Archive Note
Born and raised in Florida, Chesko was an art-minded kid whose first contact with tattooing came through punk culture, hand-poking designs with a sewing needle and then jailhouse-style machines, and he began tattooing professionally in 1994, traditionally trained on the machine while self-taught as a draftsman, painter, and illustrator. His signature lane is biomechanical, worked alongside Japanese, traditional American, and tribal tattooing, and in his own framing he aims to bring a fresh voice to familiar images and to mix cultural motifs with imaginative ideas. He has long been part of the Boston scene, working out of Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo in Jamaica Plain, and works between Boston, a private studio in Rhode Island, and recurring guest spots at Absolute Art in Richmond, Virginia. He is a distinct individual from the tattoo artist Scott White, with whom he is sometimes confused.
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