RESIDENT ARTISTS OF CONSTELLATION

MARLOW (WOLFGORE)

Marlow was raised in both Portland and the lush islands of Hawaii. The artwork and tattoos they create references the dense jungle foliage and variety of East Asian culture found in the state. Marlow moved to Portland in 2015 to learn to tattoo, and bring a lifetime of artwork to skin. With work that ranges from grotesque and emotional to botanical and natural, Marlow is trying to add a new sort of feeling with tattooing- one that respects, acknowledges cultural imagery, one that allows for things not conventionally seen as beautiful to the western and common eye to become more than that, one that remains accessible and allows all sorts of people to enjoy tattoos regardless of their background or social standing, and one that strays from both the boys' club stereotype and the exclusionary and expensive side of tattooing. As someone who is both queer and a person of color, this is a goal Marlow tries to achieve with every encounter.

Marlow is most frequently at the shop working, drawing, or at home hanging out with their kickass roommates.

IG: @wolfgore

AB MOORE (VALLEY)

AB Moore is a trans non-binary interdisciplinary artist from the Carolinas, who specializes in both freehand and custom illustrative black linework tattoos. AB graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013 with a BFA in painting, and began tattooing in the winter of 2014, learning and sharing skills of the trade amongst artists and friends in Baltimore before chasing the sun to the west coast in 2015. Tattooing saved their life; they view tattooing as a way to hold radical space for healing, transformation, sharing and transmuting ideas, and connecting with community.

AB's work features fantastic creatures drawn to fit the landscape of the body, rendered with special attention to line weight, texture, and movement. They are inspired by esoteric archetypes, illustrative symbology, folk narratives, and storytelling, with a style informed by elements of psychedelia, vintage bookplates and a variety of printmaking techniques and print history, as well as by collaboration with their clients. AB also makes drawings, shrinky-dinks, comics, flyers, and sculptures from a home studio. In their spare time, AB can be found admiring the desert, planning road trips, treasuring their rock collection, taking photos, and making mixtapes for friends.

Booking info for A-B can be found at
http://www.abmtattoo.com

IG: @v_a_l_l_e_y