Chaim machlev biography of christopher
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Lines, waves, dots - Chaim Machlev
Chaim Machlev is a talented tattoo artist, originally from Tel Aviv (Israel). He began his career as a tattoo artist in In fact, if one fateful meeting had not happened, the world might never have learned about him as a talented tattoo artist.
Chaim Machlev, like many other young professionals, worked as a manager in one of the well-known IT companies in Israel. At the age of 29, he met with tattoo artist Avi Vanunu, from whom he got his first tattoo. According to him, it was this experience that changed something inside him, pushed him to achieve something more in life. He left his high-paying job and went to Berlin, Germany, without even having a tattoo artist's portfolio. And after a few years, his work received high marks in the tattoo community, and with them came popularity and worldwide fame.
The artist creates incredible compositions from precisely drawn lines, similar to the physical representation of waves. His works really look impr
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NR PROJECT presents the group exhibition Unforgettable (you!) and series of Talks &#;Tattooing and its impacts in society&#;, focusing on themes that connect tattooing with human trafficking, scarification, memory, science and body confidence. The exhibition opens on the 17th of November at 5pm with a roundtable conversation between the artists and special guests, a live performance and a music concert.
Unforgettable (you!) through the work of Christophe Beauregard, Joana Choumali, Rebecca D. Harris, Steve Hines, Chaim Machlev aka DotstoLines, Chibuike Uzoma and the american organisation Survivor&#;s INK, aims to divulge how tattooing and body marks can impact lives and increase self-confidence on multiple levels.
The artist Joana Choumali presents “Hââbré, the last generation” about a fading generation of abidjan citizens with facial scarifications, that are one of the last witnesses of an african bygone era. Her work is juxtaposed with Chibuike Uzoma’s self-portrai
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Dr. Lakra
@doktorlakra
Location: Oaxaca
Book him if you want: a piece that's truly demented. We're talking scorpions with skulls for heads, fire-breathing toads, and other psychedelic monsters out of a Boschian fever dream. It's a small wonder Dr. Lakra is maybe the most in-demand tattoo artist in Mexico.
Be prepared to: submit to the process and let the good doctor's imagination run wild. “My style is no style,” he says. “I just jump from one place to another.”
Horinao
@horinao1
Location: Tokyo
Book him if you want: an extremely technical take on traditional Japanese wabori tropes—sakura blossoms, koi fish, a demonic oni mask—but with playful modern twists.
Be prepared to: give up some prime real estate on your body, as these pieces are usually large and have multiple elements going on. “If I'm working on a half-sleeve, I usually incorporate swirls, wind, clouds, rocks, and waves in the background,” says Horinao. “The focal poi