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About Hollis: Hollis Heichemer was born in Binghamton, New York and now currently lives and works in New Hampshire. Heichemer’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Hollis Taggart Galleries and J. Cacciola Gallery in New York, and Gross McCleaf Gallery and Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia . Hollis has participated in a wide range of group exhibitions, including most recently at Stanek Gallery in Philadelphia and Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco. She received her BS from Ohio University and her MA at Seton Hall University.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- How Heichemer creates experience, connectivity, and insight in her abstract works
- Spending time outside, and how her experiences in nature inspire her work in the studio
- How physical activity is a big part of Heichemer's life
- Reflecting on taking art classes as a child and choosing not to pursue art school
- Her marriage to fellow artist, Alex Kanevsky, and living in the country
- How art serves as a means to express all of her being and past experiences
- Finding other joys in life through reading and cooking
- How Heichemer maintains a sort of separation between herself and technology
https://www.instagram.com/hahike/
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About Maja: Maja Ruznic, a prolific and active artist, is primarily a painter, a storyteller who conjures form and narrative from ground up mineral, smeared oil, and stained canvas. Born in Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1983, Ruznic immigrated to the United States with her family in 1995, settling on the West Coast where she eventually went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley, later receiving an MFA from the California College of Arts. Ruznic’s often-quoted biography – a refugee who escaped the Bosnian War – is only the beginning of her journey. Ruznic’s vivid paintings speak for themselves, depicting figures that seem to emerge from the caverns of human history, from within their own supports, and somehow from within the viewer’s own recollections. These paintings breach something intrinsically human and Ruznic guides us deftly with dark humor and complex representations, not dissimilar to Werner Herzog’s wry, but poignant 3-D documentary depicting the oldest painted images in the world. Ruznic has exhibited internationally and her work has been written about extensively, most notably in ArtMaze Magazine, Juxtapoz, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Studio Visit Magazine, and twice in New American Paintings, including the cover as selected by curator Anne Ellegood. In 2018, Ruznic was a recipient of the Hopper Prize and in 2019, Ruznic’s painting “Azmira’s Daughters” was acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art. In 2020, she has upcoming solo shows with Conduit Gallery in Dallas, TX and Hales Gallery in London.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- Practicing “Is-ness”
- Maja moving to Roswell, NM
- Intaking artwork at a subconscious level
- Recognizing and healing from pain and trauma
- Maja growing up in Bosnia in various refuge camps
https://www.instagram.com/majaruz/
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About Josh: Josh Peck is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and YouTube personality. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 90s and early 2000s, and had an early role on The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002. Peck rose to prominence for the role of Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell's character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007, and in its two television films in 2006 and 2008.
He then acted in films such as Mean Creek (2004), Drillbit Taylor (2008), The Wackness (2008), ATM (2012), Red Dawn (2012), Battle of the Year (2013), Danny Collins (2015), and Take the 10 (2017). Peck provided the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age franchise since Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), and voiced Casey Jones in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012–2017). He also starred with John Stamos in the Fox comedy series Grandfathered (2015–2016). In 2017, Peck started a comedic lifestyle YouTube channel, Shua Vlogs, featuring David Dobrik and his wife Paige O'Brien.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- Peck’s early life moving from New York to LA to pursue his career as an actor.
- His reflection on acting for Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh and breaking the mold as a “kid actor”
- Growing into his career in films such as Mean Creek, The Wackness, and Red Dawn.
- Kesh’s director/ actor relationship with Peck on his recent film, and Peck’s need for clear communication in such a relationship.
- Following an almost predestined path of the arts through the support system his single mother provided for him as a child.
- Expanding his skill in acting by still attending acting classes.
- Finding different means of supporting himself and his family independent acting through branding platforms such as Vine, YouTube, and Instagram.
- Peck’s podcast, Curious, and his love for interviews and having conversations with other creatives.
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