Greg Kulz
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Greg Kulz is a San Francisco
-based tattoo
artist whose work has been considered highly influential in the Modern Primitive Movement. He is also known for pioneering both fluorescent (change color under ultra-violet light; see UV tattoo
) and luminescent (glow-in-the-dark) tattoos.
He is featured in the RE/Search
publications book Modern Primitives
, written by V. Vale
and Andrea Juno, as well as numerous magazines and other publications.
He studied Fine Art at the San Francisco Art Institute
, and grew up in Fallsburg, New York
and Florence, Italy.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
-based tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
artist whose work has been considered highly influential in the Modern Primitive Movement. He is also known for pioneering both fluorescent (change color under ultra-violet light; see UV tattoo
UV tattoo
UV tattoos or blacklight tattoos are tattoos made with a special ink that is visible under an ultraviolet light . Depending upon the ink, they can be nearly invisible in non-UV environments, thus they are a popular consideration for people seeking a subtler tattoo...
) and luminescent (glow-in-the-dark) tattoos.
He is featured in the RE/Search
RE/Search
RE/Search Publications is an American magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded and edited by Andrea Juno and V. Vale in 1980. It was the successor to Vale's earlier punk rock fanzine Search & Destroy , and was started with $100 from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti...
publications book Modern Primitives
Modern Primitives (book)
Modern Primitives, written by V. Vale and Andrea Juno, is a RE/Search publications book about body modification, published in 1989. The book consists of a collection of twenty two interviews and two essays with individuals and key figures involved the field of body modification in the late 1980s...
, written by V. Vale
V. Vale
V. "Valhalla" Vale is a writer, keyboard player and, as Vale Hamanaka, was a member of the initial configuration of Blue Cheer, prior to that band becoming famous as a power trio. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company, RE/Search Publications...
and Andrea Juno, as well as numerous magazines and other publications.
He studied Fine Art at the San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the...
, and grew up in Fallsburg, New York
Fallsburg, New York
Fallsburg is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The town is in the eastern part of the county. The population was 12,234 at the 2000 census. The town takes its name from a waterfall on the Neversink River...
and Florence, Italy.