JUST A SHORT READ.
JOHN LAURENT CAME INTO THE PERMANENT BODY ART SCENE IN 2010. AFTER GRADUATING WITH A VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE IN TEMPE, ARIZONA.
HE BEGAN APPRENTICING UNDER HIS BROTHER SAMUEL LAURENT. ALSO A HIGHLY CREDENTIALED ARTIST IN CALIFORNIA’S STATE CAPITOL CITY OF SACRAMENTO. UNFORTUNATELY HIS BROTHER PASSED IN 2019.
THERE HE BUILT SKILLS IN PHOTOREALISM, QUICKLY GAINING THE ATTENTION AND RESPECT OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES DUE TO HIS TECHNICAL PERFECTIONISM IN PRODUCING PRECISE COLOURS, HIS SEAMLESS BLENDING, AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF PUTTING VALUE INTO ONE’S WORK.
DURING HIS TIME AS A RESIDENT ARTIST AT A WELL RESPECTED TATTOO GALLERY IN EAST SACRAMENTO, JOHN WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF TREE’S FESTIVAL WHICH PREMIERED IN 2016 TO POSITIVE ACCLAIM IN LOCAL NEWS.
IN ADDITION TO MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL DUTIES, HE PRESENTED A PHOTOSHOP SEMINARS TO HELP ATTENDING ARTISTS BUILD SKILLS TO ENHANCE THEIR PRACTICES, KEEPING IN LINE WITH HIS PERSONAL VALUES AROUND ARTISTS BRINGING EACH OTHER UP AND GROWING STRONGER AS A COMMUNITY.
SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TATTOO AROUND THE UNITED STATES WITH LIMITED RESIDENCIES IN ARIZONA, WISCONSIN, AND OREGON AS WELL AS A SITTING SUMMER RESIDENCY IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
JOHN CAN BE DEFINED BY HIS DEEP AND ABIDING LOVE FOR THE ARTS, A PRINCIPLED WORK ETHIC, AND THE RESPECT HE GIVES TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS. OF HIS WORK HE HAS SAID, “ART IS MEANT TO BE TRULY EVOCATIVE - IT CAN BRING OUT FEROCITY OR DETERMINATION; IT CAN GROUND YOU, OR REMIND YOU WHERE YOUR HEART IS.
THE PEOPLE WHO I TATTOO ARE ON A JOURNEY AND THE ART WE CREATE COLLABORATIVELY IS LIKE STAMP IN THEIR PASSPORT.
AS A SENTINEL WATCHING OVER THIS PROCESS, I TRY TO BRING A SENSE OF CALM, CARE, AND REVERENCE AS THEY PASS THROUGH MY HANDS.”
JOHN’S AMBITION AND CREATIVITY EXTENDS WELL BEYOND HIS WORKSPACE. HE HAS A KEEN INTEREST IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ARTISTS, AND HAS AN EYE ON PUBLIC MURALS AND CONSTRUCTING BESPOKE INSTALLATIONS IN PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
HE HAS BEGUN TO TATTOO FULL-BODY DESIGNS, AND IS ALSO LOOKING AT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TO PRESERVE THE CREATIVE LIFESPAN OF OUR ARTISTS WORKING TODAY.
HE IS CURRENTLY BASED IN THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA AT BLACK WOLF ART GALLERY
