HARD LEISURE: Katharen Wiese
HARD LEISURE: Katharen Wiese

Solo exhibition at the Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, March 15 - April 10, 2026.

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Safer places
Safer places

Handmade cotton paper, paper casts, relief print, the Negro Travelers Greenbook (1938, 1941, 1947, 1949,1950, 1954, 1961, 1963) collage on panel, 30 x 40 in x 4 in, 2026

Time collapse
Time collapse

handmade paper (kraft paper and cotton), and acrylic, 18.5 x 37 in, 2025

Coach
Coach

Cut and torn cotton paper mounted on panel, 12 x 18 in, 2025

Parcels
Parcels

Cut and torn cotton paper and raw cotton mounted on panels, 18.25 x 25 x  2.5 in, 2025

Knots
Knots

handmade cotton paper in frame made from upcycled palette wood, 19.5 x 30 in, 2026

Container
Container

Cyanotype and acrylic on cardboard, lenin and panel, 11 x 30 x 2 in,  2026

new world order
new world order

handmade paper on canvas

2025, 24 x 30 in

40 acres
40 acres

Handmade papers (corn, cotton, recyclables and kraft paper) collage on panel, 18 x 18 x .75 2026

corrugation 1
corrugation 1

handmade paper and carved acrylic

20 × 24 in

Interstice 2
Interstice 2

Handmade cotton paper on panel

Interstice 2
Interstice 2

Collage and handmade paper on panel

2025, 

12 x 12 in

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For Vida
For Vida

relief print, collage with pages of the Negro Traveler’s Greenbook, handmade paper, and kraft paper on Arches BFK

31 × 42 in

For Vida [detail]
For Vida [detail]

relief print, collage with pages of the Negro Traveler’s Greenbook, handmade paper, and kraft paper on Arches BFK

31 × 42 in

re-place (margin to center)
re-place (margin to center)

Handmade paper, styrofoam, acrylic and paper caste (cardboard, relief prints, and acrylic)

Parcels
Parcels

Acrylic, handmade paper, and cardboard in handmade frame

12 × 12 in

HARD LEISURE: Katharen Wiese
HTS socials-5.jpg
HTS socials-3.jpg
Safer places
Time collapse
Coach
Parcels
Knots
Container
new world order
40 acres
corrugation 1
Interstice 2
Interstice 2
hard+leisure-6.jpg
For Vida
For Vida [detail]
re-place (margin to center)
Parcels
HARD LEISURE: Katharen Wiese

Solo exhibition at the Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, March 15 - April 10, 2026.

Safer places

Handmade cotton paper, paper casts, relief print, the Negro Travelers Greenbook (1938, 1941, 1947, 1949,1950, 1954, 1961, 1963) collage on panel, 30 x 40 in x 4 in, 2026

Time collapse

handmade paper (kraft paper and cotton), and acrylic, 18.5 x 37 in, 2025

Coach

Cut and torn cotton paper mounted on panel, 12 x 18 in, 2025

Parcels

Cut and torn cotton paper and raw cotton mounted on panels, 18.25 x 25 x  2.5 in, 2025

Knots

handmade cotton paper in frame made from upcycled palette wood, 19.5 x 30 in, 2026

Container

Cyanotype and acrylic on cardboard, lenin and panel, 11 x 30 x 2 in,  2026

new world order

handmade paper on canvas

2025, 24 x 30 in

40 acres

Handmade papers (corn, cotton, recyclables and kraft paper) collage on panel, 18 x 18 x .75 2026

corrugation 1

handmade paper and carved acrylic

20 × 24 in

Interstice 2

Handmade cotton paper on panel

Interstice 2

Collage and handmade paper on panel

2025, 

12 x 12 in

For Vida

relief print, collage with pages of the Negro Traveler’s Greenbook, handmade paper, and kraft paper on Arches BFK

31 × 42 in

For Vida [detail]

relief print, collage with pages of the Negro Traveler’s Greenbook, handmade paper, and kraft paper on Arches BFK

31 × 42 in

re-place (margin to center)

Handmade paper, styrofoam, acrylic and paper caste (cardboard, relief prints, and acrylic)

Parcels

Acrylic, handmade paper, and cardboard in handmade frame

12 × 12 in

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