Shifting Modern Culture in the Art of Tattooing, with Madison Shevlin and Julia Picozzi

Shifting Modern Culture in the Art of Tattooing, with Madison Shevlin and Julia Picozzi  
January 11, 2024 @ 2:45-4:00pm

From the dawn of time, humans have been participating in body modifications and expressing themselves through art. Flash forward to 2023 and a tattoo shop is nothing like it was decades ago, full of sailors and bikers. The art of tattooing has been transformed drastically within a relatively short period of time. Keeping up with changes in technology is only one of the major cultural shifts seen by clients and artists alike. Madi, having joined the world of tattooing at age 17, has experienced this evolution firsthand. She works as a full-time tattoo artist and has dedicated much of her work towards trauma informed pieces, thus helping people work through their darkest moments by putting beautiful, personalized art on their bodies. At 23 years old, Madi is the owner of Resilient Visions tattoo shop in Red Bank, NJ, and is working on her art therapy degree at Brookdale Community College. Julia’s senior thesis at Marymount Manhattan College was on tattooing; she is a tech consultant to CL&L.