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]

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