Artist Reception for Russell Huiskamp
Thursday, July 10 | 5:30-7:30 PM | 2nd Floor 

Join us on Thursday, July 10 at 5:30 p.m. for a reception for Artist (and JCC Member) Russell Huiskamp! His work will be for sale and on display for both July and August.

Artist Bio

Russell Huiskamp is a multidisciplinary artist and composer. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he studied at New York University, where he was awarded the Hannah Van Vollenhollen Memorial Prize in Music. He then continued his education and received a Master of Music from New York University, where he was awarded the Carole Bayer Sager Scholarship for Songwriting. He has written multiple scores for films, documentaries and theater productions; he also sings, produces and releases music under the artist name Amusium.

As a painter, he draws inspiration from both his background as a musician and his lifelong love of videogames and animation. In his pieces, he aims to translate a primarily digital immersive experience into an analog one, distilling and reducing an aesthetic to its elements and ultimately re-expanding it to canvas, rife with references and hallmarks of the original medium.

He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his husband and two daughters, Penelope and Jean.