Robin Kang

Teaches at Sacred Arts Research Foundation

Robin Kang is a New York based artist and student of Maestro Manuel Rufino.  She has practiced the art of weaving and dyeing for over 10 years, teaching courses in fiber arts, fabric dyeing, and digital weaving at Tyler School of Art, Parsons, RISD, and P.I. Art Academy.   Robin honors the sacred histories of fiber arts, seeking to align her creative and spiritual practices through apprenticeship with wisdom keepers from ancient textile traditions. She has studied Peruvian textile techniques with Quechua weavers from Chinchero and also Shipibo traditions from her Madrina, Amalia Bardales Franco.   Robin holds a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied fiber arts, floor loom & Jacquard weaving with Anne Wilson and Christy Matson.   Kang is a recipient of the 2017 NYFA Fellowship in Craft/Sculpture and she has exhibited her woven art throughout the US, London, Canada, Spain, Belgium, France, Austria, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia.