| Gloria Klein | |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1936 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Painting |
| Movement: | Pattern and Decoration |
Gloria Klein (September 12, 1936 – September 23, 2021) was an American painter based in New York City.[1] Klein was a member of the Criss-Cross art cooperative. She died on September 23, 2021, at the age of 85.[2]
Klein's work is primarily geometric and nonrepresentational, and she is considered a founding member of the Pattern and Decoration movement.[3] Her work is included in the permanent collection at the Blanton Museum of Art.[4]
Klein's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions from the 1970s to the early 2010s, including three solo exhibitions at Gallery 128 in New York City.[5] The feminist art publication Heresies included Klein's 1977 work Untitled in their "Lesbian Art and Artists" issue.[6] Klein's works were also exhibited in "A Lesbian Show" at 112 Greene Street Workshop in New York, in 1978, which was curated by Harmony Hammond.[7]
In addition to having her work featured, Klein has also organized exhibitions, including the Geometrics show reviewed by the New York Times.[8]