Kangan Arora is a London-based textile artist and designer. Her vibrant work explores the culture of the everyday, through contemporary languages of colour, geometry, and abstraction.

Kangan works extensively across artistic and commercial projects; from large-scale artworks like the Exchange House tapestries in the City of London and The Beacon Feature Curtain for Bradford UK City of Culture 2025, to design collaborations with the likes of Tate Gallery, IKEA and Floor_Story.

Kangan trained at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she is currently a Senior Lecturer in Textile Design.

Exhibitions and Collections

2024 - The Whitworth, The University of Manchester - Acquisition for permanent collection

2020 - Alternative Futures: Contemporary Design Responses to the 300 year Tango Chirimen Tradition, Kyoto Design Lab Tokyo Gallery

2013 - New India Designscape, Triennale Design Museum, Milan (2013)

Awards

Archiproducts Design Award 2022 for Casa rug designed for Floor_Story