Fiber Alumna Katarina Weslien Opens New Solo Exhibition in Maine
Katarina Weslien, Hand Shadow, 2024, jacquard tapestry, woven with cotton, wool, silk, and viscose fibers, aluminum frame, sandbags, 72” x 108”. Photo courtesy of Dave Clough.
Katarina Weslien (MFA Fiber 1980) brings her four-decade, cross-disciplinary practice to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art with i forgot to remember, a large-scale solo exhibition on view through May 4, 2025.
Rich in sensory experience and conceptual depth, the show explores memory, impermanence, and the poetic possibilities of cloth and everyday materials. Viewers encounter massive Jacquard tapestries, disaster blankets, a room of felt, and objects that seem to hover between the monumental and the ephemeral.
Curator Suzanne Weaver calls the exhibition “insightful and sensorial,” highlighting how Weslien’s work encourages reflection on presence, memory, and the creative ways we navigate disorder.
Weslien’s practice spans textile construction, video, photography, and bookmaking, and her work is held in major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art. Originally from Sweden, she now lives and works on the coast of Maine.
Learn more:
Katarina Weslien: i forgot to remember – Center for Maine Contemporary Art
