Tattoo Artist of the Week: -Ethan Morgan-

Name: Ethan Morgan

BIO: Tattooing since 1991, Ethan Morgan has made a career in tattooing by staying on top of all things tattoo. Fueled by a constant drive to push his abilities he has traveled the world to shape his craft by learning and sharing ideas with the top artists in the industry. His artistic background started with his family. Son of an artist in the field of animation and a mother with a degree in child development he was taught at a young age to be creative and think outside the box. As an aspiring musician he took a string of dead end jobs to pursue his dream of making a living in music and eventually fell into tattooing. Ethan was offered and took an old school toilet scrubbing tattoo apprenticeship from a Long Beach pike tattooer Steve "Pops" Saller. After learning the ropes old school from A to Z, Ethan left in 1993 and opened So. Cal Tattoo in San Pedro. After 13 years of developing his style and apprenticing and training artists Tom Berg, and Carlos Torres, he felt it was time to close that chapter on his life and try a new approach with Symbolic Tattoo in 2006.

An award winning tattoo artist with over 30 awards in tattooing in all fields including a "Best over All Tattooist", Ethan has been featured in newspapers, magazines from all over the world, books, television and other media. Ethan is a regular in the in the international tattoo convention circuit recently attending the first tattoo convention in London as one of the top 150 artist in the world. He also spends time traveling the world and appearing as a guest artist in some of the most renown studios in the world such as Paul Booth's Last Rites and Robert Hernandez's Tattoo Vittamin.

Recognized for his realistic black and grey, Ethan also enjoys to work in color, understanding that working in duality and balance was the key to creating his best work. He is best known for his darker gothic side, but also has a large clientele for his vibrant work with color. Ethan also is a fine artist with his artwork being displayed in London, England and Milan, Italy.

Ethan Morgan continues to stay part of the global tattoo village with frequent trips to conventions around the world to network and stay on the cutting edge of his craft. He also hosts the annual Long Beach Tattoo convention on the Queen Mary in June bringing the tattoo village to Los Angeles. In his spare time, Ethan is an accomplished musician and is currently working with industry related musicians in his band, MBH.

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Website:http://www.symbolictattoo.com/main.html

Where He Can Be Found:East Side Ink 97 Avenue B

New York, NY 10009 eastsideink@verizon.net 212.477.2060

East Side Ink


I've got him to do one of my tats, the wristband, and i also paid for my bud's leg calf tattoo. He's an awesome guy, great sense of humor, BEST work i've seen of tattooing. Not only that but he'll go out of his way to make you comfy in your sitting with him. I definately recommend him if you are ever in the New York area. (He's also traveled everywhere, I got mine done when he was still in the Southern California area).