About
ABOUT
Shawna Koontz is an Amsterdam-based painter originally from Portland, Oregon. She holds a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston.
Her work engages landscape as a psychological space, drawing on memory, distance, and longing. Inspired by the Pacific Northwest, Koontz employs heightened color and simplified forms to explore fear, reverence, and nostalgia within the natural world.
Her work is held in private and public collections, including the W Hotel and the City of Bellevue, Washington.
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Education
2012 — BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Publications / Press
2026 — Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 55 (forthcoming), Open Studios Press
2026 — 100 Emerging Artworks of 2026, Arts to Hearts Project
Solo Exhibitions
2024 — Shawna Koontz x Damn the Weather, Damn the Weather, Seattle, WA
2023 — Shawna Koontz x Damn the Weather, Damn the Weather, Seattle, WA
2023 — Snow Glow Up, Caffe Ladro at 2+U, Seattle, WA
2022 — Shawna Koontz, Coopers Optique, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2026 — Kunstmarkt Noord, NDSM Theater Cafe, Amsterdam, NL
2022 — 40th Annual National Juried Exhibition: A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2022 — 12th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2021 — Limited Edition Print Exhibition, Shiku Sushi, Seattle, WA
2021 — Wandering, Wondering, PxP Contemporary (Virtual)
2017 — Second Floor Gallery, W Hotel, Boston, MA
2016 — A Group Thing, Thomas Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 — On Display, W Hotel, Boston, MA
2012 — All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2011 — Done, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2010 — Caked On, Flaked On, and Shaked On, The Savant Project, Boston, MA
Collections
City of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
W Hotel, Boston, MA