Did you miss the year’s LadiesLadies! Art Show? Don’t worry, we’re sharing some of the artwork from international female tattooers featured at the 2019 exhibition held in New York:
LadiesLadies! Art Show 2019
Opening reception and silent auction
Saturday, October 26, 2019, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m
Three Kings Tattoo, 343 E 10th St. New York, New York 10009
International female tattooers participate in benefit fundraiser for Planned Parenthood NYC
The 6th installment of the groundbreaking LadiesLadies! Art Show, a female-only collective exhibit showcasing the fine art of international female tattooers, curated by Elvia Iannaccone Gezlev, a tattoo artist, author of “Ladies of tattooing” and photographer, whose work has appeared in numerous tattoo magazines and tattoo blogs, and Kate Archer, unapologetic artist and representative of the queer side of female tattooers.
The 2019 show will present a selection of art from cutting edge tattoo artists, some of them identifying as queer; they represent the changing landscape of inclusivity within modern-day tattooing. What was once a male-dominated industry has evolved thanks to female and LGBTQ artists, who are creating safe and creative spaces for people of all genders, identities, races and body types, to get tattooed. Together they keep the tradition alive and kicking!
50 artists are donating their art (originals and/or prints) to the fundraising event. Tattooers and artists include; Claudia DeSabe (who also designed this year poster art!), Sunny Buick, Anka Lavriv, Zoe Bean, Linn Aasne, Lara Scotton, Lorena Morato, Drew Linden, Rosie Evans, Kati Vaughn, Marina Inoue, Jen Carmean, Tara Zep, Tina Lugo, Baylen Levore, Karrie Arthurs, Michela Bottin, Kate Collins, Amy Shapiro, and Dawn Cooke.
NYC: Ladies Ladies Art Show
Ladies, Ladies
International group art show featuring
more than 50 female artists from the tattoo world!
Sept 15th to Oct 7th, 2018
MF Gallery: 213 Bond St. Brooklyn, New York
(Opening Party Saturday September 15th, 7-10pm
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Curated by Elzia Iannaccone Gezlev and Martina Secondo Russo
The event was born as a platform to show the diversity of art in the feminine universe of professional tattooing. The tattoo scene has been historically a male dominated playground, but in the last 30 years or so, the number of women in the tattooing industry has grown exponentially and like never before. Tattooing itself has gone from being a subculture practice to a widespread cultural/social phenomenon. As the number of people getting tattooed has grown, so has the massive presence of many talented women choosing tattooing as their professional career and their creative voice!
Participating artists:
Cloditta, Kate Collins, Lara Scotton, Katya Krasnova, Elvia Guadian, Pat Sinatra, Virginia Elwood, Miss Juliet, Danielle Rose, Zoe Bean, Gill Gold, Anna Sandberg, Electric Martina, Debra Yarian, Kari Barba, Totemica, Denise de la Cerda, Sara Mae, Dorothy Lyczek, Jen Carmean, Itoyo, Olivia Olivier, Ol Ash, Cindy Stroemple
, Gaia Leone, Johanna Elvira
, Sara Purr, Karen Glass
, Drew Linden
, Valeria Marinaci, Holly Ellis
, Shannon Marie
, Brittany Bauza
, Claudia Ducalia
, Inma Alted
, Stina Sardinha
, Lady Bonsai
, Emma Griffiths
, Krista Cheri
, Sara Antoinette Martin
, Linn Aasne
, Anna Melo
, Magie Serpica
, Rose Whittaker
, Dawn Cooke
, Jemma Jones, Minka Sicklinger, Anem Illus, Erin Lavinia, Federica Ferrera, Margaux Ulrich, Jackie Dunn Smith, Blair Maxine Hewitt, Erica Flannes, Katie Gray, Holly Ashby, Miss Elvia and Martina Secondo Russo.
Art by Gaia Leone
Art by Dawn Cooke
Art by Totemica
Art by Katie Gray
Ladies! Ladies! Art Show
Ladies! Ladies! Art Show, curated by Miss Elvia, Emma Griffiths and Pat Sinatra, promises to be extra special this year (it is now in its fourth year). It recognises generations of women tattooers, and a portion of the profits will go to a great cause.
Here’s what Miss Elvia had to say about this year’s LLAS:
This year especially we made an effort to contact a few more women who have been tattooing 20+ years, such as Vyvyn Lazonga, Debra Yarian, Jennie Peace, Debbie Lenz, Miss Roxy, Judy Parker, Bev Robinson (aka Cindy Ray), Shanghai Kate Hellenbrandt and more. Along with them, works by other well respected names in tattooing include Jill Bonny, Hanna Sandstrom, Monica Moses, Virginia Elwood, MaryJoy, Megan Kargher, Anna Waychoff, Miranda Lorberer, Sabine Gaffron, Titine Leu — and more, including new upcoming talents.
We are also very excited because this year’s art show is also a fundraiser to help Charlene Anne Gibbons — daughter of the famous Charles and Artoria Gibbons — raise money to publish the book about her parents true story. We will have many prints priced to sell, as well as originals, and other items for tattoo collectors, for example, […] original Sailor Jerry acetates, courtesy of Kate Hellenbrandt. So this is a chance to get together, meet some of the artists, view and buy tattooers’ art and support a cause!
The opening is on 11 June and takes place Forget Me Not Tattoo in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, from 7 to 11pm. It’s free and open to all. The works will be on view and for sale every weekend until mid-July. For more information visit their website.