If you got a tattoo in Anchorage a few decades ago, you likely visited a male owned shop. But that’s changing. Now, female ...

"There are also a lot of female tattoo artists that are working a lot harder than male artists and go above and beyond for their clients—they're kind, accommodating, and professional.

The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the ...

In 2015, she created Ladies of Ink, a nationwide collective of Black female tattoo artists who challenge the status quo. Thomas’s goal was to have a space where Black women could not only ...

Evelyn Lopez, 53, isn’t a tattoo artist herself but has taken the lead in managing the shop and school. “When it came to starting the school, we noticed there was a need for artists to get a ...

But the industry is shifting, and female-led studios run by creative and nurturing women artists are changing the experience of getting a tattoo into something empowering, even ritualistic.

The rise in female tattoo artists has helped create safe spaces for women to explore their artistic vision. Female clients ...