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Handwoven textile showing two figures seated poolside in sunglasses while a fire burns behind them, composed of bead-like pixels with vivid color contrasts and fringed edges.
Jeana Klein’s Poolside

Jeana Klein to Exhibit Two Works at 2026 Contextile Biennial

Jeana Klein (Professor of Fibers) has been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Contextile – Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art that will be on exhibition from September 5 to November 9 in Guimarães, Portugal. 51 artists representing 27 countries were selected from  amongst the 1,604 applicants. Klein is one of just three artists who will be exhibiting two works, “Poolside” (2025, 49" x 57") and “Escape” (2025, 42" x 58"). Both pieces are hand-woven plastic beads, monofilament, and acrylic yarn. 

Handwoven textile depicting a figure reclining on a pink inner tube in deep blue water, rendered in bead-like pixels with a distant shoreline and fringed edges.
”Escape”