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Co-owner and tattoo artist · Crown Point and Kankakee

Joey Malia

Joey Malia co-owns Art and Sol with Tommy and books at both the Crown Point and Kankakee studios. The lane is black and grey realism: faces, skulls, clocks, roses, wildlife and surreal scenes that read like charcoal drawings, with a touch of color when a piece calls for it.

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Black and grey cracked, glowing face beneath a black hole and stars, on the upper arm.
Cosmic face and black hole, by Joey Malia

“Tattooer / Painter / Goober”Joey's Instagram bio

Joey works from a theme with full creative freedom and often spends hours on a design before you ever sit down. Got a feeling, a memory or a vibe more than a finished picture? That's the kind of request Joey's form is built for. Think yours needs a different approach? Say so in the request.

Joey paints too, and the portfolio leans big: forearms, thighs and sleeves where realism has room to breathe.

Styles
Black and grey realism, portraits, surreal and sleeves
Studio
Crown Point, IN and Kankakee, IL
Rate
$2,000 to $2,200 per session, per Joey's request form.
Replies
Project requests answered within three weeks.
Booking
Joey's request form: your theme, inspiration, a photo of the area, your preferred studio.
Policies
Non-refundable deposit. Reschedule up to two times, with one week's notice, and keep your deposit. Arriving more than 15 minutes late voids the deposit.
Instagram
@joeymalia
Portfolio

Joey's book

15 pieces. Tap one to see it big.

Black and grey angel with a halo kneeling on a staircase of light, on the arm.
Angel on the stairs, by Joey Malia
Black and grey sleeve of an old compass, a Viking ship on a dark sea and a tree carved with glowing runes.
Compass, ship and rune tree, by Joey Malia
Black and grey cracked, glowing face beneath a black hole and stars, on the upper arm.
Cosmic face and black hole, by Joey Malia
Black and grey deep-sea creature with glowing teal light and a small fish above it, on the arm.
Glowing deep-sea piece, by Joey Malia
Black and grey portrait of a woman with teal eyes and her hand at her lips, wrapped in glowing teal ribbons, on the arm.
Teal-eyed portrait, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realistic eye inside a clock face, with hands reaching up from below, on the forearm.
Eye and clock, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism leopard above a stepped stone pyramid and a decorative pattern, on the upper arm.
Leopard and stepped pyramid, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism of a woman in a lace masquerade mask under a rose, on the thigh.
Masquerade portrait, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism of a helmeted soldier with a tank behind him, on the forearm.
Soldier and tank, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism of a woman's face merging with a skull, wrapped in smoke, on the forearm.
Woman and skull in black and grey, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism sleeve with a woman's face, a large eye and reaching hands, on a woman's arm.
Black and grey realism sleeve, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism farm scene of a tractor pulling a planter while a figure walks the field, shown beside the client's reference photo.
Farm tractor scene from a reference photo, by Joey Malia
Black and grey roses around an antique pocket watch on the forearm.
Roses and pocket watch, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realistic skull above a hand holding a pocket watch, on the forearm.
Skull and pocket watch, by Joey Malia
Black and grey realism leg sleeve of the Wrigley Field marquee above a crowded street scene.
Wrigley Field marquee leg sleeve, by Joey Malia
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