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Colour photograph of Josie tattooing a client

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
 

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