Aura-Nat Sirikanokvilai has been creating captivating and functional lighting environments since her early days as an interior architecture student at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. With 5 years of experience working as a lighting designer in Thailand, her passion for the interplay of light and space led her to pursue an MFA in Lighting Design at Parsons School of Design in New York, where she excelled as a student assistant, teaching assistant, and research assistant.
After finishing her master’s degree with a thesis and departmental honors award, she joined Cooley Monato Studio as a full-time lighting designer in July 2024.