Thunderstorm Artis Wiki, Age, Real Name, Wife, Family, Kids
Thunderstorm Artis Biography – Thunderstorm Artis Wiki
Thunderstorm Artis is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He competed on The Voice in 2020 and American Idol in 2025. Thunderstorm started singing at a young age. He later teamed up with his brother to tour as a duo until Thunderstorm decided to go solo.
As a Season 18 finalist on The Voice, Artis wowed audiences with both his original compositions, including quiet acoustic track “Sedona,” and loving reinterpretations of songs by artists like The Beatles and Louis Armstrong, with John Legend describing his tone as “magical” and Billboard praising his “earnest, uplifting presence.”
Artis has played alongside modern icons Jack Johnson and Train, and The Zac Brown Band, as well as toured extensively with his brother, Ron Artis II. He’s also was a featured artist at Bottlerock Music Festival, according to his website.
Thunderstorm Artis Age
Singer-songwriter Thunderstorm Artis was born on December 21, 1995 in Kailua, Hawaii.
Thunderstorm Artis Real Name
Thunderstorm Artis is his real name. Speaking about his name, Thunderstorm told the HONOLULU Magazine: “My parents thought they were having twins, so they were going to name one Thunder and one Storm. But it was just me.”
He added: “I love it! I feel it has power behind it and I try to use that energy when I perform, since I am naturally shy. It’s fun when I order something at Starbucks or when I travel—people always question if that’s my real name.”
Thunderstorm Artis Parents
Thunderstorm Artis is the son of Ron and Victoria Artis. His father, Ron Artis, was a celebrated Hawaii artist, known for painting more than 850 murals and resurrecting battered surfboards, including tributes to pro surfers Andy Irons, Kelly Slater and John John Florence, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. His dad died in 2010 after suffering a heart attack when Thunderstorm was 14 years old, and he started singing as a method of grieving.
Thunderstorm Artis Family
Thunderstorm Artis was born and raised in a large musical family on the North Shore of Oahu. His father, Ron Artis, worked with writer/producer Norman Whitfield at Motown and toured with Shalamar, and his mother, Victoria Artis, was a singer with an affinity for opera and jazz who worked with Lionel Richie.
Thunderstorm has 10 siblings; Stephanie, Ron II, Victor, Stevon, PraiseJesus, Spirit, Martis, Kailua, American and Artis. He and his siblings formed a family band and would perform at their father’s art gallery, attracting tourists from all over the world.
Thunderstorm Artis Wife
Thunderstorm Artis is married to his wife Faith Artis McMaster, who’s from Australia. He got married in 2020 just four months after they met.
“My wife Faith first came into my life right when I had just done my blind audition for The Voice,” Artis told PEOPLE. “We met randomly at a concert. At the time, I didn’t think that true love really existed. And to my surprise, she came into my life and tore down a lot of these walls.”
The singer-songwriter was inspired by his wife Faith to write the song “Surprise”.
“We wrote ‘Surprise’ together in Nashville during the middle of last year,” Artis about the song he penned alongside Gabe Simon and Elsa Curran. “I knew I wanted to write a song about my wife. When you listen to the song, I just want people to be able to picture real love and how it enters your life.”
The Hawaii native lives in Nashville, Tenn., with his wife Faith and their two children, Ezekiel, born in June 2022, and Zion, born in September 2024.
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Thunderstorm Artis’ Instagram handle is @thunderstormartis.
