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Emily Lang
Emily Lang
(b. Anchorage, AK)
Lang practices at High Tide Tattoo in Juneau, Alaska.
Arielo Bisco Taylor
Arielo Bisco Taylor
(b. Anchorage, AK)
Taylor works at Body Piercing Unlimited in downtown Anchorage. He learned to tattoo from a friend and has been practicing professionally ever since. The linework of his design combines neo-traditional elements of Alaska animals with familiar tattoo forms like roses and skulls.
Carlos Figueroa
Carlos Figueroa
(b. Morelos, Mexico)
Figueroa and his wife both practice at Primal Instinct Tattoo, in Anchorage. Figueroa’s design combines the imagery of Alaska wildlife with geometric patterning.
Chantell Lillard
Chantell Lillard
(b. Soldotna, AK)
Lillard has worked as a tattooist at Warhorn Tattoo, in Palmer, Alaska, since 2013. It was her childhood dream to become a tattoo artist.
Elizabeth Lent
Elizabeth Lent
(b. Fort Sill, OK)
Lent works at Ultra Violence Tattoo in Anchorage, Alaska, and this is her first year in the industry. She feels that tattooing “found her.”
Erin Fowler
Erin Fowler (Scott?)
Scott has been tattooing at Ultra Violence Tattoo in Anchorage for five years.
Holly Nordlum
Holly Nordlum
(b. Kotzebue/Qikiktagruq)
Nordlum is a tatoo artist based in Anchorage, Alaska. This design represents traditional healing and bringing Inuit peoples together.
Jake Scrivner
Jake Scrivner
(b. Anchorage, Alaska)
Scrivner is the owner of Ultra Violence Tattoo in Anchorage. His passion for getting tattoos led him into the profession, and he has now been working in the industry for 13 years. His design was created with Micron and Copic markers and represents a chrysanthemum and a girl.
James Allen
James Allen
(b. Anchorage, Alaska)
Allen is the son of Larry Allen, founder of the Anchorage Tattoo Studio by Larry Allen. His father started the shop in 1975, so Allen grew up around tattooing, traveling to conventions and visiting different studios. He began tattooing after high school and has been a practicing tattooist for 25 years.
Miss Jenn
Miss Jenn
(b. Anchorage, AK)
Kasha Palmer
Kasha Palmer
(b. Anchorage, Alaska)
Palmer has a background in industrial design education and has been practicing tattoo for 11 years. This design was inspired by a Tlingit fur-lined bag with the artist’s clan crest on the front. The Tlingit eagle in the background represents the Kagwantan clan.
Kein Cruser
Kein Cruser
(b. Shimizu, Japan)
Cruser is currently an apprentice at Anchorage Tattoo Studio. He grew up skateboarding and doing graffiti in Southern California. Those creative outlets transformed into wanting to make tattoos. By the time he graduated high school, he was sure he wanted to create tattoos for a living.
Kevin Harden
Kevin Harden
(b. Bremerton, WA)
Harden practices at The Hole Look in Anchorage. He has been working in tattoo for 28 years, and is drawn to the profession for its creativity, variety, and rebelliousness. This design was inked traditionally with a variety of pens for different effects. It is inspired by the form of an animal skull, morphing into organic forms.
Laura Craver
Laura Craver
(b. Anchorage, Alaska)
Craver first worked at the counter in tattoo shop and fell in love with tattooing as a means of self-expression. She has been tattooing at Primal Instinct in Anchorage for nine years. Her design was created for a client who wanted to celebrate their love all things related to the Alaska wilderness.
Lui Tall
Lui Tall
(b. American Samoa)
Tall grew up around tattoo in the Polynesian community and has been practicing tattoo since 1996, most recently at Lal Uso Tattoo shop in Anchorage. His design depicts a stylized Alaska salmon.
Chongo
Nathaniel Chongo
(b. Long Beach, California)
Chango has been working at Tatau in Anchorage for ten years. His design represents Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of death.
Reed Leslie
Reed Leslie
(b. Colorado)
Leslie is the owner of Reed Ink in Anchorage, Alaska, and has been working in the industry for 26 years.
Sarah Whalen
Sarah Whalen
(b. Wabash, Indiana)
Whalen-Lunn is a tattoo artist based in Anchorage, Alaska. This drawing, Solstice, depicts evening releasing her grip on our world and opening back up to the sun, siqiñiq, in Iñupiaq.
Danielle Figueroa
Danielle Figueroa
(b. Redding, CA)
Figueroa practices at Primal Instinct Tattoo, in Anchorage, where she has been working for fourteen years. She went into tattooing as a way to professionalize her art-making and connect with people in an intimate way. This design was created for an Alaska hunter, representing the skull of a moose he took down and used to provide food for his family.
Shara Diamond
Shara Diamond
(b. Anchorage, Alaska)
Diamond has been working at The Hole Look for three years. She got into tattoo because she loves art and working with people. She was mentored by tattoo artist Dave Lang. Her design features American Traditional tattoo imagery. The mythical woman in the center represents the spirit of an artist. The falcon represents her dedication, love and respect for her craft. The Latin phrase Ars Longa, Vita Brevis means "Art is Long (forever), Life is Short."
William White
William White
(b. Mendocino, CA)
White tattoos at Primal Instinct Tattoo in Anchorage, and has been working in the industry for eight years. White was inspired to get into tattooing by his older sister. This design was the result of a commision to represent the mythological story of Persephone and Hades.