My name is Josh Green and I am a tattoo artist in Sacramento California. I started tattooing in 1998 after a formal apprenticeship in Phoenix Arizona while I was in college. without boring you all to death, I'll give you the Readers Digest version of my timeline from then til now. Tattooed in Phoenix for almost 2 years, Graduated, moved back to California and put tattooing on hold to focus on work in my field of study, got fed up with my field and life here in the states, moved to New Zealand and started tattooing again for about a year. After missing my family and the novelty of being an illegal immigrant wore off, I moved back to California and continued to Tattoo. I bounced around from shop to shop in and around Sacramento as well as the occasional guest appearance throughout the US. In January of 2008 I started working at Side Show Studios in the Land Park area of Sacramento and have worked there since. It is at Side Show that i started and built some of my strongest friendships with my co-workers and and other artists around the country. The crew at Side Show over the years has propelled me to want to be more than just a proficient tattooist and develop an individual style to set myself apart. It is also at Side Show that I met my good friend Matt Marsango. A little over a year ago, after hearing about the possible idea of Side Show dissolving, Matt and I opened an appointment only Studio where we would focus on custom tattooing and fostering an environment of creative development free of the sometimes frustrating walk in clientele. We wanted our clientele to want a tattoo from us because they like our individual style and not just to get tattooed by someone who was proficient enough. I have continued working at Side Show Studios as well and have not regretted a minute of it. That being said I will be working exclusively at Hemlock Collective starting in mid-July. I wish my comrades at Side Show Studios the best of luck and thank them from the bottom of my heart for their support and friendship and look forward to their new location a couple blocks from my own. It will be nice to start a new chapter in my life and still have great friends near by.
Thanks for checking out the blog and stop by from time to time to see what's going on and of course hit me up if you are looking to get tattooed by me.
