EDUCATION

2004 Master of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

1998 Bachelor of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

EXHIBITIONS

2009 In With The New, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, solo

2009 Conversations, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina Univeristy, Greenville, North Carolina

2009 Surface Matters, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri

2009 REACH Across Dayton, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, solo

2009 Fiber Directions 2009, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2009 Seen Anew: Art from Everyday Objects, The Project Room, Washington Art Association, Washington, Connecticut

2009 Hypoteneuse Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

2008 Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina

2008 Remainders & Reminders, Reese Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, solo

2008 Handed Down, Foyer Gallery, Bull City Arts Collaborative, Durham, North Carolina, solo

2008 I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

2008 Summer Instructors Exhibition, Sandra Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2008 Put Together, Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida

2008 Faculty Biennial, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2008 The Matter at Hand, Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

2007 Winter Show, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina

2007 Artifact and Fiction, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, Montana, solo

2007 The Big Picture, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia

2007 Spotlight 2007, Sandra Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2007 NEW Instructors, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

2007 Session 3 Instructors, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

2007 Textile Intersections, Gallery 86, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, North Carolina

2007 Altered Objects, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming

2007 Sum of the Parts, H & R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri

2007 Haplert Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina

2007 Fiber Directions 2007, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2007 Fiber National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

2007 Make It New, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina

2006 Works by Sharron Parker, Emily Mills Reed and Jeana Eve Klein, Chapel Hill Town Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2006 Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina

2006 Craftforms 2006, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania

2006 Women Artists of Western North Carolina, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina

2006 Spotlight 2006, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky

2006 Cutting Edge, East End Applied Arts, Aurora, Colorado

2006 Bull City Arts Collaborative Debut Invitational Group Show, Bull City Arts Collaborative, Durham, North Carolina

2006 Fabulous Fibers III, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina

2006 Biennial Faculty Show, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2006 February Exhibition, Glance Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

2006 Summer Exhibition, Glance Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

2005 Halpert Biennial, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2005 Fiber Directions 2005, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2005 Hand Crafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

2005 Golden Threads, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia

2005 Fiber Optics '05, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina

2005 High Tech/ Low Tech: Contemporary Textiles, Brooks Hall Gallery, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

2005 December Exhibition, Glance Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

2005 Crossing Boundaries/ Maintaining Traditions, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, North Carolina

2005 Constants & Variables, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri

2004 Telling Stories, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, solo

2004 Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina

2004 Art Quilts: Elements, Page-Walker Center, Cary, North Carolina

2004 Entwined: Contemporary Fiber Art, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona

TEACHING

2007 to Present Assistant Professor, Fibers, Art Department, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2008 Instructor, "Trash to Treasure", one-week session, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2007 Instructor, "Layered Processes/ Layered Meanings", two-week session, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

2005 to 2007 Lecturer, Fibers, Art Department, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2004 to 2005 Adjunct Instructor, Art Department, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS

2008 University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2008 Foundation Fellows Grant, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2007 Charles Counts Award, Spotlight 2007 (American Crafts Council/ Southeast exhibition), Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2006 Regional Artist Project Grant, Regional Artist Project of Northwest North Carolina

2004 Award of Merit, Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina

2004 Selma Sigesmund Memorial Scholarship, Fibers Department, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2004 Travel Grant, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2004 Travel Grant, Preparing Future Faculty, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2004 Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2003 Eirene Peggy Lamb Graduate Fellowship, Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

PUBLICATIONS

2008 Now. "Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine" Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, East Tennessee State University, Fall/ Winter 2008: inside cover

2008 Exposure. "Surface Design" Winter 2008: 60

2007 Make It New exhibition catalog, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 2007

2006 Gallery Issue. "Surface Design" September 2006: 49

2006 Bostic, Connie. "In Review: Crossing Boundaries/ Maintaining Traditions: Teaching Artists of the Southeast." "Surface Design" Summer 2006: 60

2006 Portfolio, Jeana Eve Klein. "American Craft" Apr/ May 2006: 57

2005 Crossing Boundaries/ Maintaining Traditions: Teaching Artists of the Southeast exhibition catalog, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. Hendersonville, NC 2005

2005 Current & Coming/ North Carolina/ Hendersonville/ Crossing Boundaries/ Maintaining Traditions. "Fiberarts" Sep/Oct 2005: 66 (image only)

2005 Four Art Faculty included in national juried exhibition. "Appalachian Today" Fall 2005: 15

2005 News and Information/ Crossing Boundaries/ Maintaining Traditions. "Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot" Summer 2005: 6 (image only)

2004 Collins, Gina Cavallo. Campus Art Crawl: ASU's Small Galleries Show Artists with Big Promise. "Phoenix New Times" April 1

2004 Carpenter, Quetta, Jill Koch and Michele Laudig. A Dyeing Scene: COLORS Paints the Town. "Phoenix New Times" Jan 22

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2009 Director, Appalachian State University New York Loft, New York, New York, first summer session

2009 Gallery Talk, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton, Ohio

2009 Tailored to Fit: The Role of Fibers in the Art Department at Appalachian State University, "Past and Future Textiles in Academia" panel, College Art Association conference, Los Angeles, California

2008 Gallery Talk and Visiting Artist, Reese Museum and Art Department, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee