 17, 2002

Such, Robert, "Out of the Woods" Blueprint, April 2002

Karen Steen, "Wish list of Future Objects". Metropolis Magazine, March 2001

Kangas, Mathew, "Sheila Klein at Consolidated Works" Sculpture Magazine, January/February 2001

Knight, Christopher, "How L.A. Missed the Train." Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2000

Ouroussoff, Nicolai, "The Red Line: Architecture As Afterthought." Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2000

Hackett, Regina, "Sheila Klein takes camping out to new dimensions" Seattle Post Intelligencer. May 23, 2000

Hall, Emily, "In Stitches: Traditional Techniques, Novel Approaches." The Stranger, May 18-24, 2000

Kangas, Matthew, "The threads of many ideas." Seattle Times, May 12, 2000

Frederickson, Eric, "Sheila Klein" The Stranger Suggests, May 4-11, 2000

Brunner, Cath, "So there are a lot of female public artists. So what?" Arcade, Fall 1999, Volume 18.1

Berry, Eva S., "Lions share of local art." Milwaukee Daily Reporter, November 26, 1997

Morrison, Patt, "Sign Language" Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1997

Kish, Dawn, "Sheila Klein" Wig Magazine, Fall 1996

"A Building of Her Own." U.S. News and World Report, October 4, 1996

Hackett, Regina, "Out of Way Art Show is Heart of the City Chic." Seattle Times, August 27, 1996

"The Lamp Post as Art." Architectural Record, August 8, 1996

Landecker, Heidi, "Women Take Control." Architectural Magazine, July 1996

Brown, Patricia Leigh, "Giving Los Angeles an Airport to Write Home About." New York Times, March 21, 1996

Munchnic, Suzanne, "25 Points of Light." Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1993

Rugoff, Ralph, " Consciousness Raising." LA Weekly, May 21, 1993

"Nine One Special Makes Stop at Union Station." Los Angeles Times, September 1992

"Revolution - A Few Good Visual Jolts." Press Telegram-Long Beach, June 1992

Nesbitt, Lois, "Empty Pedestals Project." Artforum, Sept 1991

McCracken, David, "Serra, Other Artists Enliven Season's End" Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1997

Askey, Ruth, "Fem-tech Fantasies" Reflex, November/December 1990

Marx, Linda, "A Tale of a Tub." Art News, November 1990

Mathieson, Karen, "Sculptor Reinterprets Everyday Things." Seattle Times, September 14, 1990

Geibel, Victoria, "Taming Los Angeles in New York." Architecture, July 1990

Holbert, Ginny, "Young Artists Sweat It Out For Sculpture Chicago '89." Chicago Sun-Times, September 1, 1989

Brown, Patricia, "Humble L.A. Bungalow With A Twist" New York Times, Mar 30, 1989

Viladis, Pilar, Church of Architecture, Summer 1989

"Doublehouse." Record Houses, Mid-April 1987

"40 Under 40." cover story, Interiors Magazine, September 1986

Viladis, Pilar, "All 4 One" Progressive Architecture, September 1986

Milotinovic, Branka, "Space Pioneers" The Paper, February 1986

Goldstein, Barbara, "Crossovers and Collaborations." cover story, Art & Architecture, February 1985

Mingaia, Stefano, "New Talent." Domus, Milan, Italy October, 1983

Maggiore, Begi, "Chairs of Sheila Klein." Casa Vogue, Milan, Italy. October 1983

"America in a Box." FMR, Italy. October 1983

Vincitorio, Francesco, L'Espresso, Italy, October 1983

Cuccia, Nicolo, La Nazione, Florence, Italy, September 1983

Feeney, Sheila Ann, "InKleinations." Seattle Times, September 12, 1983

Bibliography continued

Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post Intelligencer, September 14, 1982

Bunker, Ted, Images and Issues, Santa Monica, California. Fall 1981

Kangas, Matthew, "Sheila Klein at Rosco Louie." Artweek, Oakland, California. September 8, 1979

Glowen, Ron, Artweek, Oakland, California, September 20, 1980

Scott, Andrew, Vanguard, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Winter 1979

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Publications, Books, Catalogues

 

2007 PhelpsJanet Similar Differences Art League Houston

2005 Bennett, David, Metro: The Story of the Underground Railway

2002 Martin, Susan, Twenty 02: 20 Years of the Santa Monica Arts Commision, City of SM, Santa Monica, CA

2002 Tesner, Linda, Objects Between Subjects Sheila Klein, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

2002 Schick, Monica, Discoveries: Eclectic Art of the Midwest Airlines Center, WI Center Dist., Milwaukee, WI

1999 Emerson, Sherry, Artistic Illumination, Klipsun, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

1996 Burnham, E. Laura, The Garden Matrix, Abington Art Center, Jenkinstown, PA

1997 Carole Fuller and Robert, Mittenthal, Metalcraft, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

1995 Kahn Robin and Kathy Acker, Time Capsule, Creative Time, New York, NY

1993 Brunsman and Askey, Modernism and Beyond: Women: Artists of the Pacific Northwest, March Arts Press

1990 Rethinking the Beverly Center, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Los Angeles, CA

1988 "Information as Ornament", Feature Gallery/Suzanne Rezak Gallery, Chicago, IL

1983 Gunther, Bruce, 50 Northwest Artists, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA

1982-83 The List, Sixth Edition, New York, NY

1978 Gunther, Bruce. "Diverse Directions" Washington State University Pullman, WA

Public Collections

4 culture Seattle ,Washington

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Bequest of Anne Gerber

Formica Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio

Il Barbaro, Collection of objects by artists and architects, Sienna, Italy

Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, Washington

Washington State, Portable Works Collection

Seattle Arts Commission, Portable Works Collection

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Things I Want to Do

Time out Room for stressed employees

Hanging tents in outdoor location

Theme park

What hasn’t been done

Anything with landscape

Playground for all ages

 

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