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Koa’s life is a continual invitation for embodied presence and relational intimacy with all things. She creates sanctuaries for reconnection and remembrance through weaving, tea ceremony, dance, drum, earth-based wisdom teachings and Sufi spiritual practice — exploring connections with land and body, human and holy.
A multi-disciplinary artist, Koa has worked professionally as a photographer and writer since 2010. Attuning to the eye of the heart, Koa invites beauty and evokes essence in both imagery and the written word. Notable clients include For the Wild, Living in the Light, Edible Magazine, and Fibershed who she has worked with as a contributing photojournalist for a decade.
A lover of the frame drum, in 2022 Koa was invited to compose and record a song in Jimi Hendrix’ Electric Lady Studios. The song she improvised, “Flight to the Sun” was included as part of the Grammy-winning Birdsong Project, a benefit for the Audubon Society, featuring over 200 artists. Listen to the song on Spotify here.
Following the footsteps of her maternal grandmother, Koa weaves on her loom as a form of prayer and connection with the grandmothers. A first-born American on her mother’s side, Koa carries lineages from Lithuania, South Africa, Sardinia, Wales, Germany, and the Mediterranean.
Born of rain, moss, cedars and snow-peaked mountains of the Pacific Northwest, many landscapes have since called her home. All of the places that she has had the privilege to connect with are woven into the landscape of her being, her art, and her craft. It’s all woven together.