Singapore’s First Tattoo Show Starts Friday
The 2009 Singapore Tattoo Show kicks off this weekend, January 9 - 11 at the Singapore Expo. Showcasing tattoo artists and industry experts from around the world, this convention is the first of its kind in Singapore, and thought to be among the largest tattoo conventions in Asia.
Convention highlights include guest artists Chris Garver of Miami Ink, horror master Paul Booth of Last Rights Tattoo in New York, and Bob Tyrell of Night Gallery in Detroit. While the guest lineup sounds like a typical large American tattoo convention, it is anything but that. Thailand’s Reverend Ar Jahn Tong, one of the most respected Thai Buddhist Elders in Asia, is making a special appearance to educate conventiongoers on the spiritual aspects of tattooing.
Of course, typical tattoo-convention fare will abound: tattoo contests, trade seminars, and live tattooing are all a part of the show. This convention should prove to be anything but typical, as vistors will also be treated to world-renowned Lion Dance and Dragon Dance performances.
Convention organizers hope that the convention will help change perceptions about tattooing in Singapore by highlighting the tremendous amount of skill and artistry involved in tattooing.
“The tattoo show is an event that we know will draw different and varied visitors, keen to be educated, experience the art and be entertained. Some enthusiasts travel around the world to take part in tattoo shows, it is a time in which this art is experienced on one’s own skin and, it is difficult not to be affected by the unique atmosphere that makes tattoos a very familiar and easy form of body art for everybody’” said Kirby Lian from Utopia Studio, the Official Event Partner who is also the show’s inspirational mentor.
To learn more, visit the 2009 Singapore Tattoo Show’s Official Site:
January 13th, 2009 at 1:07 am
I would have loved to have been at that show. Talk about a cultural overload.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I’ve got to figure out how to get my blog to look more professional like this one.