About:

 

Matéa is a Florida-based tattoo artist and fine artist, and a 2025 graduate of the University of North Florida with a BFA. From the beginning of her art practice, her goal was always tattooing—drawn to the body as a living canvas and the way art can exist beyond galleries and walls.

Her work explores the duality of life and death, often through animals, bones, and natural symbolism. With a foundation in fine art, Matéa brings careful observation, intentional composition, and clean linework into every tattoo. Each piece is designed to feel personal, timeless, and thoughtfully integrated with the body.

Alongside tattooing, she works in oil paint, acrylic, ink, and charcoal, allowing her fine art practice to continuously inform and deepen her tattoo work.

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My Tattoo Story:

 

I went into art knowing I wanted to tattoo. What has always drawn me to tattooing is its permanence—art that exists on the body long into death. Tattoos have been found on mummies thousands of years old, and that idea has always stayed with me: marks made with intention, carried through time.

Tattooing allows art to live and age with a person. It moves, changes, and becomes part of someone’s story. I love the idea of decorating the body with art—not just for aesthetics, but as an act of meaning, ownership, and expression.

My approach to tattooing is rooted in respect for both the art and the wearer. I aim to create work that feels considered, symbolic, and lived-in—pieces that honor the natural cycle of existence and the individuality of the person carrying them.