Eva

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What led to your interest in the art of tattooing?

I always loved to create art from a very young age, but I never planned to become a tattoo artist. I was attending art school in Ankara, Turkey when I started creating designs for a local tattoo studio to use, partly to help pay for my schooling. One day my friends at the studio encouraged me to try tattooing and I wound up working five hours straight on a piece. I’ve continued to pursue the craft ever since.

Tell us about the workshops and events your studio, Atelier Eva, hosts!

It’s always been the vision for our studio to be a creative destination that is not solely for tattooing. The name, “Atelier,” speaks to this, as we really wanted to create an artists’ workshop where creatives of all backgrounds can be inspired to create and share their work. We offer figure painting workshops on Sundays with artist Lucas Bononi, host art exhibitions featuring works from local and global artists accompanied by live music, and plan to offer other workshops like floral arranging beginning this summer. We’re very excited about our second annual “Art at Atelier” exhibition coming up on April 25th, as this year we’ve paired some of our resident tattoo artists with the featured painters to collaborate on exclusive tattoo collections inspired by their works, which will be available for booking throughout the month of May.

Do you have a main inspiration for your designs?

My style has changed and evolved quite a bit over the years. Early in my career I was well known for doing cross-stitch style pieces which were a style not often seen in the tattoo industry at the time. This was inspired by my grandmother who was super talented at embroidery and was an amazing woman in general. I then began doing my circular micro-realism designs, which is probably what I’m most known for now. They represent our own worlds and the stories we hold dear in our lives. We each have a window, a small path we love to travel down, and this circle represents that portal to our experiences and dreams. They often feature nature and landscapes, which I take a lot of inspiration from.

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What’s your favorite part about the New York tattoo community?

My favorite thing about the New York tattoo community is that it's in New York! This city has such diversity-- the cultures, arts, and food worlds seem to intersect here. So I think the tattoo community becomes a reflection of that and it's wonderful. If you look at our studio nearly 75% of our artists were born in another country. It seems like every day there's a different language being spoken at our drawing tables.

What's your favorite tattoo you'd designed/given (if you have one!)?

That’s got to be the floral surround I did recently for one of my favorite clients Nick Accardi. The surround is in an oil painting style and was really rewarding for me from a technical standpoint (I did the Van Gogh piece previously).

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