KenzZinger Art
Kenzie Holzinger (Kenz) is a graduate of Thomas Edison State University (TESU), where she obtained a 4.0 BA in Art, and of Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville (SIUE) with a 4.0 BFA focused in drawing. Her primary focus is in Drawing, but she explores other mediums such as oil painting. Growing up in the outdoors, much of Kenz’s work focuses on the depiction of nature and its relation to society’s touch. Kenz is a dancer, which influences her love of depicting the human figure and rendering ideas of movement amongst these topics. Dance often inspires Kenz’s work and aids in her concepts. She believes that there is freedom and balance in dance, the same qualities she finds in art.
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Kenz is a founding member of APO Artists (Averse Pecking Order Artists) and has served as both Social Media Officer and Co-President of the SIUE Painting and Drawing Association. Her work has been featured in the 12thAnnual Drawing Discourse catalogue of Contemporary Drawing and three consecutive years of the River Bluff Review Student Literary journal at SIUE. During her time at SIUE, Kenz received the Creative Assistant of the Semester Award available through the URCA program, and the Valerie Lee Renolds Smith Award in Painting. Kenz lives in Highland, IL, around 30 miles from Saint Louis Missouri, and in her spare time teaches dance and volunteers with local theatre as a choreographer and performer.
