Lily Hevesh
Lily Hevesh is an American domino artist and YouTuber working under the channel name Hevesh5.
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Occupation | Domino artist | |||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 2.65 million (April 2020[1]) | |||||||||
Total views | 250 million (December 2016[2]) | |||||||||
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Personal life
Hevesh is originally from Sandown, New Hampshire, and has two siblings, Alissa and Matt.[3][4] She was given her first set of dominoes at age 10.[5]
Hevesh attended Timberlane Regional High School.[4] Later, she went to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute but left after less than a year to pursue domino art full-time.[6][7] She currently lives in Massachusetts, west of Boston.[3]
Career
YouTube
Hevesh's YouTube channel is Hevesh5. Her first viral video, "INSANE Domino Tricks!", was posted in 2013.[8][7] Her channel has over 2 million subscribers and 250 million total views.[1][2]
In December 2018, YouTube used Hevesh's video "A Merry Domino Christmas" on their Twitter account without giving Hevesh credit. After Hevesh tweeted criticism of YouTube for co-opting her video for promotional purposes without crediting her, YouTube publicly apologized and tweeted credit for the video.[9][10]
Domino set
In 2020, Hevesh and Spin Master launched H5 Domino Creations at the North American International Toy Fair in New York City.[11][12] The set comes with 100 dominoes which Hevesh described as being "specially made for toppling".[13]
Domino art
Since 2014, Hevesh's domino art has been featured at the annual Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Domino Toppling Extravaganza.[14] Hevesh's art was featured in the 2016 Will Smith movie Collateral Beauty.[15] In 2017, Hevesh was hired by Marvel to create a Spider-Man-inspired domino art piece.[16]
Awards
Hevesh was listed on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the category "Art & Style".[17]
References
- "Monday, April 13th: The Domino Effect". WMUR 9. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Zetlin, Minda (2016-12-18). "Domino Art Is a Thing, and This 18-Year-Old Is the Queen of It (as Her Breathtaking Videos Show)". Inc.
- Gartsbeyn, Mark (2020-04-17). "Video: Local domino artist creates social distancing PSA | Boston.com". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Ireland, Doug (2014-07-04). "Sandown girl competes for shot on TV show". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Earl, Jennifer (2016-09-13). "Triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes falling mesmerizes the internet". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Tracey, Sara (2018-03-08). "RPI student club devoted to dominoes, for fun and more". Times Union. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- "Dominoes as an art -- and a job". All Over Albany. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Loughlin, Ryan (2018-06-09). "How a Domino Master Builds (and Destroys) 15,000-Piece Creations". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Alexander, Julia (2018-12-26). "YouTube faces backlash on Twitter over lifted, uncredited holiday video". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Weiss, Geoff (2018-12-27). "YouTube Apologizes For Repurposing Creator's Video Without Credit In Corporate Tweet". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Spin Master (2020-02-24). "Spin Master Reveals H5 Domino Creations(TM) With an Epic Topple at the North American International Toy Fair in New York". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Shiff, Blair (2020-02-21). "YouTube streaming sensations create hottest toys of 2020". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Peek, Kaitlin; Ky, Jenny (2020-07-16). "YouTube star Lily Hevesh captivates millions with her domino art, including Katy Perry and Will Smith". 7NEWS.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Frehsee, Michelle (2019-09-19). "Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents 12th annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza". SentinelSource.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Edwards, Peter (2016-09-15). "Domino ace wins job in Will Smith movie". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Tognotti, Chris (2017-10-15). "This domino artist shows off an epic Spider-Man arrangement". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- "Lily Hevesh". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
External links
- Lily Hevesh on IMDb