Art Guac! with Special Guest Bill Horist
Schedule
Fri Sep 05 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
3610 Francis Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-8517, United States | Seattle, WA
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3610 Francis Ave N, Seattle
Friday, Sept 5th 6-9pm
Featuring:
Bill Horist - Guitarist and Marine Photographer
Bio:
Seattle guitarist Bill Horist is an improviser/composer/performer in a wide array of genres including rock, jazz, contemporary chamber, avant garde, folk, new music and several subgenres within each. He has appeared on over 100 recordings and has performed well over 1000 concerts throughout North and Central America, Europe, and Japan. Over the past three decades, Bill has collaborated with a long list of notable musicians from around the world including John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Stuart Dempster, KK Null, Matt Chamberlain, Chris Cutler (Henry Cow/Art Bears), Vidushi Sumitra Guha, Julie Slick (Adrian Belew Power Trio), William Hooker, Secret Chiefs 3, Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Rieflin (Ministry/Nine Inch Nails), Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Shazaad Ismaily, Six Organs of Admittance, Joe Morris, Climax Golden Twins, Haco, Illusion of Safety, Amy Denio, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Steve Fisk, Marron, Reggie Watts, Anla Courtis (Reynols), Eyvind Kang, Paul Rucker, Wally Shoup, and Jessica Lurie as well as members of King Crimson, Can, Pearl Jam, Bad Brains, Acid Mothers Temple, Earth, The Boredoms, The Accused, Sunn0))) and many more.
His varied sound has earned him either full-time or periodic membership in bands as diverse as Master Musicians of Bukkake, Kinski, Afrocop, Nobodaddy, Phineas Gage, Axolotl, UnFolkUs, Zahir, Tablet (with DJ J Justice), Nervewheel, Siamese Fonz (with Plastiq Phantom), Ghidra, Rollerball and the Paul Rucker Ensemble in addition to extensive solo activity.
Horist has played in just about every type of venue from caves to arenas and his unusual approach to music has found him in equally unusual scenarios – from composing music using transatlantic freighters as instruments to appearing on “America’s Got Talent.” He also creates music for film, modern dance and video games (notably contributing sound to Warner Brothers hit “Lord of the Rings” game, “The Shadow of Mordor”).
Bill has received critical praise from dozens of both local and international periodicals including The Wire, Guitar Player Magazine and Alternative Press. He has also been the recipient of several local and regional grants for his work. In 2012, Bill was quoted and mentioned in a “short list of…individuals who have made notable contributions” to prepared guitar in the book “Nice Noise: Modifications and Preparations for Guitar” by Bart Hopkin and Yuri Landman. In 2005 and 2006, he was nominated for “Jazz Artist of the Year” and “Guitarist of the Year” respectively by the Seattle Weekly.
Bill lives in Ballard and teaches both conventional and unconventional guitar to all ages and levels of experience both privately and in schools from elementary- to college-level. He also teaches guitar/music at the Seattle World School, Seattle JazzEd and conducts an annual blind youth audio workshop in addition to teaching private guitar lessons.
In addition to being a notable musician and music educator, Bill Horist is earning recognition as
an underwater marine life photographer. His award-winning photography has appeared in a
recently-published field guide and has been exhibited at galleries and aquariums in addition to
being used in university-level marine biology courses. He is currently working with a publisher
on a book to be released in the near future.
www.facebook.com/billhorist
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Where is it happening?
3610 Francis Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-8517, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
