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

wilsonkohana@gmail.com 

www.kohanawilson.com

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