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Kathie Halfin is a New York–based interdisciplinary artist working in fiber sculpture, installation, and performance. Rooted in the traditions of weaving yet guided by experimentation, her woven sculptures honor this ancient practice as a language of care, resistance, and embodied knowledge.

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Halfin’s work is shaped by migration, an enduring connection to the land, and attunement to seasonal rhythms. Grounded in sensory experience, weaving becomes a means to engage with tactility and material memory—restoring a felt relationship between the body and the intelligence of the natural world.

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Her vibrant woven sculptures and multisensory performances open spaces for communication between humans and the more-than-human worlds through plants, tactile surfaces, scent, sound, and natural elements.

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At the core of Halfin’s process lies the transformation of industrial paper into hand-spun, dyed yarn woven into sculptural cloth. This slow, meditative act of unmaking and renewal echoes the quiet growth of plants. Shifts in tension, texture, and color evoke states of blooming, rooting, or reaching—reclaiming the manufactured as sensitive and alive.

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Halfin’s understanding of weaving—shaped by mentors and the ecosystems she learned from—extends beyond the flat plane into fluid, three-dimensional structures. She explores the encoded qualities of cloth—its ability to expand, hold memory, and transform—using this material intelligence as a language for storytelling and imagining the narratives of coexistence.

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