James Greenaway
( 780 ) 266 - 0642 — info@jamesgreenawaytattoo.com
www.jamesgreenawaytattoo.com — @jamesgreenawaytattoo
Edmonton - Alberta - Canada
EDUCATION
Victoria Composite High School
Edmonton, Alberta — High School Diploma (2005)
SEPTEMBER 2002 - JUNE 2005
Completed Art and Design 10 / 20 / 30 IB Program
Completed Drawing 15 / 25 / 35 Program
APPRENTICESHIPS
D & M: Tattoo & Piercing — Edmonton, Alberta
Tattoo/Shop Apprenticeship
March 2010 - December 2012
Divine — Edmonton, Alberta
Piercing Apprenticeship
February 2008 - March 2010
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professional Custom Tattoo Artist / Business Owner / Freelance Artist
Self Employed — Subcontractor / Sole Proprietor — Edmonton, Alberta
Full-Time — www.jamesgreenawaytattoo.com — @jamesgreenawaytattoo
DECEMBER 2012 - PRESENT
APRIL 2023 - PRESENT
Lucid Dream Tattoo & Art Collective (Subcontractor)
NOVEMBER 2023 - APRIL 2024
Guest Spot Tour throughout Edmonton (Subcontractor)
Lucid Dream Tattoo & Art Collective (November)
Tattoo Apothecary (December 1-15)
The Hallows Tattoo Studio (December 15-31)
Invictus Arts (January)
Pitbull Tattoos (February 1-15)
Champion Tattoo Inc. (February 15-29)
The Fountainhead Tattoo (March)
APRIL 2019 - OCTOBER 2023
Organic Mechanics: Tattoo & Art Gallery (Business Owner)
DECEMBER 2012 - APRIL 20219
Capital Tattoo (Subcontractor)
Portfolios available upon request.
Holds up to date Bloodborne Pathogen Prevention certificate through Health Educators.
Maintained my own schedule and bookings, ordered supplies for myself, the studio, and the other artists working for me, did my own bookkeeping / accounting using self made Excel Sheets and QuickBooks, prepared all my own drawings for the day, and managed both personal and studio based social media for both promotional and portfolio material.
Worked various tattoo and art conventions to promote myself as an artist in a multitude of cities across Canada.
Setup various guest spots at other shops to work around other artists in a multitude of cities across Canada.
Taken a multitude of seminars from a variety of artists from around the world; in person and online.
Offered open monthly art nights to my community and mentored / apprenticed younger artists.
Been in a variety of art shows and exhibits.
Completed large scale murals and a multitude of commissions.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
October 2022 - Derrick Turcotte: Leveling Up Your Colour Tattoos — Calgary, AB
Colour theory and layout for large scale projects.
June 2022 - Shane Ford: Drawing Process Improvement — Calgary, AB
Artistic process to improve drawing techniques to allow for better flow and more dynamic structure.
November 2021 - Nick Mitchel: Caricatures — Reinventing the Tattoo: Online
Step by step process to draw caricatures going over exaggeration, likeness, relationship between features, and anatomy.
October 2021 - Jesse Smith: Calm In The Chaos — Reinventing the Tattoo: Online
Three part seminar discussing his journey, his process, and his personal colour theory to help spark new direction and reinforce techniques the artist might already be using to encourage confidence.
June 2021 - Heather Mclean: Body Mapping For Large Scale Tattoos — Tattoo Nucleus: Online Artistic Process with focus on proper planning to jump to larger scale work, and how to think bigger overall.
April 2017 - Frank LaNatra: The Fundamentals of Character Design — Columbus, OH
Hands on drawing from the ground up focusing on the use of basic shapes in 3 dimensional space, sketching and gesture drawing, characterising from reference, studies of facial expression and defining features, lines of action and motion, creating strong silhouettes, and giving life to creations through perspective and lighting.
April 2014 - Jime Litwalk & Joe Capobianco: How to Cartoon — Edmonton, AB
A duel seminar from 2 established new school artists tattoo artists going through how they take something real and make it into a cartoon through first understanding how something is structured in the real world to then understanding how to manipulate proportions to create a style that is all your own as they do on the skin before it goes on the skin. Focusing on line weight, colour theory, and lighting.
April 2014 - Steve Moore — Edmonton, AB
Focus on this artist’s process with relation to understanding colour theory, large scale layout, and the golden ratio.
EXHIBITIONS
September 2024 - Wet Paint 4: Futuere Art Show, MinBid / Edmonton Mural Festival — Edmonton, AB
September 2024 - Live Painting for Wet Paint 4: Futuere Art Show, MinBid / Edmonton Mural Festival — Edmonton, AB
November 2023 - The Deadly Block Party, Deadly Tattoo Inc. — Calgary, AB
September 2023 - Wet Paint Art Show, MinBid / Edmonton Mural Festival — Edmonton, AB
August 2023 - Live Painting for Disco In The Park, Peter Gegolick / Edmonton Mural Festival — Edmonton, AB
May 2023 - Live Painting for Frankensine EP Release, Umbral Sound System / Temple — Edmonton, AB
PUBLIC PROJECTS
November 2024 - Mural for Home (Private Commission), Samantha Rose — Bruderheim, AB
October 2024 - Demolition Derby Car for Cadotte Lake (Peace River), Gey Boutin — Pickardville, AB
July 2024 - Spur Line Alley Walkway Mural for Old Strathcona Business Association, Ruby Benson — Edmonton, AB
June 2024 - Murals for Y: Afterhours, Ryan Weisser — Edmonton, AB
March 2024 - Riverhawks Tshirt/Sticker for Edmonton Baseball Team, Maddie Murdoch — Edmonton, AB
February 2024 - Ryed the Storm: Rye IPA Label, Alley Kat Brewing — Edmonton, AB
November 2023 - Mural for Lucid Dream Tattoo, Adam Kolacz — Edmonton, AB
September 2023 - Mural Concept Design for Creative Hive, Peter Gegolick — Edmonton, AB
August 2023 - Mural for Inter.Sect Arts and Music Festival, Ryan Weisser / Adam Kolacz — High Prairie, AB
August 2023 - Mural for Disco In The Park, Peter Gegolick / Edmonton Mural Festival — Edmonton, AB
April 2023 - Mural for Hott Boxx Vegreville, Jordan-James Ernst / Graffiti Salad — Vegreville, AB
February 2023 - NFT for Carkayous on Crypto.com, Ink Master: Jesse Smith — Richmond, VA
February 2023 - Mural for Garage (Private Commission), Parents — Edmonton, AB
January 2023 - Mural for Garage (Private Commission), Tyler Soule (Tinkering Hermit) — Fort Saskatchewan, AB
November 2022 - Mural for Garage (Private Commission), Stinson Dach — Edmonton, AB