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Bio

Established as one of the most dedicated & passionate people in the tattoo family, more time with brush in hand and holding a tattoo machine than most, Clark commands a steady list of many dedicated & proud clientele.  Working these days in a private art studio.

 
 Clark North (b.1963, Chadron NB, Sioux territory USA)… Tattoo, paint and illustration off and on since the 70′s, seasoned at illustration and painting from a passion & dedicated study of, and for tattoo and the art that surrounds it.
 
WORK
• 1978-1989 TATTOOING FRIENDS OFF AND ON.
• 1989-1994 TATTOO FULL TIME AT HOME…(DIDN’T QUIT THE DAY JOBS YET), HELPED & TAUGHT BY RICK WALTERS…RICK AT THE TIME, MANAGING & WORKING @ BERT GRIMMS TATTOO ON THE PIKE, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
• 1994-2002 TATTOO FULL TIME AT  KARI BARBAS’ WORLD FAMOUS “OUTER LIMITS TATTOO“, ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA, FIVE/SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 10 TO 14 HOURS A DAY (DID QUIT THE DAY JOB)
• 2002-2004 MANAGE & TATTOO @ “OUTER LIMITS” COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
• 2004-2009 SUB-MANAGE & TATTOO @ “HART & HUNTINGTON” TATTOO, IN THE PALMS HOTEL CASINO, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
• 2009-2011 TATTOO @ KENT KELLEY’S “STAYTRUE TATTOO” LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
• 2011–PRESENT ….WORKING PRIVATELY.
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MEDIA 

(RECENT TO PAST)
• 2013 / MAY “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE #285) “PROFILE, TATTOOS HAPPY MAN” SOLO FEATURE INTERVIEW 8 PAGE FEATURING 16 OF CLARKS CLIENTS & 3 PAINTINGS.
• 2013 / APRIL “FLASH” (MAGAZINE #118) ARTICLE “FLOWERY INK” TEN PAGE ARTICLE, FEATURING 4 HALF SLEEVE CLIENTS OF CLARK. 
• 2012/JULY “FLASH” (MAGAZINE) SPECIAL EDITION: TWENTY-FOUR PAGE FEATURE “INK & ART, A LASTING IMPRESSION”, PERSONAL SECTION TWO PAGE.
• 2010/OCTOBER “JOEY VOODOO LIFESTYLE” (POPULAR ONLINE MAGAZINE) ARTICLE “TATTOO ARTIST OF THE MONTH”, SOLO FEATURE 4 PAGE.
• 2010/AUGUST “FLASH” (MAGAZINE) FEATURE “FORGOTTEN SAINTS EIGHT DAY ART EXHIBIT” ART SHOW FEATURING COFFIN LID ART BY TOP TATTOO ARTISTS, AT THE “CONGREGATION GALLERY” IN HOLLYWOOD, ARTICLE 6 PAGE, PERSONAL SECTION 2 PAGE.
• 2010/APRIL “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) FLASH SECTION ARTICLE “CLARK NORTH, GOING WITH THE FLOW”, SOLO FEATURE 4 PAGE.
• 2010/MARCH “TATUAGEM” #21 (#1 BRAZIL DIGITAL TATTOO MAGAZINE) ARTICLE /INTERVIEW TITLED “PELO MUNDO, CLARK NORTH”, SOLO FEATURE 6 PAGE.
• 2010/MARCH “MINI TRUCKIN” (MAGAZINE) “LYFESTYLE” SPECIAL SECTION “ARTIST PROFILE: CLARK NORTH, JAPANESE ART WITH AN AMERICAN TWIST”, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED CUSTOM TRUCK MAGAZINE, NATIONAL ARTIST SOLO FEATURE 4 PAGE.
• 2009/OCTOBER “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) FEATURE “STAYTRUE TATTOO SHOP/CREW”, ARTICLE 10 PAGE, PERSONAL SECTION 3 PAGE.
• 2009/MAY “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) ARTICLE “BEYOND SKIN DEEP” BLACK MARKET ARTISTS MR. LUCKY, CLARK NORTH, ALEX GARCIA & WHITNEY LENOX” ABOUT THE THREE DAY EXHIBIT.  FEATURE 4 PAGE, PERSONAL SECTION 2 PAGE.
• 2008/OCT/NOV “TATTOOS FOR MEN” (MAGAZINE) ARTICLE “HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT SLEEVE”, SOLO FEATURE 2 PAGE.
• 2005/JUNE “USA TODAY” (NEWSPAPER) TATTOOS IN TELEVISION, INTERVIEWED & QUOTED, AMI JAMES & CLARK NORTH, FEATURE ½ PAGE, THE COVER.
• 2005-2007 “INKED” (TELEVISION SERIES) FEATURED STANDOUT PERSONALITY, WORLDS FIRST TATTOO THEMED TV REALITY SERIES, A&E, CURRENT SYNDICATION WORLD WIDE, 70+ EPISODES FILMED & AIRED TWO YEARS.
• 2004/SUMMER “LAS VEGAS LIFE” (MAGAZINE), ARTICLE “GREAT ART IN VEGAS, ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS FOR LOCALS” FEATURE 1 PAGE.
• 2004/SPRING “TRAVEL CHANNEL” (TELEVISION) INTERVIEW, THE CURRENT POPULARITY OF TATTOOING AND COLLECTORS TRAVELING TO BE TATTOOED BY MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
• 2004/JANUARY “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) FEATURE “DREAM TEAM VI”, CENTERFOLD SIX-ARTIST POSTER, 32 PAGE ARTICLE, WORK PICTORIAL, PERSONAL SECTION 2 PAGE.
• 2003/OCTOBER “FLASH” (MAGAZINE) MODEL JENNIFER DABBS, CLIENT, 1 PAGE, THE COVER.
• 2003/OCTOBER “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) ARTICLE “STYLIZED CREATIONS, TATTOOS OF CLARK NORTH”, SOLO FEATURE 6 PAGE.
• 2002/NOV/DEC/JAN  “TATTOO” “SAVAGE” & “FLASH” (MAGAZINES) YEAR-END CALENDAR/CLARKS WORK, REALISTIC CUPID FULL SIDE TORSO TATTOO, SUPPLEMENTAL SOLO FEATURE 15’X20’ 2003 CALENDAR/POSTER.    
• 2001/MARCH “SAVAGE” (MAGAZINE) SOLO 2 PAGE PICTORIAL.
• 2000/NOVEMBER “TATTOO” (MAGAZINE) 6 PAGE FEATURE “KARI BARBA’S OUTER LIMITS SHOP/CREW”, PERSONAL SECTION 1 PAGE.
• 1992-1999 MANY RANDOM 1/4 PAGE PHOTOS IN THE HANDFUL OF TATTOO STYLE MAGAZINES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 

