Katelyn Kopenhaver works with the shadow side of our existence. The masked atrocities, manipulations, consumption of information and violence, occur every day under our nose or blatantly in front of us. A LINE OF KOPE pulls from factual investigations, omitted corruption, and everyday spontaneous acts of violence tied with personal fears, paranoias, and genuine anxieties towards predation of all varieties and places those realities on repurposed clothing. Her garments often cross mediums of performance art, poetry, sculpture, and installation. Every final work is strictly one of a kind, never being made the same twice or purchased brand new. Each piece is sustainably sourced from thrift, vintage shops, or auctions. All handcrafted details, including wear and mending, are an inherited part of the garment's history. Each item available for purchase will clearly state provenance and story.

Garments from A LINE OF KOPE are open wounds that have never been healed; traumas, injustices, existential, and controversial truths. They provoke the viewer (and wearer) to recognize their own relationship to authenticity and truth resulting in a spark of curiosity and skepticism about the context surrounding them. A LINE OF KOPE examines the fragmented human condition, exposes human trafficking among the elite and every day, and probes the psychopathic personality associated with predatory behavior. Kopenhaver believes there is power in wearing the covert, making the invisible visible through fabric, words, and ink. The foundation of A LINE OF KOPE is painfully sincere and brutally honest. With the genuine desire to protect, expose, inspire and empower, her verbal assaults are not only contemplative but compel us to act. Kopenhaver wishes for individuals who wear her garments to engage in dialogue, take ownership, and not be afraid.