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| Thursday, August 30 2007 01:30 PM |
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Don Ed Hardy |
Don Ed Hardy, born in 1945 in Southern California, pursued his childhood determination to become a tattoo artist. In 1967 he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute where he learned classic intaglio techniques. During that same year he began tattooing as an apprentice.
From early on, Asian art and culture have been Hardy’s primary guiding light. In 1973 he lived in Japan, becoming the first non-Asian to study with a traditional tattoo master. More recently he has focused on the history of Chinese and Japanese brush painting. His paintings and prints are informed by a wide range of world art history; iconic, amuletic, and decorative forms developed through years of tattooing; and surf and hotrod culture from his youth in Southern California.
Since 1982 Hardy and his wife, Francesca Passalacqua, have published twenty books on alternative art under their “Hardy Marks” imprint. Hardy has had extensive solo and group shows in galleries and museums and in 2001 was the sole U.S. representative at the 7th Biennial of Painting in Cuenca, Ecuador. Additionally, he has curated a number of exhibitions for both private and public spaces and often lectures at museums and universities. Although currently living in Honolulu, he continues to operate Tattoo City in San Francisco’s North Beach.
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