Roxx

Roxx (née Roxanne)[1] is a British-born American tattoo artist, based in Los Angeles, California.[1][2] She is known for recognizable blackout and blackwork tattoos, and for her work with celebrity clients including Machine Gun Kelly and Ricky Martin.[3][4][5]

Roxx's work was included in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibit, Items: Is Fashion Modern? (2018),[6][7] her work is on the cover of Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo (2013, 3rd revised ed.) by Margot Mifflin,[8] and in Black Tattoo Art 2 (2013) by Marisa Kakoulas. She appeared in the documentary, The Colour of Ink (2022),[9] discussing making her own ink and her artistic approach.

She does not work from templates and designs tattoos directly on clients' bodies. She has described her approach as spiritual or therapeutic for clients who are looking to mark a change or alter their relationship to their bodies.[10][11] She was the founder and owner of 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco in 2004, which was later moved to Los Angeles.[1][5][12] Roxx is of Persian, Dutch and German descent, and is a lesbian.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mifflin, Margot (January 25, 2020). "Margot Mifflin: Ink Sessions". Vox Populi. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  2. ^ "Sublimes tatouages de Roxx". Journal du Design (in French). April 18, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  3. ^ Murray, Jason (November 25, 2024). "Shade to Black". Inked.
  4. ^ "Machine Gun Kelly slammed for blackout body tattoo". The Monitor. New York Daily News. February 22, 2024. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Gayomali, Chris (August 17, 2015). "Meet Roxx, the Woman at the Forefront of the Ink World's Coolest Artistic Movement". GQ (interview). Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  6. ^ Nazim, Hafeezah (January 17, 2018). "Meet The Viral Tattoo Artist With An Exhibit At The MoMA". Nylon. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  7. ^ "Has tattoo gone too mainstream?". Dazed. December 12, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  8. ^ Garner, Dwight (July 3, 2013). "Our Bodies, Our Ink". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  9. ^ Gee, Dana (April 6, 2023). "The Write Stuff". The Vancouver Sun. pp. B1. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Mifflin, Margot (January 10, 2014). "Meet the tattooist who is both an artist and a therapist | Aeon Essays". Aeon. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  11. ^ Colchester, Sarah B. (September 22, 2018). "'Instead of a scar, I had a piece of art': women on their post-mastectomy tattoos". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  12. ^ Arroyo, Noah (March 21, 2016). "New Specialty Tattoo Studio Opens in SF Mission". Mission Local. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
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