About
Kiran Joan is a designer & illustrator based in NYC. Her magical worlds are influenced by a mix of cultures she grew up in, Oman, India, and the US.
Email kiran.joan@gmail.com
Clients
The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News, Politico, LA Times, Washingtonian, HuffPost, Charles Shwab, Rebel Girls, Taste Magazine, Dwell, Aquila Children’s Magazine, Lamplighter Brewing Co., Nightingale Magazine, Urgent Action Fund Asia & Africa, Life of Science, Table Talk, Creative Alliance, Catapult Design Studio
Press
Sites of Sites
Artist to Watch, Womanly Magazine
Ceramics Monthly Artist Spotlight
BmoreArt Magazine
Print Mag
NBC The Standouts
Vogue India
Good Neighbor
Amano. Brooklyn
Shout out LA
I Love Creatives
MICA Open Studies
Baltimore Magazine Print & Digital
Charm Literary Magazine
Design Yatra
Speaking Engagements
Lunchtime Lecture, MICA MFA Illustration Practice, 2025
Life Design Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
Artist Talk, MICA UG Illustration, 2024
Good Neighbor Design Week, 2023
NCECA Gallery Talk, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023
Guest Critic, MICA MA Illustration
Guest Critic, MICA MFA Illustration Practice
Lecture + Workshop, MICA Illustration
Lecture + Guest Critic, Towson University Center for the Arts
Lecture + Workshop, MICA UG Illustration, 2022
Residencies
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 2023
Baltimore Clayworks, 2022-23
Exhibitions
Flowers & Friends Group Show, Gül Gallery, New York, 2025
Homing, Solo Show, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Pennsylvania, 2024
Brooklyn Ceramic Arts Tour, 2024
Daya, Ridgewood Open Studios, Brooklyn, 2024
Officium, Almas gallery, NCECA Conference, Richmond, 2024
Parallel | Park School, Baltimore, 2023
Friends from Back Home, Solo Show, Baltimore, 2023
American Craft Council, Baltimore, 2023
Anonymous Drawings, Berlin, Germany, 2022
Frames of Fear, Washington D.C, US, 2021
The End is Nigh, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, 2021
Ohhh My PMS, Curated by Meltem Şahin, 2021
Out of Order Virtual Auction at Maryland Art Place (MAP), 2021
Show - Off 2021, Baltimore, US, 2021
Seed Sewa Exhibition and Fundraiser, Virtual Exhibtion
Image Harvest Exhibition, Baltimore, US, 2021
Seance Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, US, 2019
Image Harvest, Baltimore, US, 2019
Sister Library Art Bazar, Mumbai & Bangalore, India, 2019
TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India, 2017
Kiran Joan is a designer & illustrator based in NYC. Her magical worlds are influenced by a mix of cultures she grew up in, Oman, India, and the US.
Email kiran.joan@gmail.com
Clients
The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News, Politico, LA Times, Washingtonian, HuffPost, Charles Shwab, Rebel Girls, Taste Magazine, Dwell, Aquila Children’s Magazine, Lamplighter Brewing Co., Nightingale Magazine, Urgent Action Fund Asia & Africa, Life of Science, Table Talk, Creative Alliance, Catapult Design Studio
Press
Sites of Sites
Artist to Watch, Womanly Magazine
Ceramics Monthly Artist Spotlight
BmoreArt Magazine
Print Mag
NBC The Standouts
Vogue India
Good Neighbor
Amano. Brooklyn
Shout out LA
I Love Creatives
MICA Open Studies
Baltimore Magazine Print & Digital
Charm Literary Magazine
Design Yatra
Speaking Engagements
Lunchtime Lecture, MICA MFA Illustration Practice, 2025
Life Design Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
Artist Talk, MICA UG Illustration, 2024
Good Neighbor Design Week, 2023
NCECA Gallery Talk, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023
Guest Critic, MICA MA Illustration
Guest Critic, MICA MFA Illustration Practice
Lecture + Workshop, MICA Illustration
Lecture + Guest Critic, Towson University Center for the Arts
Lecture + Workshop, MICA UG Illustration, 2022
Residencies
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 2023
Baltimore Clayworks, 2022-23
Exhibitions
Flowers & Friends Group Show, Gül Gallery, New York, 2025
Homing, Solo Show, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Pennsylvania, 2024
Brooklyn Ceramic Arts Tour, 2024
Daya, Ridgewood Open Studios, Brooklyn, 2024
Officium, Almas gallery, NCECA Conference, Richmond, 2024
Parallel | Park School, Baltimore, 2023
Friends from Back Home, Solo Show, Baltimore, 2023
American Craft Council, Baltimore, 2023
Anonymous Drawings, Berlin, Germany, 2022
Frames of Fear, Washington D.C, US, 2021
The End is Nigh, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, 2021
Ohhh My PMS, Curated by Meltem Şahin, 2021
Out of Order Virtual Auction at Maryland Art Place (MAP), 2021
Show - Off 2021, Baltimore, US, 2021
Seed Sewa Exhibition and Fundraiser, Virtual Exhibtion
Image Harvest Exhibition, Baltimore, US, 2021
Seance Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, US, 2019
Image Harvest, Baltimore, US, 2019
Sister Library Art Bazar, Mumbai & Bangalore, India, 2019
TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India, 2017