Archiebald Cook

Senior Resident Tattoo Artist

Archiebald Cook started tattooing at the age of 9 mentored by his father, Matt Cook of the Sharp Practice. In his teenage years he had been recognised by multiple magazines for his work, moving on to win awards in various categories around England. Archiebald is also the tattooist of international footballers. Building a solid reputation […]

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Cameron Slaven

Resident Tattoo Artist

Cam Slaven is a multi-award winning tattoo artist specialising in black and grey realism and freehand oriental Japanese. As one of Kookie’s longest artists Cam started in our Ringwood shop and now works alongside Archie and the team as a resident artist in our Southampton studio.  Drawing from a young age Cam was designing Japanese […]

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Poppy Tiller

Resident Junior Tattoo Artist

Poppy specialises in fine line and black and grey tattoos. As one of our junior artists and being trained by Archie, her skills have progressed rapidly. Poppy started with us back in our Ringwood shop and now works as a resident artist in our Southampton studio. Unique to Poppy is her precise line work and […]

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Cristiano Fantin

Resident Tattoo Artist

Cristiano has over 25 years tattooing experience in all styles and has worked in some of Englands most prestigious studios, with a love for black and grey realism finalise blackwork and oriental. Cristianos wealth of experience and knowledge mean he is the perfect artist for any project.

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Annie Pascaru

Resident Tattoo Artist

Annie Pascaru is one of our resident artists. Annie first came to Kookie as a guest artist from Liverpool back in 2021 and we loved her so much we asked her to stay and join the team on a permanent bases.  Originally from Moldova, Annie has many years experience tattooing across the globe.  She is […]

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Cristina Ribeiro

Resident Tattoo Artist

Introducing Cristina Ribeiro aka @tiny_needlez, the newest addition to our team. Her passion for tattooing can be seen in her attention to detail and her ability to work with the client to create a unique design. Her fave styles are neo-traditional and linework. Cristina works both in colour and black and grey, and loves to add […]

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Chris Hirakawa

Resident Tattoo Artist

Kiyoharu Hirakawa (aka Chris) is a half English, half Japanese opaque realism artist. His tattoo career began in graphite realism and has since taken him around the globe. Chris has pushed the limits of opaque black and grey firmly establishing himself as one of the best. His portfolio reflects his passion for dark realism and […]

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Nicole Cruz

Apprentice Tattoo Artist

Nicole is our Apprentice Tattoo Artist, starting with us in 2022. She has been creative since a young age, practising traditional art by drawing and painting. In the past year, Nicole has developed onto practising realism art. Nicole has trained under Archie and has advanced her tattooing skill very quickly. She has a keen interest […]

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Maddy Connor

Cosmetic Tattoo Artist

Maddy is a Semi-permanent makeup artist from Hampshire. Specialising in eyebrows and scalp mico-pigmentation, Maddy offers a range of treatments including eyelash enhancement, eyeliner, lip blush, eyebrows, ombré brow, hair strokes and powder. With a VTCT level 4 qualification and several years of experience in the beauty industry, she has a lot of experience in […]

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Cesar Rodriguez

Guest Artist | 15th September 2022 – 15th March 2023

Cesar started his career as a tattooist at a young age in USA where he learned black and grey heavily influenced by Mexican culture where he originates from. Cesar boasts a pure talent in freehand script but can take on any style

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Diyan Ivanov

Resident Tattoo Artist

Diyan Ivanov is a multi-award winning tattoo artist, specialising in colour and black and grey realism.  With over 23 years experience and tattooing since he was 15, Diyan’s experience shows in his quality of work. Diyan started tattooing in Bulgaria, and has since had guest appearances as an artist in Holland, Germany and England.  Winning […]

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(Kuki) Qiping Cai

Resident Tattoo Artist

Qiping Cai or Kuki as he is known is a East Asian tattoo artist specialising in traditional Chinese and Japanese tattoo, whilst being a well rounded black and grey and colour artist. Having experience in China tattooing traditional style means Kuki’s experience is unique to our studio. Kuki’s work often revolves around the theme of […]

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Virginia Calderon

Guest Artist | 7th – 30th June 2023

BLACK & GREY • REALISM • FINELINE • DOTWORK

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Leonardo Avelar

Guest Artist | 24th March – 6th May 2023

BLACK & GREY • COLOUR • REALISM • GEOMETRIC • DOT WORK • NEO-TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONAL

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Lyon Sandro

Guest Artist | 24th March – 6th May 2023

BLACK & GREY • REALISM • SCRIPT TYPOGRAPHY • GOTHIC • LINEWORK • ORNAMENTAL

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Pedro Veloso

Guest Artist | 22nd July – 4th August

BLACK & GREY • TRIBAL • ORNAMENTAL • DOTWORK • REALISM

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Tulio De Paula

Guest Artist | 1st – 31st May 2023

REALISM • BLACK & GREY • COLOUR

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