Top Featured Artists for 2010

Mario Barth

In addition to his many achievements in tattooing, retiring from the professional competition circuit after winning over 200 tattooing awards, Mario is the host and producer of The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

With over 1,000 artists and over 43,000 attendees last year, this convention set the Guinness World Record for the largest tattoo convention in history.

Baba

Background was hanging with Jon Shaw for a long ass time annoying him with 1,000,000 fucking questions, learning about placement, spacing, color theories, etc... Moving back to LA and going to LA Tattoo. There I learned more from the crew there. Everytime I work a convention or do a guest appearance I learn from the people around me.

Boris from Hungary

Boris from Hungary is known for his realistic, painterly tattoos that feel like they are literally jumping off the skin. He has developed his own color palette through INTENZE products, and tattoos at his studios and conventions all over the world.

Mike Demasi

Mike Demasi is the Chief Tattoo Artist and owner of Art Junkies in Los Angeles. His unique color palette and use of lighting in tattoos is unprecedented. He has developed his own color palette through INTENZE products, and tattoos at his studio and conventions all over the world.

Mike Devries

In addition to owning and operating MD Tattoo Studio in Northridge, California, and I am involved either as owner or co-owner of the following: Memento Publishing, Reflected Art, and Stencil Stuff. I am honored to be an award-winning artist, garnering approximately 130 awards in the first seven years that I have been tattooing. And the accomplishment I am most proud of is being happily married to my beautiful wife Serena, and a father to our awesome son, Kyle.

Crazy Philadelphia Eddie

As one of the founding fathers of modern tattooing, Crazy Philadelphia Eddie has been an integral part of the industry in New York City and Los Angeles his entire life.

Eddie has some of the most legendary stories and is a huge part of major events in tattooing over the last several decades.

Gill Monte

I became interested in tattoos in 1969 and began poking them in by hand. I joined the Marine Corps in 1971 and got out in 1973. I started an apprenticeship in 1974 in Southern California with Doc Dog and never turned back. I've tattooed all over the world the last 35 years.

Tattoo Mania originated in Hollywood, California in 1990 and relocated to Beaumont, Texas in 2001. Tattoo Mania is a shop that takes pride in its work and is a great place to get a quality tattoo or become a tattooer.

Horitoshi 1

Horitoshi 1 is a master of the ancient art of tebori, a traditional Japanese technique of tattoo that dates back for centuries. He holds the secrets to many of the ancient techniques and mythology of Japanese tattooing. Although his style of tattoo has been around for centuries, Horitoshi chooses Intenze colors for his tattoos as they provide him with the best creative results.

Lyle Tuttle

Lyle Tuttle opened his first tattoo-shop on 7th street in San Francisco near the Greyhound Bus station in 1960. Lyle has been almost solely responsible for bringing tattooing into the main stream.

He appeared in the 1970’s on the Late Show with Johnny Carson, and was also photographed by the world-renowned photographer Annie Lebowitz for Rolling Stone Magazine. His clientele included Janis Joplin, Cher, Peter Fonda. Lyle worked to help come up with modern and standardized techniques for the sterilization of tattooing equipment.

Mark Mahoney

Mark Mahoney is one of the most iconic tattoo artists of our time. He is currently the proprietor and premier artist of the Shamrock Social Club, located in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard.

His career spans three decades, during which he has been a major influence in each wave of change that tattoo culture has experienced in mainstream America. Mark was there during the underground punk scene of the 70’s, during the black and gray movement of East L.A. in the 80’s, and now during the mainstream popularity of tattoo art in the Hollywood scene.

Nikko Hurtado

Nikko Hurtado has been tattooing since 2002. He works at Ignition Tattoo in Apple Valley, California. He has appeared as a guest on LA Ink and Tattoo Wars. He has released a DVD called Tattooing Portraits with Nikko Hurtado.

Nikko Hurtado was born in San Fernando Valley, California in 1981. He has a wife named Joanne and a daughter named Lucy.

Petelo Suluape

Petelo Suluape is a member of the Suluape family of Samoa, famous for their traditional tatau method of tattooing. He has been tattooing for decades and all around the world.

Peter Suluape

Peter Suluape is a member of the Suluape family of Samoa, famous for their traditional tatau method of tattooing. He is the son of Petelo Suluape and also tattoos around the world.

Pili Mo'o

Pili Mo'o is trained in the tatau method of tattooing. He lives and works in Spain but travels around the world to tattoo.

Roman Abrego

Roman Abrego lives and tattoos in Yucaipa, California.

Bill Salmon

Bill Salmon lives and works in San Francisco, California, where he owns Diamond Club Tattoo. He has been tattooing since the 70's.

Phillip Spearman

Phillip Spearman is an award-winning, world-renown tattoo artist who quickly climbed his own ladder to the top, becoming one of the most widely sought-after professionals in the business today.

Spearman started tattooing friends at the age of 21. He then devoted his ink practice to all of his time where he sharpened his skills before opening InkWorks Tattoo and Body Piercing in Artesia, Calif. 6 years later in 2002.

Bowery Stan Moskowitz

Bowery Stan Moskowitz is one of the original tattooers from the New York City Bowery. Tattooing since 1948 when he was still just a kid, he grew up fast and he grew up tough.

Known for his ball peen hammer kept nearby as a self-defense tool, Stan is anything but a frail man. His toughness is only proceeded by his ability to tattoo for days on end just like in the old days when he depended on that money to make a living.

Bob Tyrell

I was 34 years old when I started – a little late in the game, but better late than never! Tom Renshaw took me under his wing. Tom went WAY out of his way to help me, he really pushed me those first couple of years. I learned more from him than anyone in the business, and I’ll be forever grateful to him and Tramp – I owe them a lot. I stayed at Eternal for six years. I am currently working on the road doing tattoo conventions and guest spots at tattoo shops.

Lukas Zpira

Lukas Zpira began his artistic career in 1992, at age 26. It was upon the presentation of two charcoal sketches that he was accepted as a member of the art collective "ADADA" in Avignon, which consists of about 30 artists of various influences. It was with the help and support of Daniel Romanie, founder and director of the collective, that he made his first real artistic experiments: paintings, sculptures, installations, writings, and photography.