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Jarrett DeMartino has been tattooing for twelve years in both NYC and Los Angeles. He was raised on Long Island, heavy metal, and skateboarding. While earning his BFA at School of Visual Arts in NYC, he apprenticed under Bayoan "Bee" Cortes. After tattooing in NY for several years, Jarrett relocated to Southern Califonia where he managed Jason Brown's S.T. Tattoo Studio in Venice (Suicidal Tendencies Tattoo).
Jarrett currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Wendy and German Shepherd, Ulla. His private gallery and tattoo studio, Solid Gallery One is located in South Hollywood. There Jarrett tattoos by appointment only and exhibits group and solo shows in the gallery. His tattoo studio exclusively hosts guest tattooists.
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At Solid Gallery One, Jarrett presents a clean, one on one environment for his clients to achieve their vision. He enjoys the collaborative process between artist and client, and is committed to exceeding his clients expectations when it comes to creating work that is specific to them. Jarrett works in and blends multiple tattooing styles, as if able to speak different visual languages. Following the traditional formulas of tattooing, he constantly bends the rules to make something new and unique. Typically he works on large extensive pieces, but he'll welcome work of any size.
Jarrett's work spans skin, canvas or whatever he can get an image to adhere to. He strives to be an all terrain vehicle in all aspects of his life and his art. Jarrett has been featured in numerous publications and has done custom tattoos and/or commissioned artwork for such clients as: Busta Rhymes, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Ian Watkins of Lost Prophets, Keith Gibbs of Sasquatch, Type O Negative, Machine Head, Playboy, Darkstar Skateboards, and more...
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photo credit: Robin Perine |
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Lover of any board sport, you will find Jarrett either on the mountain, at the park, or in the water when he's not with his family, at the drawing table or playing metal with his band. Jarrett does a tattoo convention about every two months, and his artwork is featured regularly in Southern California group art shows.
He has also participated as an artist in the international Art Fusion Experiment at Alex Grey's COSM in NYC.
To view an online archive of event photos, media and art collaborations click here.
please visit bloodshovel.com to check out more of Jarrett's work...
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