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My Vision

My purpose as a handpoke tattoo artist is to transform the perception of tattooing within the wider culture, so that it is viewed as a truly legitimate art form alongside mediums such as painting and sculpture.

 

I would like to do this because I believe in handpoke tattooing as a deeply profound, prescient and dynamic medium that has been a part of the human creative experience since prehistory.

 

Handpoke tattooing is an important and beautiful art form that should no longer be marginalised and overlooked.

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I would like to see handpoke tattooing recognised by the world's leading art institutions, prizes, critics and historians, as well as by cultural leaders more generally. â€‹â€‹

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From a wider perspective I see the medium of tattooing and the need for it to 'emerge from the shadows', as analogous to a necessity for The Artist more generally, to come to the fore within culture. 

 

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Samuel Mead is a self taught tattoo artist, writer and educator originally from the Sussex Downs, living and working for the last 15 years in South East London. 

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In addition to tattooing, Samuel has recorded numerous albums of poetry over music (Spotify link in footer), written a published collection of short stories and held many exhibitions and performances of his art practices in multiple countries. He has been renowned for his prolific and wide ranging artistic oeuvre which also includes street art, painting, collage, piano as well as experimental, intra-disciplinary forms of his own invention.

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In recent years, Samuel has also worked with a number of mentees, helping them to develop their own creative practices as well as instructing a number of people in the technique of handpoke tattooing.

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Prior to becoming a full time artist, Samuel played semi-professional basketball in the UK and attended university in Boston, USA as a basketball and soccer player, while majoring in Creative Writing.​​

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