*INSIGHTS
Born 1963 Chadron Nebraska, the Sioux Indian Lands, born to a Nebraskan farm girl & a Kansas city Missouri, Zoot Sooter- Navy pilot & officer, 2 war veteran, ww2 & Korea.
~1967/68~ Begins really noticing, & liking tattoos, begins drawing on himself & his toddler brother.
~70/76~ Paid $5-$10, entertaining at neighborhood birthday parties, drawing tattoos on the guests, passing moments for most, great moments for Clark.
~77/82~ Favorite Themes Are…  Skulls, Heritage, Daggers, Barbed Wire, Zodiac, ZigZag Man, Keep on Truckin, Pegasus, Unicorns & Rainbows.
Clark started tattooing himself and friends in high school “discretely & illegitimately” because he was a teenager, but also because back then tattooing was avidly looked on as a bad thing (almost criminal). he lost several friends over this thing he liked, forcing him to keep it, and other things like it, secret from most.  In the late 1970′s & early 1980’s he was helped out to “tattoo better” by his tattoo friends, Mike Brown, Cliff Raven & Mark Mahoney…he would bring his tattooed friends to the shops that they were at, to get advice on what he was doing on them, and he would get tattooed, always sure to watch & learn.
~83/90~ Favorite Themes Are…  All of his previous favorites, Patrick Nagel Girls, Olivia Girls, Varga Girls, Band Logos, Wizards & Vikings, Abstract Faces & Bodies, Boris Vallejo, Lettering & Celtic. The normal tattoo style from Clarks youth is starting to be called “Old Style, Old School & Traditional American” yet this will always be a favorite theme for him.  Since it was it was very difficult for him to get color tattoo ink everything up to this point Clark did in black and grey, except the rainbows & blood drops.
~90/99~ Favorite Themes Are… All of his previous favorites, American Indian, Portraiture, Anything realistic, Medieval Dragons, Eastern Dragon, Koi & he begins to really study irezumi.  During this time the public does not really like anything “Traditional”, the public favorites, at this point in time, are fruit & vegetable, biomechanical and tribal.  Clark still likes the older styles best, but must adjust to the 90′s style in order to pay the bills.
~00/04~ Favorite Themes Are… Now taking on a much more Intense study of irezumi themes and Ukiyo-e, some of his previous favorites are now becoming much too dated in the public eye to continue as favorites.
~04/Now~ Favorite Themes are… Mainly focusing in “one direction” & it is “Traditional” which encircles Irezumi & Americana.

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