daviddettloff.com

Hi, my name is David Dettloff and I am a tattoo artist and the owner of The Ink Lab!

I was born and raised in Madison, WI, and in the fall of 1983 I got my first tattoo from Steve Gold at Steve's Tattoo in Madison.

By the time three years had passed I had multiple tattoos, and was working at Steve's cleaning and producing flash for the shop (all in an attempt to get more tattoos, rather than a paycheck).

At this same time I was also going to school for art, and in 1989 I graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

I left Madison and lived in Minneapolis for a couple of years, working as a guard at The Walker Art Center, until the fall of 1991 when I moved to Chicago to go to graduate school. Then in 1993 I finished school with an MFA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University.

I started working as a tattoo artist 3 weeks later, again at Steve's Tattoo in Madison!

By the fall of 1995 I had grown fed up with Madison, and decided to push out on my own and moved back to Minneapolis to open The Ink Lab

Here on the shop website you will find a small sample of my tattoo work, to see more of my tattoos, as well as my other artwork, please visit my personal website.

www.daviddettloff.com

I predominantly do custom tattooing, by appointment only. If you would like to get a tattoo by me, please call the shop and set up a consultation (612) 823-2969.

Thanks!

david@inklab.com