Loki LaChapelle - Senior Artist

 My interest in tattooing started to bloom in my late 20s. I was working at a soul crushing job in a graphic and print shop in Boston. My boss was one of those people who make you think about jumping off a bridge 3-4 times a day. But maybe that jump off the bridge was the push I needed to find something better for myself. Honestly, we all need that person in life as much as they suck. As a result, I began my journey in body art as an apprentice at an amazing little studio in Cambridge, MA. As the shop familiar I toiled scrubbing toilets, and mopping floors, but the comradery and friendship I formed with the artists made it something more. Once I became fully licensed, I spread my gay little wings and worked at a few other shops before opening Salem Ink + and Art Gallery in 2011 with my now husband, Mark. Around the same time and at an extremely advanced age for a gay man, I decided to go back to school at Montserrat College of Art. I had a love/ hate relationship with school, maybe leaning more towards hate at times ( but that is just my nature) but was able to earn my BFA, make some amazing friends, and some even more amazing frenemies who I really enjoy being snarky with. So that is me. Honestly, I am still figuring out who I am going to be when I grow up but I’m having a good time along the way. If you like my work come see me, if it doesn’t fit your style there are lots of other artists here, I can direct you to.