Education
2017-2021, BFA (Illustration) - Parsons School of Design
2017-2021, BA (Philosophy) - Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
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
Yaddo Artist Residency, 2025
Peaked Hill Trust (PHT) Arts and Science Residency, Cape Cod National Seashore, 2025
‘Oscar Watch: The Long List of the 2024 Animated Short Award Contenders’, Animation Magazine
Annie Awards, Nominated, (Best Sponsored), 2024
Slamdance Film Festival, Grand Jury Award for Animated Shorts, 2024
UKMVA, Shortlist for Best Pop Video UK (Animator), 2024
UKMVA, Shortlist for Best Alternative Video International (Lead Animator), 2024
Good Moves TV, Artist Feature, 2024, 2022
Animation Magazine, Sundance / Slamdance Winners writeup, 2024
A Studio Digital (Bento Box), Artist in Residence, 2023
Adolescent Content Creator Grant Recipient, 2021
Graduated summa cum laude, The New School, 2021
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship - The Rockstar Games Award for Excellence in Animation, 2021
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship - The FoTN Award for Moving Image, 2021
Parsons School of Design Dean’s BFA Scholarship, 2017-2021
The New School Dean’s List, Fall 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
ESF Chairman’s Award for Academic Excellence, 2017
Teaching / Talks
Introduction to Animation, Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, 2025 (ongoing)
Core 4D Seminar, Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, 2024 (ongoing)
BRIC Summit Panelist, “Off the Beaten Path: The Trials + Thrills of Indie Animation”, 2025
Artist Talk, California College of the Arts, 2025
Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Artist Talk: “Visual Strategies and Stagings of the Body Within Animation”, Vienna, 2025
BRIClab Video Art 2024-25 Mentor
Topics: Bodies Interpreted, Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, 2024
Pratt Institute Computer Animation MFA Guest Critic, 2024
Pratt Institute Artist Talk, 2024
SVA Artist Talk, 2024
Explorations in Drawing, Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, 2023
After Hours Animation, Artist Talk, 2022
First Year Animation Guest Critic / Lecturer, 2022
Professional Practices Speaker, Parsons School of Design (Illustration), 2022
Host of an Animation Podcast, ‘Boiled Over’, 2021
Alumni Panel Speaker, Parsons School of Design (Illustration), 2021
Film Festivals / Group Shows
Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands, 2025
Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Austria, 2025
Melted City #5 Group Show, Quezon City, Philippines, 2025
Slamdance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize Winner, 2024 **
Toronto International Music Video Festival, Canada, 2024
Fantoche International Animation Festival, Switzerland, 2024
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, 2024
Transfiguration International Animation Festival, 2024
Daydream Nation, UK, 2024
Florida Film Festival, 2024
Silver Lake Shorts, 2024
Dizzy TV, Screened, 2024
London International Animation Festival, UK, 2023
Bitbang International Festival of Animation, Argentina, 2023
Animation Block Party @ BAM, 2023
Lago Film Fest, Italy, 2023
Annecy Festival, France, 2023
Sour Social, 2022