Born in San Antonio, Texas, Kingsley Van Zandt (he/him) operates out of Richmond, Virginia as a tattoo artist and illustrator. Occasionally he can be sighted at various cities across the US in various conventions, selling art and getting inspiration in the natural wonders all around us while he's at it.

His work focuses on natural elements, especially botanicals and the relationship with life, decay, and the odd ways nature remembers us, but he has a wide range of subjects and topics that he likes to work with. His favourite animals to draw are under-represented weirdos, like fish and insects, and he specialises in colour illustrative tattooing.

Tattoo work is shown in the gallery below purely as an example; not all conventions are adequately set up for tattooing. Please feel free to reach out to me at alekivztattoo@gmail.com to discuss regulations and standards for tattooing at your convention if you’d like me to tattoo at your convention!

I am always open to discuss and help out non-tattoo conventions with navigating the necessary paperwork & appropriate set up; I have done multiple tattoo conventions across multiple US states and work in a shop heavily experienced in both international and domestic tattoo conventions.

Examples of Tattooing Work

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