I am Lars Koens, an artist and music composer. I was born in the Netherlands, studied at the University of Amsterdam, UNIS in Svalbard, the University of Bristol and finally the University of Edinburgh, where I completed a PhD on the evolution of objects in time and space, supervised by Catherine Heymans and Fergus Simpson.

My work has reached international audiences at major film and art festivals, such as Festival de Cannes, Hamptons International Film Festival, Zinebi, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. My sound- and installation art have featured at Sonica in Glasgow, The Edinburgh International Festival, WRO Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, FACT in Liverpool, MMCA in Seoul, University Art Museum in Tokyo, and Aichi Triennale in Nagoya.

Since 2021 I am Senior Lecturer in the department of Design and Digital Arts at Nottingham Trent University, where I lead the MFA in Fine Art and previously the MA in Filmmaking course. Additionally, I lead undergraduate modules in Sound Art and Experimental Film, and often initiate / collaborate on curriculum design, based around my ongoing practice and research.

E-mail: info@larskoens.com.