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Robin Kang is an artist, weaver, and student of ancient spiritual lineages. Her art reinterprets the tradition of weaving within a contemporary technological context. Utilizing a digitally operated Jacquard hand loom, the contemporary version of the first binary operated machine and argued precursor to the invention of the computer, she hand weaves tapestries that combine mythic symbolism, computer related imagery, and digital mark making. The juxtaposition of textiles with electronics opens conversations of reconciling old traditions with new possibilities, as well as the relationship between textiles, symbols, language, memory and the sacred. Kang has exhibited throughout the world including the United States, Canada, London, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. Recent institutional shows include the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Queens Museum, Newcomb Museum of Tulane, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and U.S Embassy in Saudi Arabia. Kang holds a MFA from SAIC and is a recipient of the 2017 NYFA Fellowship in Craft/Sculpture. Robin has studied ancient textile techniques with Mayan, Quechua, and Scandinavian weavers and has been initiated into the Amazonian Shipibo tradition to learn the mystical textile techniques of the lineage. Robin highly values the sacred histories of textile arts, seeking to align her creative and spiritual practices. She is a spiritual student of Maestro Manuel Rufino (Taino elder, World Director of M.A.I.S.C.), an Ollintlahuimetztli Moondancer, Santo Diame Farda, Reiki Master, and Sound Healer.