Tattoo Artist: Michelle Myles

Michelle Myles co-owns two shops in New York City Daredevil tattoo and Fun City Tattoo in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She’s originally from St. Louis but moved to NYC in 1989. She attended Parsons Art School and majored in painting. She’s been in the business for over 16 years and says Michelle Myles Female Tattoo Artistback when she began it was an underground occupation. It was illegal in New York at that time and traditional apprenticeships wasn’t an option. She had to work illegally in the very beginning.

Michelle specializes in traditional tattooing – swallows, pin-ups, and ships. One of her hobbies includes collecting vintage flash.

Horsehoe Traditional Style TattooAnchor Nautical Traditional Tattoo by Michelle Myles