TATTOO YOU
Exhibition Dates: May 21 – June 26, 2022
Juror: Kevin Chen
Arts Benicia invites artists and tattoo artists to submit artwork related to tattoos for a juried exhibition in 2022. All media accepted.
Tattoos play an important role in shaping human culture by visually expressing a culture, defining and refining identities, and more importantly, providing a language to aid in self-expression. Tattoos have been a subject of taboo, badges of honor, a sign of defiance, a tribute, and even a reminder of a personal event. Is there a correlation between graffiti, cave markings, scarification, and the tattoo? “Tattoo You” seeks to find the “artistry” behind tattoos through drawings, paintings, and photographs that can highlight the unique collaboration between the tattoo artist and the client resulting in a meaningful statement of “I am/was here,” “I matter,” “I belong.”
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
Friday, March 18, 2022 (10:59 Pacific Time)
EXHIBITION LOCATION:
Arts Benicia, 1 Commandant's Lane,
Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, CA 94510
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Photography by Michael Dare