Rate My Professor Jeana Klein

Jeana Eve Klein is Professor of Fibers in the Studio Art program in the Department of Art at Appalachian State University. Her wide-ranging studio practice as a textiles generalist and conceptual artist addresses recurring themes of labor and value, social media and other digital relationships, language and communication, the inherent meaning in materials, the fallibility and malleability of memory, and the limitations of documentation. She employs varied processes and materials from project to project, including traditional textile techniques such as weaving and knitting, digital media, installation, and social practice. Current projects include "Cruise Pix (Toss)," reimagining the photographic documentation of her grandparents’ 1990s travels as bead-woven, larger-than-life pixelized images for public display, transforming personal history into a physical analogue of social media sharing. "Imaginary Weaving" contrasts the slow labor and knowledge-building of weaving non-traditional materials with artificial intelligence-generated versions, highlighting the disconnect between representation and reality through a digital lens.