Scott Campbell
Artist
Louisiana-born Scott Campbell is known throughout the world as a tattoo artist. After abandoning a career as a biochemist at the University of Texas, he fled to San Francisco, and began tattooing. He learned the craft at Picture Machine, one of the oldest shops in California. He now owns and operates Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose client list includes New York's art and design elite, fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, and a long roster of celebrities including Heath Ledger, Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, Helena Christensen, and Penelope Cruz.
In recent years, he has gained much acclaim from fine art communities worldwide for his work in media other than skin, including intricately carved sculptures made out of US currency, a series of watercolour paintings based on his experiences during a six-week stay in a maximum security prison in Mexico City, and graphite drawings done on the insides of eggshells.
Louisiana-born Scott Campbell is known throughout the world as a tattoo artist. After abandoning a career as a biochemist at the University of Texas, he fled to San Francisco, and began tattooing. He learned the craft at Picture Machine, one of the oldest shops in California. He now owns and operates Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose client list includes New York's art and design elite, fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, and a long roster of celebrities including Heath Ledger, Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, Helena Christensen, and Penelope Cruz.
In recent years, he has gained much acclaim from fine art communities worldwide for his work in media other than skin, including intricately carved sculptures made out of US currency, a series of watercolour paintings based on his experiences during a six-week stay in a maximum security prison in Mexico City, and graphite drawings done on the insides of eggshells.
