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michael giurato
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illustrative
black and gray
Chicago, United States
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Gallery
Suggested reads
Article
A Deep Dive on Early European, British and American Tattooers
From Sutherland MacDonald to Bert Grimm, a history of the early tattooers who helped shape American traditional and Western tattooing.
Article
WWII Tattoos: From Holocaust Markings to Sailors and Soldiers
How WWII shaped tattoo culture, from the personal symbols of sailors and soldiers to the forced numbering of prisoners at Auschwitz.
Interview
In conversation with Arthur Marques
Queer bodies & bold colour shape a practice spanning tattoos, paintings & prints. He reflects on creative freedom, finding community & learning to see himself as an artist.
Article
The Hidden Language of Wabori
A field guide to the dragons, warriors & blossoms of Japanese tattooing: what the classic motifs stand for, and the quiet logic that binds them into a single design.
Interview
In conversation with Egi Selja
On freehand tattooing, client trust, intuitive drawing, creative freedom & finding a place between the tattoo studio & the gallery.
Suggested studios
Great Lakes Tattoo Chicago
chicago, united states
Taylor Street Tattoo
chicago, united states
Dark Heart Tattoo
chicago, united states
Brown Brothers Tattoo
chicago, united states
Timeless Tattoos
chicago, united states
Logan Square Tattoo
chicago, united states
Suggested artists
Mike McGuire
chicago, united states
Emily May
chicago, united states
Eamonn Carey
chicago, united states
Jeff Frosty Fraas
chicago, united states
Mike Attack
chicago, united states
Nicole
chicago, united states