Josie Keable (Unicorn Vomit Tattoo) is an Illustrator & Tattoo Artist, who currently lives in a seaside town along the South Coast. They love to explore the natural shapes and colours the world provides, whilst also referencing popular culture.
They graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a First class degree in BA (Hons) Illustration in 2018 and also completed the training requirements to be recognised as an 'Adobe Certified Associate, Visual Design Specialist CC 2015'. They were involved with Aspex Gallery’s ‘Surface Tension’ and ‘PONToon’ projects and also helped out with their weekly ‘Mini Makers’ workshops. When exhibiting at New Designers 2018, they were awarded the ‘Belmond Loves!’ award.
Josie began their career in tattooing in 2018 and is currently tattooing out of Old Sarum Tattoo & Piercing, Salisbury, and The Unseen Tattoo Club, Portsmouth. Here they do vegan-friendly, cruelty-free tattoos. Not one to limit themselves, Josie likes to work in an array of styles including anime/manga, dotwork, watercolour, brushwork and traditional.
UPCOMING EVENTS/GUEST SPOTS/EXHIBITIONS
Anime TattCon NI, Belfast, 29th & 30th March 2025
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Portsmouth Tattoo Fest, Portsmouth, 28th & 29th September 2024
LOOK UP, Portsmouth, 14th & 15th September 2024
Download Festival 2023
Portsmouth Tattoo Fest, Portsmouth, 1st & 2nd April 2023
Download Festival 2022
PREVIOUS GUEST SPOTS
Skins & Needles, Middlesbrough, August 2024
True Love Tattoos, Norwich, April 2024
Skunx Tattoo, London, October 2023
True Love Tattoos, Norwich, August 2023
True Love Tattoos, Norwich, February 2023
True Love Tattoos, Norwich, October 2022
The Unseen Tattoo Club, Portsmouth, May 2022
Scorpio Mars, London, April 2022
AWARDS
Belmond Loves! New Designers Award, 2018
Adobe Certified Associate Visual Design Specialist CC 2015, 2018
EXHIBITIONS
Decay: Rise Collective Hanoi 2021, Vietnam (Please click here to view event)
Artsmouth Gallery, Online (Please click here to view) 15th January - 28th January 2021
Stencibility Släp! Sticker Exhibition 2019, Tartu
Masters of Illustration Fundraiser 2018, Southsea
New Designers 2018, London
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries Graduate Show 2018, Portsmouth
Stencibility Släp! Sticker Exhibition 2018, Tartu
Substance: Portsmouth Artist Book Event 2018, Portsmouth
Mail Art Collection 2016, Portsmouth