Remy Holwick is a fashion model, photographer, activist, painter, drawer, fashion designer, and music video director.[1][2][3]

Remy Holwick
Date of birth:1981[1]
Place of birth:Venice Beach, California, United States[1]

Early life

Holwick was born in Venice Beach, California.[1] At 6 years old, she moved to Hawaii and was raised there.[1] Her father, painter Wayne Holwick, died when she was 11 years old.[1][2][4] At age 13, she worked as a tour guide for Japanese teenagers.[2] Throughout high school, she worked in a record store called Requests.[1][2] She pursued theatre at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and waited tables in Chicago, Illinois right after graduation.[1] She has also worked in her college's mail-room, a costume shop, a porn store, and as a contact juggler.[2]

Career

Holwick was scouted to model at 22 years old.[5] She joined Ford Models and her first two bookings where as the face of MAC Cosmetics and CK Jeans.[1] She released her first photography book, Sleep Machines, through Paradigm Publishing.[4] Around 2010, her first editorial ran in Work Magazine.[6] Her photography work, which is all film, has a 60s and 70s west coast aesthetic in terms of content and color.[1] Her photography often contains nudity.[6][7] She has been a nude art model as well.[2] She directed the music videos for the songs "Oh Suzanne" by Low Cut Connie, "Home" by The Natvral, "Most of My N%$#@" by LoftBlue, and "Cops And Robbers" by Razorlight.[3][8][9][10] She also launched the clothing line Beg Borrow Steal at Urban Outfitters.[2] In October 2014, she founded the New York chapter of GRLCVLT.[11][12]

Personal life

Holwick has a son.[2] She is an intersectional feminist.[13] She has lived in Bed-Stuy, New York.[12]

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