Fine Art by Ilene Kleinman
FIBER ARTIST, SCULPTOR, ABSTRACT PAINTER, & STILL-LIFE PAINTER
ABOUT
biography
Ilene Kleinman was born in Brooklyn, NYC in 1947.
From an early age, she was constantly creating artwork.
Starting in her late teens, she began riding the train to Manhattan to study the artwork in the great museums there.
She furthered her studies by getting a BA and MA in Art Education from Brooklyn College, and then taught art to children in after school programs in New Jersey.
She is currently a sculptor as well as a abstract and still-life painter.
Ilene Kleinman lives in Philadelphia with her partner, Murray.
formal background
Education
1970 | BA in Art Education
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NYC
1977 | MA in Teacher Education Program Secondary School Art,
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NYC
1970 - 1972 | Brooklyn Museum Arts School, Brooklyn, NY - Studied painting, ceramics and drawing
1981 - 1983 | Somerset Artist Association Bedminster, NJ - Studied stone sculpture with Gladys Reimers
1990 - 1991 | New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ - Studied stone sculpture and painting
Teaching Experience
1977 - 1981 | Art Teacher at Watchung Hills High School, Warren, NJ
Continuing Education, taught sculpture and painting to children
1982 - 1982 | Art Teacher at Watchung Arts Center, Watching, NJ
Taught painting to children