Alec Tattoos
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Alejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez[1] (born August 28th, 1986) is a Cuban celebrity tattoo artist, muralist and painter[2] also known as Alec Tattoos, who currently resides in Miami Florida where he owns a shop called “90 Miles Tattoos”
Biography[edit]
Alec was born in Cuba on August 28th, 1986. He was passioned about art since a really young age, started in this world with canvases and murals and at the age of 15 he started tattooing. Being in Cuba at the time, this process was really challenging due to the difficult access to quality tools and supplies, but this didn’t stop him from becoming the artist he is today. His first tattoo machine was home-made by himself and used to perform his first tattoo ever, one that he did on his own father.
In 2015 he left his family and Cuba behind with the hope of a better future. Taking this step was very difficult for him but necessary. He first arrived at Ecuador where he worked as a tattoo artist for 2 months before continuing his journey. After this time in Ecuador, he started his way to arrive to USA, way that was not easy at all, spending months in that journey, he illegally crossed from Ecuador to Colombia and then spent 15 days in the Darien jungle to get to Panama, place where he lived for another 3 months before continuing his way to USA.
Career in USA[edit]
Alec Tattoos arrived at USA in May 2016, the first city he lived in was Las Vegas, same city where his journey as a tattoo artist in USA started, during the first 3 months in Las Vegas, he kept upgrading from one shop to another until finally got to world famous “Starlight Tattoo” (while working here he got a job offer at “Club Tattoo”) in The Mirage Hotel, shop where he met some the tattoo artists that were his inspiration in the beginning of his career, artists like Mario Barth and Bob Tyrell he also had the pleasure of personally meeting Howie Mandel.
After 7 months of living in Las Vegas and working at some iconic shops he decided to was time to move to Miami in order to keep growing as an artist. Once in Miami, he worked for a year in shop before opening his own “90 Miles Tattoo Studio” which his named after the closest distance between USA and Cuba. He got the honor of having as a guest artist in his shop the great Venezuelan artist Yomico Moreno, one of his biggest idols.
Since he opened his shop, he has been able to tattoo some major personalities like Paola Mayfield and Russ Mayfield from “90 Days Fiancé” reality show, (Sugar) Sean O’malley UFC fighter, Uly (Monster) Diaz a bare-knuckle fighter that holds the record for the fastest knockout ever in this sport, this among you-tubers and influencers from all around the world.
References[edit]
Alejandro (Alectattoos) Gonzalez Rodriguez in Diario Libre
- ↑ "El artista Alejandro González Rodríguez habla de su profesión y la fundación Hope vs Cancer". www.eluniversal.com.co (in español). 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ↑ Diario, El Nuevo (2022-11-21). "Consejos compartidos por el aclamado artista urbano Alejandro González Rodríguez". El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana) (in español). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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