Devan
Tattoo Portfolio
DeVries
About Me
in December 2020, I was given my apprenticeship under John Fairlie with Elan Vitale and I completed it in October 2024.
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Since my apprenticeship, I continue to work at Elan Vitale in Welland, Along side my recently gained residency at Tatu Amor, a shop in Toronto.
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From September 2024- April 2025 I enrolled in Niagara Colleges Art & Design certificate course. My time there was amazing and helped me improve my design and technical skills in ways that aid me with-in different areas of tattooing.
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Tattoo Events
In my few years tattooing, I have been apart of three tattoo events, each one health inspected and approved.
My experience with these events help fuel my goal of traveling and guest spotting in different countries. This has been my goal since starting, each event helps me develop the skills needed to do so.
Tattoo Museum
In November 2022, my mentor and I were invited to be involved with a traveling tattoo exhibit. This exhibit involved both our own museum displays as well as hosting a walk-in event inside the museum!
Safe Space Niagara Tattoo Fundraiser
Safe space Niagara is foundation that supports the LGBT+ community throughout the Niagara region, recently they've had to move buildings so Jessica, an event planner with SSN, planned a fundraiser to help the foundation with the costs. Four artists, including myself, volunteered to help out and Mahtay's Café hosted us in their event room. I tattooed 11 people during this event and the other artists had similar numbers. I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of a few.
Safe Space Niagara- Pride Event
In St Catharine's Market Square, Safe Space Niagara hosted a pride market which included 30 vendors, drag shows, food trucks and walk-up tattoos. I once again volunteered for the event and i was joined with one other artists. This event took place over two days, the first day I did 6 tattoos and the second day I did 7 tattoos, once again forgetting to take pictures of a few.
