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Chintia Kirana, artist photo
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Chintia Kirana
Born
Chintia Agustina Kirana

(1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 (age 36)
Jakarta, Indonesia
EducationSouthern Illinois University (MFA)
Years active2011-present
AwardsVerdant Fund/ Andy Warhol Regranting Program Grant (2022), Alabama State Art Council Fellowship (2019), Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant(2011),
Known forPainting, drawing, socially engaged projects, installation
Websitechintiakirana.com

Chintia Kirana is a Chinese Indonesian born American artist. She is best known for her abstract and minimalistic work exploring identity, passage of time, and spirituality. Her art practice includes curatorial projects and socially engaged community arts.[1]

Biography

Kirana was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received a BA in painting from Auburn University Montgomery and an MFA in painting and drawing from Southern Illinois University.[citation needed]

She served as the art director for the Indonesian movie The Architecture of Love (2024).[2]

Career

Kirana's projects often explore themes of collective identity and are marked by collaboration and active participation.[3]

“I imagine my designs as multiple community groups,” says Kirana.[4]

She also taught visual arts at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School. Kirana serves on the board of trustees of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.[5]

Kirana is the founder of "Expose Art," an art magazine, and "ArtHouse," an artist-run arts residency as well as co-founded "Montgomery Arts Projects (MAP)," an organization that fosters artistic exchange by bringing artists from the United States and abroad to Montgomery. Through MAP, Kirana has created numerous community art projects such as Inside Out Project.[6] She participated in the Little Amal Walk With Amal US Tour project in Montgomery, Alabama[7] as the artistic director for her project called "Some Broken Things Can Be Mended."

Exhibitions

Kirana has appeared in galleries and museum exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including:

Media references and appearances

Kirana was a guest on a television show Expressions. [12] She is included in the Alabama Public Television Show called Monograph winter 2021 Edition [13]

References

  1. ^ "Chintia Kirana at the Wiregrass Museum of Art". Burnaway. June 3, 2021.
  2. ^ The Architecture of Love - IMDb, retrieved 2024-02-01
  3. ^ a b Art, Wiregrass Museum of (June 4, 2020). "WMA Artist Interview with Chintia Kirana". Wiregrass Museum of Art.
  4. ^ Sorto, Gabrielle (October 30, 2018). "Artists seek to create sense of welcome and play on Buford Highway with BuHi Lights". Arts Atlanta.
  5. ^ "'Art connects us': Community Hero Chintia Kirana sees endless opportunity in Montgomery". Montgomery Advertiser.
  6. ^ Harper, Brad. "'This is us now': Developing Montgomery's giant portrait project and what it says about the city". Montgomery Advertiser.
  7. ^ "International puppet of hope Little Amal visiting Birmingham, Montgomery & Selma this week". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  8. ^ "Chintia Kirana". UAB Arts Alliance.
  9. ^ "Uncommon Territory". MMFA.
  10. ^ "Review | In the galleries: An artist's modern visions of a retro cartoon". Washington Post. 2023-04-13. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  11. ^ Harper, Brad. "'Confessional': Montgomery finds a new united voice inside Kress". Montgomery Advertiser.
  12. ^ "Expressions | Expressions 601 | Episode 601 | PBS" – via www.pbs.org.
  13. ^ "Winter 2021 | Watch on Alabama Public Television".
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