kiran p gill (he/they/she) is a malaysian-canadian artist and weaver based in brampton, ontario. he was born in selangor, malaysia to an irish-canadian mother and punjabi sikh father. his artistic practice centres pre-industrial, land-based textile traditions within the scope of natural dyeing, weaving, yarn spinning, and needlework. with his work, he seeks to reconsider the material cultures of his ancestors within new contexts, combining eastern and western traditions, and finding common ground through themes of spirituality, lineage, grief, cycles of time, and place/displacement.

kiran has attended artist residencies in iceland, malaysia, and indonesia, and is a two-time canada council for the arts grant recipient. he is currently working on his BFA in material art and design (textiles) at ocad university in tkaronto.