Education
2017-2021, BFA (Illustration) - Parsons School of Design
2017-2021, BA (Philosophy) - Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Film Festivals / Group Shows
2025 Pictoplasma - Berlin, Germany
Berlin Music Video Awards - Berlin, Germany
Kaboom Animation Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Annecy Festival - Annecy, France (2023, 2025)
Tricky Women Tricky Realities - Vienna, Austria
Melted City #5 Group Show - Quezon City, Philippines
Dizzy TV - New York City NY, 2024, 2025
2024 Slamdance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize Winner - Salt Lake City UT
Toronto International Music Video Festival, Best Experimental Winner - Toronto, Canada
Fantoche International Animation Festival - Baden, Switzerland
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Nominated for Best Animated Short Film - Los Angeles CA
Transfiguration International Animation Festival - Chicago IL
Daydream Nation - Glasgow, Scotland
Florida Film Festival - Maitland FL
Silver Lake Shorts - Los Angeles, California
2023 Society for Animation Studies: Contemporary Queer Animation - New Jersey
London International Animation Festival - London, UK
Bitbang International Festival of Animation - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Animation Block Party @ BAM - New York City NY
Lago Film Festival - Lago, Italy
2022 Sour Social - New York City NY
Select Work / Client Collaborations
2024
Part-time Faculty, Illustration Department, Parsons School of Design
Music Video Director / Animator, Coldplay (Blinkink)
Animator, Adult Swim (indents)
Music Video Director / Animator, Florist (Double Double Whammy Records)
Music Video Director / Animator, Flipturn
Animator, MoMA
2023
Part-time Faculty, Illustration Department, Parsons School of Design
Animation Director, Nearpod
Artist in Residence, A Studio Digital (Bento Box)
Music Video Director/ Animator, Ethan Bortnick (Columbia Records)
Animation Assistance, Cécile McLorin Salvant (Nonesuch)
2022
Animator, Out There: A National Parks Story
Music Video Animator, Hark Madley
Animation Assistance, Hulu
2D Animation Lead, NYC Civic Engagement
Filmmaker / Animator, GIPHY
Logo Designer, Good Studio
Lead 2D Animator, Blinkink and Tic Tac
Music Video Animator, TOLEDO (Grand Jury Music)
2021
Music Visualiser Animator, Wingtip
Music Video Animator, Backseat Lovers (Capitol Records)
2D Animation Cleanup, Dua Lipa and Elton John, Blinkink
Filmmaker, A Studio Digital (Bento Box)
Lead 2D Animator & Board Artist, Mighty Oak / RCA Records
2020
Music Video Director, almost monday (Hollywood Records)
Music Video Director, MICHELLE (Atlantic Records)
2D Animator, Ghosted
Music Visualiser Animator, mxmtoon
Kohana Wilson
Based in Brooklyn, NY
Awards, Residencies, Press
2025 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Residency
Yaddo Artist Residency (Film and Video)
Peaked Hill Trust (PHT) Arts and Science Residency, Cape Cod National Seashore
Edge of Frame Interview
NewFilmmakers LA, Nomination for Best Short Film | edith and the tall child
‘NewFilmmakers LA Announces Nominees for 13th Annual Awards’, Variety | edith and the tall child
Shorty Awards Silver Honor: Animation - MoMA
1.4 Awards, Best Animation / CG | Coldplay Music Video
1.4 Awards, Silver Winner | Nick Leng Music Video
NoGraph Podcast Interview
Vimeo Staff Pick | ‘Beetlebugs’, Nick Leng Music Video
Vimeo Staff Pick | ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’, Coldplay Music Video
Kinsale Shark Awards, Shortlisted | ‘Beetlebugs’, Nick Leng Music Video
2024 Slamdance Film Festival, Grand Jury Award for Animated Shorts | edith and the tall child
Toronto International Music Video Festival, Best Experimental | Hark Madley Music Video
Annie Awards, Nominated, (Best Sponsored) | ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’, Coldplay Music Video
UKMVA, Shortlist for Best Pop Video UK | ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’, Coldplay Music Video
UKMVA, Shortlist for Best Alternative Video International | ‘Beetlebugs’, Nick Leng Music Video
Good Moves TV, Artist Feature, 2022, 2024
“Oscar Watch: The Long List of the 2024 Animated Short Award Contenders”, Animation Magazine
Sundance / Slamdance Winners writeup, Animation Magazine
2023 A Studio Digital (Bento Box), Artist in Residence
2021 Adolescent Content Creator Grant Recipient
Graduated summa cum laude, The New School
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship - The Rockstar Games Award for Excellence in Animation
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship - The FoTN Award for Moving Image
Parsons School of Design Dean’s BFA Scholarship, 2017-2021
The New School Dean’s List, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Teaching / Talks
2025 Parsons School of Design - Animation Studio (Parsons Academy)
Parsons School of Design - Introduction to Animation, Part-time Lecturer
Parsons School of Design - Core Seminar 4D, Part-time Lecturer (2024, 2025)
Tricky Women Tricky Realities - Artist Talk / Panel: “Visual Strategies and Stagings of the Body Within Animation”, Vienna, Austria
New York University - Artist Talk, Introduction to Animation
BRIC Summit - Panel, “Off the Beaten Path: The Trials + Thrills of Indie Animation”
BRIC - Video Art 2024-25 Mentor
California College of the Arts - Artist Talk
2024 Parsons School of Design - Topics: Bodies Interpreted, Part-time Lecturer
Pratt Institute - Computer Animation MFA Guest Critic
Pratt Institute - Artist Talk
School of Visual Arts - Artist Talk, Computer Animation
2023 Parsons School of Design - Explorations in Drawing, Part-time Lecturer
2022 After Hours Animation - Artist Talk
Parsons School of Design - First Year Animation Guest Critic / Lecturer
Parsons School of Design - Professional Practices Guest Speaker
2021 Animation Podcast Host - ‘Boiled Over’
Parsons School of Design - Alumni Panel Speaker