Emily Koonse

Emily Koonse is an award-winning storyteller working in photography, film and video. Her work has been exhibited around the United States and Europe. Photo exhibitions include: Sidney Larson Gallery in Columbia, Missouri, 5 Claude Lane in San Francisco, 1650 Gallery and Nomad Art Gallery in Los Angeles.

Emily's recent photography work includes a photo essay entitled “Debra’s second chance”, completed at the Missouri Photo Workshop in 2014. One image from the series was selected as a finalist in the “Being Mother category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Gala award in 2015.

Emily is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, with a BFA in film editing. As an editor, her first feature film was PEARL DIVER, garnered several festival awards including the Heartland Film Festival Crystal Heart Award.
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As a collaborator, Emily works with a variety of industry story-tellers and producers, and continues to seek out independent and highly creative opportunities, taking on avant-garde scripts, personal documentary projects and unique art-video projects.

BFA in Filmmaking - University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Studied film and photojournalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia

2018 PhotoVision, Orr Street Studios/Gallery, Columbia, MO • Honorable Mention "undone"
2017 Sturt Haaga Gallery, La Cañada Flintridge, CA • Group Exhibition • BLOOM!
2015 Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Award 7th Edition (Runner Up in Still Life & Abstractions, Finalist, "Being Mother" category)
2015 Century Books, Pasadena, CA • Group Photography Exhibition • "Writing with Light"
2015 Hud Gallery, Ventura, CA • Group Exhibition • "Dab Art's Summer Juried Exhibition"
2014 Century Books, Pasadena, CA • Group Exhibition
2013 Bookshow/NOMAD Art Compound, Los Angeles, CA • Group Exhibition
2013 Century Books, Pasadena, CA • Group Exhibition
2012 Cafe Americano, Los Angeles, CA • Solo Exhibition
2011 Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO • Solo Exhibition • "Dralas"
2011 5 Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA • Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series • Group Exhibition
2011 1650 Photography Gallery, Los Angeles, CA • Juried Still Life Group Exhibition
2011 Reillyworks Art Salon, Pasadena, CA • Group Exhibition