Valiente Ave

I’m Mexican and a nomad. I’m an intersectional feminist, a guardian of the guardians, a tropical woman from the Yucatan peninsula.

I see myself as a multidisciplinary artist since, apart from tattooing, I’m also interested in audiovisual arts, literature and music.

However, everything I do is filled with my vision of esoterism and magic.

I have a bachelor’s degree in Communication and a master’s in Social Work.

Nevertheless, after trying to be part of the academic community, I realized I didn’t belong there, and I needed to make my own path to bloom.

I work with the hand poke technique for tattooing since it involves no machines.

It’s just me and the other person, no noise and almost no blood at all. What I love the most of hand poke is that it offers me an intimate time and space with the person I’m tattooing.

But even if consider sticking with this traditional technique, I’m also attracted to the idea of learning to tattoo with a machine to compare both experiences.

Currently I’m not working at any studio since I’m mostly traveling, so the best way to contact me would be my Instagram account @tatuajji.