Education
2019 Arizona State University, MFA, Fiber
2014 Kansas City Art Institute, BFA, Fiber and Art History
Residencies and Workshops
2021 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Aspen, CO
2020 Monson Arts, Artist in Residence, Monson, ME
2018 Shiro Oni Studio, Artist in Residence, Onishi, Fujioka Gunma, Japan
2017 Wide Open Studios: Coyote Was Going There, Signal Fire Arts, OR
2016 Material Mnemonic Workshop, Anderson Ranch, CO
2013 Alchemy Studio: Italy Photography Workshop, Art Intersection of Arizona, Benabbio, Italy
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 Heart of Stone, two person exhibition with Christy Wittmer, Mountain Shadows Gallery, curated by Cece Cole, Paradise Valley AZ
2021 Kiss the Earth, Touch the Sky, Solo exhibition, Eye Lounge Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2020 To Have and To Hold, The Observation Deck at the Mood Room in conjunction with the Wrong Biennial, Phoenix AZ
2019 Depth Perception, two-person exhibition with Louise Fisher, Modified Arts, Phoenix AZ
2019 Like a ______, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, ASU Step Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2015 Subliminal, Solo exhibition, Halt Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Sense and Counter-Sensibilities, Fine Arts Complex, Tempe AZ
2021 Forever Becoming, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
2021 Emerging Artist Grant Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
2020 WIP Show, Eyelounge Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2020 Roadside Attraction- Video Night, Hosted by ArtFarm Phoenix at Practical Art and various locations, Phoenix AZ
2020 In/Sight, Eye Lounge, Phoenix AZ
2019 Alptraum: The Wandering Show, Fine Arts Complex, Tempe AZ
2019 New Eyes, Eye Lounge Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2019 Threaded, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa AZ
2019 Myths, Maps, & Legends, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2019 Inaugural Exhibition, Playground Arts, Mesa AZ
2019 In, On, and Of Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2018 Future Tense II, 2018 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Surface Design Association,
George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Columbia Missouri MO
2018 What Can You Do With That, Fiber Arts Network Annual Fiber Exhibition, Harry Wood
Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2018 Land Muse[eum]: Artifacts & Inquiry, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
AZ
2018 Convergence, Gallery space/living quarters during festival, Arcosanti AZ
2018 Prep Show, Modified Arts, Phoenix AZ
2018 Shiro Oni Studio Group 3 Exhibition, Shiro Oni Studio, Onishi, Fujioka Gunma, Japan
2018 All Art Arizona Juried Exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ
2018 In Your Own Backyard, Xico Inc., Phoenix AZ
2017 Tempe Xhibition: Celebrating Ten Years, Tempe Center for the Arts Gallery, Tempe AZ
2017 Dine In or Take Away, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
2017 Walking Thinking and Walking, Again, Combine Project Space with the Museum of
Walking, Phoenix AZ
2017 Shifting Landscapes: 3rd International SDA Juried Member Exhibition, Form & Concept
Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2016 It Took A While, Juried exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
AZ
2016 Press Release, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2016 New Graduates, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2015 All Art Arizona St. Xavier, Juried Exhibition, Art Intersection with St. Xavier College, Gilbert
AZ
2015 All Art Arizona Juried Exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ
2014 Souvenir: a Performative Collaboration, The Livery Space with ASU and Angela Ellsworth,
Scottsdale AZ
2014 Allay: a Thesis Exhibition, Group exhibition at Vulpes Bastille Gallery, Kansas City MO
2014 KCAI Annual BFA Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2014 KCAI End of Semester Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2013 KCAI End of Semester Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2013 Blind Trajectory, Junior Fiber Exhibition KCAI, Kansas City MO
2012 Members Exhibition: Art Intersection of Arizona, Gilbert AZ
2012 KCAI End of Semester Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2011 KCAI End of Semester Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2010 KCAI End of Semester Exhibition, Kansas City MO
2008 June, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute Exhibition, Session I, Cranbrook Academy MI
Publications
2021 Forever Becoming Highlights Young Phoenix Artists at SMoCA, Liz Trimble for Southwest Contemporary
2020 Lena Klett: To Have and To Hold at the Mood Room Phoenix, Grant Vetter for Mood Room
PHX
2019 Art and Legend at TCA, Grant Vetter for Java Magazine
2018 Meet Lena Klett, interview with Voyage Phoenix
2017 Summer Travels through Europe inspire the “Dine In or Take Away” Exhibition, The State
Press
2017 Interview with Lena Klett, interview with Lauren Sinner, SDA Blog
2016 It Took A While Exhibition Catalogue, Fiber Arts Network
2015 “Six Must See Art Shows in Phoenix on March 20” Phoenix New Times
2015 “67 Artists Featured in ‘All Art Arizona’ at Gilbert’s Arts Intersection” Phoenix New Times
Awards
2021 Anderson Ranch Artist in Residence, Scholarship
2019 Friends of Contemporary Art Emerging Artist Grant, Phoenix Art Museum
2019 Selma Sigesmund Scholarship- Arizona State University
2019 Herbert Smith Scholarship- Arizona State University
2018 Gerry Grout Scholarship- Arizona State University
2018 Selma Sigesmund Scholarship- Arizona State University
2018 Herberger School of Art Enrichment Grant
2018 Best in Show, Graduate Summer Exhibition, Arizona State University
2018 Graduate College Travel Award
2018 Special Talent Award- Arizona State University
2017 Selma Sigesmund Scholarship- Arizona State University
2017 Special Talent Award- Arizona State University
2017 Arizona Graduate Scholar Award
2016 Special Talent Award- Arizona State University
2016 Arizona Graduate Scholar Award
2016 Summer Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
2014 Susan Lordi Marker Award Excellence in Fiber
2013 Susan Lordi Marker Award Excellence in Fiber
2010-2013 KCAI Deanʼs List
2010-2014: KCAI Presidential Merit Scholarship
Curatorial Experience
2019 Waiting Room, in collaboration with Justen Waterhouse and Ross Young, Playground Arts,
Mesa AZ
2018 What Can You Do With That?, with Shannon Ludington for Fiber Arts Network of
Arizona, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe AZ
2017 Mechanization, Material, and the Matrix, with Shannon Ludington for Fiber Arts Network of
Arizona, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe AZ
Professional Experience
2021-2022 Adjunct Professor in Art, Glendale Community College, Glendale AZ
2020-2022 Preparator/Registrar, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2020- Fall, Color 113- Adjunct Faculty Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2020-2021 Studio Assistant for Bobby Zokaites, Tempe AZ
2020 Freelance Registrar, Private Client, Phoenix AZ
2019-2020 Preparator (Contract), Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ
2019 Curatorial Research Internship, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
2019 Weaving TA, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2019 Summer Drawing Instructor, Adjunct Professor, Gateway Community College, Phoenix AZ
2017- 2019 Instructor of Record, Fibers I, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2014-2018 Lisa Sette Gallery, Special Projects, Preparator, Phoenix AZ
2015 January-September 1st, Private Collections Management, Scottsdale AZ
2014 Durwood Internship, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Provenance Research for the
Decorative Arts department, Kansas City MO
2014 Lisa Sette Gallery, Internship, Scottsdale AZ
2011, 2012 May-August, Awakening Seed School, Summer Substitute Teaching Assistant,
Phoenix AZ
Collections
Private Collection, Phoenix AZ
Kansas City Art Institute, Fiber Department Collection, Kansas City MO
Private Collection, Gregory Glore, Kansas City MO