![]() “If it’s in your heart, you can’t give it up. ![]() Now in her 70s, Gresham is still perfecting her craft while adding art to human canvases with the hope her impact lasts longer than the tattoo ink that runs skin deep. They’re not looking at the who actually did the work.” I have black artists, white artists, Spanish artists. Gresham believes a good tattoo can help break down old racial barriers while also inspiring younger artists. “And the reason why he allowed me to tattoo him – or so he said – was because I gave a good tattoo.” ![]() “It was interesting to talk to somebody from a Klan’s person that would allow a black person to tattoo them,” she said. After losing her job in the automotive industry, she moved to New Orleans and opened up what would become the city’s oldest tattoo shop – Aart Accent Tattoos and Body Piercing.Īlong the way, Gresham estimates that she’s inked thousands of people from all kinds of cultures – including a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Gresham gave her first tattoo in her home state of Michigan in 1972. “So, especially to see a black woman doing tattoos was kind of unusual – to see a woman doing tattoos was unusual.” “At that time women weren’t recognized as tattoo artists,” she said. Gresham started tattooing in an era when women – especially black women – weren’t involved or even respected in the industry. “Because she’s like the blackest panther of them all.” “It’s an honor to get a panther from Jacci,” said the woman getting the tattoo. When we met Gresham, she was tattooing the jawline of one of her workers. Jacci Gresham is known to many as America’s first black female tattoo artist. This business specializes in Tattoos & Piercings and has 3 review (s) with a star rating of 3.4. This location is in the Downtown Gresham neighborhood. – In the middle of Mardi Gras and just a few blocks off Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there’s an ink master leaving permanent marks on multiple generations. Living Art Tattoo is located at 25 NW 1st St, Gresham, OR.
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