Sheila Klein is a sculptor and public artist living and working in
Bow, Washington
Bow is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated placein Skagit County, Washington. It is located near the towns of Bay View, Washington, Bay View, Edison, Washington, Edison, Burlington, Washington, Burlington, and M ...
and
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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. Her practice straddles the worlds of architecture, sculpture,
installation and traditional women's crafts. She is particularly noted for her monumental projects dressing public buildings with hand crocheted and knitted steel. She lives on a farm in the
Skagit Valley near Seattle, Washington with her artist husband Ries Niemi, and sons Rebar and Torque. Sheila has created numerous public art projects across the USA (e.g.
Vermonica), and maintains a parallel studio practice as a sculptor and installation artist.
In 2013 Klein received a GAP award from the
Artist Trust to assist with travel and living for a project in
Ahmedabad
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, India, creating an architectural textile together with Muslim women who are members of the
Sarkhej Roza
The Sarkhej Roza is a Sufi mosque and tomb complex located in the village of Makarba, south-west of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, India.
Although there are many ''rozas'' across Gujarat, the Sarkhej Roza is the most revered. Sarkhej was once a ...
Mosque community.
National Institute of Design
The National Institutes of Design (NID) are a group of autonomous public design institutes in India, with the first institute established in 1961 in Ahmedabad. The other NIDs are located in the cities of Kurukshetra, Amaravati, Jorhat and Bho ...
students will also work with Klein to design products which community women can produce to generate a more stable source of income for the community.
Awards
* 2013
Artist Trust , Fellowship Grant , Seattle, Washington
* 2013
McColl Center for Visual Art , Residency , Charlotte, North Carolina
* 2012 Artist Trust , Fellowship Grant , Seattle, Washington
* 2009 Year in Review , Columnseum , Public Art Network
* 2008 Grand Prize for Design , Underground Girl , Metal Architecture.
* 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
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), is an industry-backed, not-for-profit, learned society that was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. The IES's stated mission is "to improve the lighted environment by bringing together thos ...
, Los Angeles Section.
* 2001 Best Subway Station , New Times, Los Angeles , Carefree Guide to L.A. March 8–14.
* 2001 Beautification Award , Highland MetroRail Station, Los Angeles Business Council , Los Angeles, California.
* 2000 Public Art in Review , Underground Girl , Art in America.
* 2000 Best Installation Outside of New York at an Alternative Institution , Nomination, International Art Critics Association.
* 1999 The Westside Prize , Westside Urban Forum, ”Pico Boulevard Streetscape Plan” , Santa Monica, California.
* 1993 Ojai Arts Commission , Ojai, California.
* 1992 Meritorious Achievement Award ,
Vermonica , City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
* 1989 Barnsdall Art Park , Board of Overseers , Los Angeles, California.
* 1986 40 Under 40 , Interiors Magazine, September Issue.
Works and publications
References
External links
Another Bouncing Ball:Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go, Sheila Klein/Ries Niemi – domestic discontents, March 17, 2010 by Regina HackettArt Slant/New York, The Recognitions: The Natural Force of Sheila Klein, by Jessica Powers, Posted by Jessica Powers on 3/28/11McColl Center for the Arts, Upcoming Residents, SHEILA KLEIN : SCULPTURE, PUBLIC ART
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Living people
American women artists
American feminist artists
American contemporary artists
People from Bow, Washington
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women