ContemporaryHeritage · Filipino · Bay AreaRegion · United States
Orly Locquiao
Tattoo artist, Humble Beginnings · San Jose, California
- Style
- Contemporary Polynesian & Filipino tribal
- Regions served
- United States
- Tradition
- Filipino · Bay Area
About Locquiao’s work
Bay Area tattooist working from Humble Beginnings in San Jose. Part of the 1990s West Coast "New Tribal" generation that fused Pacific and Filipino tribal design with graffiti and illustration — a lineage that helped codify contemporary Polynesian tattoo on the US mainland.
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Sources & citations
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- Humble Beginnings Tattoo — artist page ↗humblebeginningstattoo.com
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