Joseph David Nillo
Visionary tattooer, painter and illustrator.
For the last 12 years Joseph has been refining his craft as a storyteller. With a devotion to self discovery and sensitivity to archetypes, he witnesses himself and the world through the identifying qualities of what makes something unique. What makes something beautiful.
What makes the centre of a sunflower feel like a portal to another dimension. Or the softness of one’s smile tell a timeless story about their soul. It is with great reverence and curiosity in how things are formed, what they mean to us, and how they reflect a unique fractal in the great Mandela of creation that Joseph creates his art.
This virtue, is laced throughout every line, shadow and shape of his work. This inspiration, the seed of his intent to adorn your sacred vessel. Always working with the physical anatomy of his client to create something that honours your form and shape, joseph treats the body as an already existing work of art that he adds onto with the depth and expression of your stories.
Areas of focus are interpretations of visionary/plant medicine experiences, animal totems, nature and floral, divine archetypes, and ancient stories that connect us to the source of what we are.
“Your story matters.
Your heart matters.
That part of you unfolding through your greatest courage and vulnerability matters.
Let us witness each other in this space,
And create what could never be known.
Unless we look deep enough to find
It was always there.”
-Joseph David Nillo
