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Established in 1988, The Kooyumjian Gallery is a nonprofit gallery dedicated to photography and media arts. The Gallery exhibits a wide range of photographic works by student, local, national and international photographers.

Newly remodeled and expanded as part of the School of Communications Sverdrup west wing renovations, the newly designed gallery space re-opened in the fall of 2022. The Kooyumjian Gallery provides a formal gallery space for presenting exhibitions, fostering young photographers and showcasing professional and student works.

The Gallery and Gallery events are free and open to the public.

Now on Exhibit:
Gaby Deimeke: Music Photography

Aug. 7 – Sept. 25

Red and purple toned image of a vibrant crowd enjoying a concert, surrounded by colorful confetti cascading down from above.

Performer wearing colorful black top with green gloves throws head back and spits water into the air.

Silhouette of performer with red colored background and row of sparks dropping from top.

A man stands confidently on stage, illuminated by a bright spotlight, ready to engage the audience with his performance.

Gaby Deimeke is a portrait and music photographer based in Austin, Texas. Her bold, color-saturated images of music artists include Ed Sheeran, J Balvin, Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes. She is a cofounder of Crowdsurfer Magazine.

Originally growing up on a farm in Auxvasse, Missouri, Deimeke picked up a camera to take to a concert at 12 years old and hasn't put it down since. Deimeke received a BA (’16) in Photography and Studio Art from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and an MA in Fashion Photography from London College of Fashion in London.

Join Us — Special Date in September!

Special Reception and Artist Talk with Ms. Deimeke: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13

CG-enhanced image of mushroom and moss with a woman leaning against stalk reading and a glowing glass stag approaching

Slideshow Spotlight: Animator Noah Ilbery

Noah Ilbery (BA in Animation, ’19) is a computer graphics (CG) artist based in Maplewood, Missouri. His Moments of Imagination exhibit is a series of images that use a mixture of macro-photography and CG to make playful scenes out of otherwise mundane objects. This series is all about letting your mind play with what you see, taking a childlike approach to how we perceive the world.

Special Reception with Mr. Ilbery: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13

Noppadol Paothong: Images of Conservation

A monarch butterfly caterpillar eats a milkweed flower nestled among other vibrant wildflowers.

Noppadol Paothong is a nature/conservation photographer and an associate fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). The iLCP is an elite group of world’s top wildlife, nature and culture photographers around the globe. He is also a staff wildlife photographer with the Missouri Department of Conservation and contributes his images and stories to its high quality publication, Missouri Conservationist, Xplor, and many others. For over 20 years, he has been documenting rare and endangered species, primarily grassland grouse and their fragile habitat, and has published two large-format national award-winning books, Save the Last Dance (2012) and Sage Grouse, Icon of the West (2017).

Join Us! Opening Reception and Artist Talk: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4

composite with bumblebee on peach flowers in upper left, portrait of Nicole Miller-Struttmann on right

Slideshow Spotlight: Dr. Nicole Miller-Struttmann’s ShutterBee Project

We will be exhibiting a collection of Missouri Bee images from evolutionary ecologist, Dr. Nicole Miller-Struttmann’s ShutterBee Project, a citizen-based science and photography project in St. Louis, that monitored the bees in the St. Louis metropolitan area of Missouri and Illinois.

Gallery walls with photos and large group of people looking and talking

Beginnings 2024 High School Exhibition

This exhibit showcases the artistry of high school student photographers. The choice of subject, creativity and composition shares the immense talent of these students and shines a spotlight on the imagination of these teens.

Interested in having your high school participate? Email us at kgallery@webster.edu

Submission Deadline: Nov. 5

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk with the Jurors: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 6

Makita Wilbur, in a red patterned long coat, stands among rows of daffodils with a pink and blue sky

Matika Wilbur: Project 562

For the past five years, Matika Wilbur, a visual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington, has been traveling and photographing Indian Country in pursuit of one goal: to change the way we see Native America.

Project 562 overcomes historical inaccuracies, stereotypical representations and silenced Native American voices in mass media. Matika’s work aims to humanize the otherwise “vanishing race,” and shares stories that Native Americans would like told.

Special Reception and Artist Talk: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28

The FUSE: Faculty, Undergraduate and Senior Exhibit 2025

The FUSE is a collaborative exhibit of the Barrett Faculty Exhibit, the 38th Annual Undergraduate exhibit with a spotlight on the graduating seniors. A celebration of our creative community, this end of school year blowout captures the creative energy at Webster University.

Opening Reception Friday: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, May 2

people examine colorful photograhs in a neutrally colored gallery

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