Ya-Chu Kang (b. Taiwan) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice unfolds between Taipei and Bangkok. Her work moves across materiality, embodied perception, and cultural structures, drawing upon textile histories as both medium and methodology to explore the intertwined relationships between craft, labor, and knowledge production.

Her research is situated within the conditions of migration and mobility, attending to how life experiences are shaped within ever-shifting social, economic, and cultural frameworks. The notion of “boundaries” recurs throughout her practice as a generative field—both demarcating and connective. In this context, sustainability is not merely a thematic concern, but a condition continually negotiated and reflected upon through material practice.

Kang’s work spans textiles, painting, and photography, often manifesting as spatial installations. She employs materials such as paper, yarn, natural dyes, and found or recycled objects to construct hybrid assemblages that oscillate between anatomical structures and botanical forms. These forms navigate the terrain between the body’s internal architecture and the generative logics of the natural world, opening up a reconsideration of the relationships between body, material, and environment.

Kang is a recipient of the Freeman Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center (2007), the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship (2008), and the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation Fellowship (2014), and was an artist-in-residence at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2025). Her work is held in the collections of Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, and the Taiwan Art Bank, as well as in private collections across Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, and Canada. She continues to develop her practice across diverse cultural contexts, foregrounding the interrelations between material flows, embodied experience, and cultural production.