Meet Adam Bucholz

We were lucky to catch up with Adam Bucholz recently and have shared our conversation below.

Adam, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.

Ever since I was a child I wanted to be an artist. Since then, I also have been through an endless journey to figure out what that means. Art is obscure, it bends rules, it rewrites and repaints a picture of who I am and what I am supposed to be doing, including my own rules.
I don’t think I had a choice in the matter and I think that is the journey I am still on; being an artist. Creativity is vast and boundless and it is chaos. As an artist we have the ability to bring the ether into physicality and that can feel overwhelming, or perfect, or powerful or aimless. But, despite it all… we create. and we call it art. We can take the chaos and bring it into order, we bring it into the physical. We make it exist.
My purpose is not to be found, but to be made. I think my creativity is my purpose, but what happens next, who’s to know. Isn’t that exciting?

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

First and foremost, I live in Los Angeles and I play drums in a punk band called Foxx Bodies. We all moved out here in 2017 from Tucson, AZ where we started. I do most of the art for the band as well as doing work for some other bands as well. We are currently working on our third album, I am very proud of the art for that, as well as the music.
As of late, I have been dipping my toes back into the art gallery world again. My style has changed a lot since back before the band when I used to show my art in galleries around Tucson. I am ecstatic about getting my newer art up on some walls and not just thumbnails on streaming sites.
Over time I have morphed my style into a mixed media of drawing and painting and found imagery, I have adopted a sort of “collaging of my own art into new art” mentality and it is ever evolving. I would invite you to check out my newly official art page on IG @adambucholzart and check out my band @foxxbodies everywhere.

I guess the TLDR of it all, check out my art online and listen to Foxx Bodies.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

1) Those hands are yours. Nobody else’s. Your hands are unique to you and can do things only you can dream up. Do not compare yours to theirs.
2) Keep making things. You do not know what your art has in store for you in the future, but it will only do that if you fuel that fire.
3) Seize the opportunities in front of you instead of trying to force your version of success into reality. Go with the flow and keep your eyes open.
4) Make art for you. People know when someone is being genuine, or are just trying to sell something. Make art for yourself and they will value it because you value it.

I put four. So what?

What was the most impactful thing your parents did for you?

My parents have always been supportive of my creativity. As early as I can remember I was in after school art classes and programs that really helped me unleash my creative side and gave me an outlet to develop an appreciation for the arts. I would say their outstanding support was the most impactful thing they could have done.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://addiebeechwood.wixsite.com/home
• Instagram: @adambucholzart
• Other: @Foxxbodies