Career
Kirana began her career in academia, teaching as an instructor of record at Southern Illinois University Carbondale between 2013 and 2015. From 2016 to 2019, she was a visiting lecturer at Auburn University Montgomery, where she taught drawing, painting, and foundational art courses. [4] She later worked as a visual arts teacher at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School from 2019 to 2022, teaching introductory through Advanced Placement-level courses. [5]
Kirana has played a role in cultural organizing. She is the founder of Expose Art, an art magazine, and Expose Art House, an artist-run residency program. [6] She also co-founded the Montgomery Arts Project (MAP), which brought French artist JR’s Inside Out Project to Dexter Avenue in Montgomery in 2019. She later served as creative director for the Alabama leg of the international Walk With Amal tour in 2023. [7]
Her curatorial projects include Path of Entry at the Wiregrass Museum of Art (2021) and Road Less Traveled at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (2022). [8] She has served as a juror for exhibitions, participated in grant review panels, and spoken at conferences such as the Southeastern Museum Conference and the Georgia Art Museum Association’s “New Voices” program. She is currently a member of the board of trustees at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. [9]
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