Posts belonging to Category Artist Profiles

Josh Egnew


Josh Egnew is a Brooklyn, NY based tattooer. He specializes in creating unique, custom tattoos that are tailored to suit the clients individual desires. With cleanliness a top priority, Egnew strives to make solid tattoos that both stand apart and last a lifetime.







Visit Josh Egnew’s website at: http://joshegnew.com

Dylan XVX


Dylan XVX is an activist, artist and printmaker who grew up in the punk and hardcore scene of Northeast Pennsylvania. At an early age he began exploring forms of print and image making to create album art and designs for shirts and patches to be used by local bands. His current work is made primarily through techniques in screen-printing, woodcuts, and drawings. Common themes in Dylan’s work include the conservation of animals, cannibalism, human extinction, the decline of civilization, and the occult.







Check out Dylan XVX’s website at: http://www.dylanxvx.com

Kore Flatmo


Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, PluraBella was established in 1999 as a private studio for Kore Flatmo to create and promote tattoos tailored to the individual. Kore travels regularly, often to his native Los Angeles and occasionally to shops and conventions around the country and the world. Entering his 18th year of tattooing and hoping for 30 more, he would like to express his gratitude and appreciation for all those that have, and continue to, make all this possible.


Joining him as a tattooist at PluraBella is his wife Brenda, a talented artist of 13 years experience and infinite patience, a prerequisite to work alongside Kore. With the addition two and a half years ago of shop manager Kim Roberts, everyone here is excited and optimistic about the environment we’ve created and our ability to do our jobs well.







Check out Kore Flatmo’s website at: http://www.plurabella.com

Kenn TwoFour


A restless spirit fueled by heavy riffs and heavier burritos, Kenn Twofour is a self-taught artist based in Atlanta, GA. His visual work is an extension of his decades-long involvement with the underground DIY hardcore punk community. Utilizing screenprinting and woodworking in their construction, his pieces combine the stark “blown-out” aesthetic of early punk iconography with elements of heavy metal album art, ancient religious runes, and ’80s skateboard graphics to create a vivid exploration of symbols and the meanings we attach to them.







Check out Kenn TwoFour’s website at: http://www.kenntwofour.com.

Jerry Vigil


Jerry Vigil is a Denver based Chicano artist that specializes in the artwork of the celebration of “El dia de los Muertos” or Day of the Dead. (not to be confused with the movie at all!) The Day of the Dead’s use of the skeletal image can be traced back to the Aztec and other Mesoamerican empires.The whimsical use of the skeleton was first portrayed by Jose Guadalupe Posada around the turn of the last century and is now the anchor of the skeleton usage.


Jerry’s artwork ranges from paper mache to tattoos to sculpture to carving to print work. The goal is to contemporize the appeal of the traditional work using modern materials and methods. Jerry has exhibited his artwork internationally and around the U.S. as well as Denver. Jerry recently picked up his third “Westword’s Best of Denver” award for 2009. A number of Museums hold Jerry’s artwork.
Jerry is know in Denver as the “Dean of the Dead” for his annual exhibitions of the Day of the Dead. Jerry has co-authored a craft book on creating art for the celebration called and is always looking for different ways to re-express the celebration of the ancestors.







Check out Jerry Vigil’s website at: http://www.vigilarte.net

Santos


Santos is an illustrator based out of Seattle, enjoys long walks, loves his wife, art, skulls, anger, heavy detail, stabbing, and hockey, can usually be found at or near his art table, been doing art in the punk and metal scenes for 17 years, has worked with bands such as High On Fire, Kylesa, Neurosis, Shrinebuilder, A Life Once Lost, Catheter, Sunn O))), Noisear, Yob, and Deadbird, and doesn’t really like to use computers to make art.







Check out Santos’ website at: http://eyebleedink.blogspot.com

John Bicknell


John Bicknell is the owner and a tattoo artist at Steel City Tattoo in Bethlehem, PA. Along with his excellent tattoo work, John paints and works on designs for various projects. We recently featured a stellar design he did for Old Skull Skateboards.







You can check out more of John Bicknell’s work at: http://www.myspace.com/johnbicknell24

Brian Mercer


“You’re an artist who does no art”


That was perhaps the most influential thing anyone has ever said to me. I had always been involved in art. Since I was small, all the way through teen and college years, but I strayed. I spent years running around Philadelphia with my head on fire; sampling drugs and booze, fraternizing with stoners, strippers, gangsters, metal heads and punks, and meanwhile finding myself in the music of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, and the Allman Brothers. Plus, I discovered punk through the religion of skateboarding. All the while, I was surrounded by the art of comic books, punk flyer art, and skate zines. Still, something was missing. I couldn’t find happiness in what turned out to be an experimental lifestyle, and I had no stability. Then, my brother Kevin and a friend (thanx Matt) held me down and told me I wasn’t following my true calling in life, art. I can’t thank them enough.


So I got to work, but as is usual in most things in my life, I had to find my own way (the hard way). I focused and fooled around with different mediums. I started incorporating everything that influenced me and put it into my sketches, paintings, and finally my posters. Soon bands started to take notice. Down and Alabama Thunderpussy gave me initial support. Since then, I have been blessed with being able to work with bands that I love and respect. Plus, I found exciting new bands and friends along the way. I am truly lucky. The small triumphs that I have accomplished have allowed me to expand on my wildest dreams. Any support I have now, or in the future, is greatly appreciated. Thanks for stopping by!







You can check out Brian Mercer’s website at: http://mercerrock.com

Grime


To tattoo enthusiasts, Grime needs no introduction. But, to the uninitiated, let’s just say that the Grime Monster is one of the best in the business. From his absolutely insane tattoo work to his clothing company, Black Claw, Grime pumps out some of the best lines you’ll ever see. His shop is called the Skull and Sword, so you know we’re down!







Check out Grime’s website at: http://www.grimemonster.com

Scott Move


“I live and work somewhere in between the day to day grind and the darkness of my brain. In daily limbo, I create pen and ink drawings to let the demons out to whoever will have them. I am inspired by my hatred for the modern world, and by Black Sabbath. Contact me and I will draw for you.”







You can visit Scott Move’s website at: http://isawnothing.blogspot.com