Leo Zulueta | |
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 Leo Zulueta at Spiral Tattoo. Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2011 | |
| Born | May 18, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Tattoo |
Leo Zulueta is an American tattoo artist. He is known as the "father of modern tribal tattooing." [1] [2] [3]
Leo Zulueta | |
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| Leo Zulueta at Spiral Tattoo. Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2011 | |
| Born | May 18, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Tattoo |
Leo Zulueta is an American tattoo artist. He is known as the "father of modern tribal tattooing." [1] [2] [3]
Leo Zulueta was born in 1952 in a naval hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. [1] He was born into a Roman Catholic Filipino American family. [4]
Zulueta spent his early years on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and in San Diego, California. [1] He attended San Diego State College in 1970, where he studied arts and crafts. [4]
During the 1970s he began to explore his interest in Bornean traditional tattooing. [4] In 1976 he met tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy, who encouraged him to become a tattooist. [1] [5] Zulueta started tattooing professionally in 1981. [1]
Zulueta's style of neo-tribal tattooing has been influential on other tattoo artists. [6] In 1989, he was featured in the RE/Search publication Modern Primitives . [7] In 1992, Zulueta founded Black Wave Tattoo in Los Angeles, California, which he sold in 2000. [1] In 2007, he was featured on TLC's Tattoo Wars with his protégé Rory Keating. [3]
Zulueta currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he operates Spiral Tattoo. [1]
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