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Riley Klein
Midtown, Detroit, MI
Email: rklein2@ccsdetroit.edu
Phone: (248) 884-7589
EDUCATION
2026 (Expected) BFA, Fiber and Textiles, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022 Cranbrook Kingswood, Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Common Thread by Fiber Club*, Curated by Riley Klein, Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art
Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2024 Environments & Microclimates Fiber Club*, Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit, MI
With Every Fiber of My Being, Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, MI
Boundless by Articipate and Fiber Club*, Berkley Public Library, Berkley, MI
Art of Bas Blue, BasBlue in partnership with Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
Student Exhibition Opening, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Girlhood, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI
Hatchback 18, Juried by Jide Aje & Toby Millman, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
2023 Mending the Net by Fiber Club*, Curated by Melissa Webb and Kit Parks, Convent
Detroit, Detroit, MI
Art of BasBlue, BasBlue in partnership with Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
The Little Things, Curated by MOCAD Teen Council, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
Student Exhibition Opening, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022 Where Do We Go From Here?, Curated by MOCAD Teen Council, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
Student I.D., Forum Gallery at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
CURATORIAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2025 Common Thread, Michigan Medicine’s Gifts of Art Gallery, Fiber Club, Ann Arbor, MI
2024 Girlhood, U25 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2022 Founding Intern, YouthTank Detroit, Detroit, Michigan https://www.youthtank.org/
Namtenga Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 Namtenga Projects President (USA), Kindswood Weaving Studio in partnership with
Namtenga Soundo Babisi Weaving Studio, Bloomfield Hills, MI
ARTIST TALKS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
2024 Alumni Scholarship Luncheon, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Weaving Demo and College Mentorship, Kingswood Weaving Studio, Cranbrook
Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Hatchback 18, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2023 The Little Things, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Gallery Assistant at Matéria Gallery, Detroit, MI
Gallery Intern at Embrace Creatives, Hazel Park, MI
Pre-College Mentor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Creative Intern at Melissa Webb Studio, Pontiac, MI
2023 Studio Assistance for Cal Navin and General Motors, General Motors Design West
Warren, MI
Resident Assistant, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022 Textile Design Studio Assistant, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Studio Assistance for Kaylie Kaitschuck, Kaylie’s Art Studio, Pontiac, MI
Institutional Advancement, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2021 Stock & Sales Associate, Caruso Caruso, Birmingham, MI
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2025 (Forthcoming) Praxis Digital Weaving Lab, Cleveland, OH
2024 Penland School of Craft, Sculptural Fibers, Penland Scholarship Recipient through
College for Creative Studies, Selected by a faculty panel, Bakersville, NC
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 CCS Alumni Scholarship, Selected by a juried panel, College for Creative Studies,
Detroit, MI
Penland School of Craft Full Scholarship, Selected by Lisa Rigstad and College for
Creative Studies Studio Art and Crafts Faculty
2023 C.H. Robinson Scholarship
2022 Strickland Writing Award, Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Selected by Gordon
Thompson
Dean’s Award, Scholarship for College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
CCS Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Scholastics Silver Key: Portfolio
Scholastics Gold Key