ARTS + CULTURE WORLD CLASS TATTOO STUDIO SHOWCASES IN PONSONBY THE TATTOOED HEART IS NEW ZEALAND’S finest tattoo destination store. Located in Karangahape Road, they have recently opened a show case store at Ponsonby Central for a limited time.
SHOWING AT PONSONBY CENTRAL TANJA JADE MISERY – SOLO EXHIBITION ‘MOMO’ 11 – 19 May from 11am daily Opening: 10 May 7pm Auckland visual artist Tanja Jade aka ‘Misery’ is well known for her distinctive, doe-eyed characters. Tanja met her alter ego ‘Misery’ at the age of 16 when she took up the rebellious art of graffiti.
Owner Adam Craft has 20+ years’ experience in the industry. After travelling the world and studying with international tattoo masters, he returned to New Zealand to establish a world class tattoo studio. The Tattooed Heart is a custom and classic tattoo and piercing studio, also stocking in house and overseas branded clothing, jewellery, books, and art. Modern tattooing is a time-honed process requiring skill, knowledge, experience, and technical and artistic ability. This is not something that can be learned quickly. In addition to the health risks associated with inexperienced tattooists, not all tattoos are created equal. A tattoo is something you’ll wear for life – and at the Tattooed Heart, you can trust that each of their artists have the experience and talent to produce consistently beautiful pieces of work, every time. At The Tattooed Heart all instruments are sterilised by autoclave and the premises are health department licensed. The artists use only the highest quality equipment and materials, with follow up aftercare a priority. All the tattooists are informed and educated, with exceptional taste. Their own specialties cover everything from traditional work, Japanese, Americana, black and grey, realistic, tribal, and Ta Moko. They are also experts at cover up work. The artists’ ability to design and apply a high quality tattoo always results in a handmade masterpiece that their client will love - for life! PN TATTOOED HEART, 202 Karangahape Road T: 09 379 2662 Ponsonby Central, 136 – 138 Ponsonby Road www.tattooedheart.co.nz
The World Belongs to the Dissatisfied
An artwork by MISERY
Together Tanja and Misery became one, decorating Auckland’s streets with her unique characters that would be seen and loved by many.
After several successful ventures and some not so great ones Tanja felt a little suffocated by Misery and decided she needed a break from her dark side. In November 2010 she called upon Brent ‘the Reverend’ Hayward (local artist and life guard) to perform an exorcism and expel the spirit once and for all. This worked well as a short term fix, however the exorcist was proven to be a phony and the ritual had failed her. It was apparent that Misery would never die. Following a trip to the Burmese border, making art with refugee children and hunting in the jungle Tanja made peace with Misery and the two kindred spirits joined creative forces and reunited. Tanja Jade Misery presents ‘Momo’ a solo art exhibition inspired by vegetables, magic and a little girl with a curse on her head! PN PONSONBY CENTRAL, 136 – 138 Ponsonby Road www.misery.com
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