SPIRITUS GRAND OPENING!

Join us for an evening of fun as we celebrate our grand opening and share with you the fruits of our labor in building Spiritus Tattoo.

This project has been a long time coming for both Mike and I and we wish to share our installation with you. There will be great music provided by Terryland’s own dynamo DJ Orson, studio t-shirts available along with other merchandise, some refreshments and our grandios environment.
Come one and all, meet us both and let us show you what we’ve been up to.

We’ll be sharing the stage with our new neighbors, Lucky 13 Hair Salon, as they celebrate their 7 year anniversary! So expect a good old fashioned Clintonville block party!

send cards, flowers, and well wishes in your stead to us here!

3127 N. High St
Cols, OH 43202

Our website is LIVE! Right now it’s just in placeholder mode but links to our sites and location map are working. In the coming days and weeks, check in on us for all updates. Web work by Matt Bailey, web design by Kat Marie Moya.

Follow the link HERE

I’m honored to be on this list and owe a lot of thanks to the Columbus Alive newspaper for considering the Cuckoo exhibit to be one of the top five of 2012. Thank you to anyone and everyone that had a hand in that decision. I’m floored.

Columbus Alive top five art exhibits of 2012

★ Spiritus ★

Shop construction is well under way. Expect to see the big date announcement to be late January or early February with a grand opening event as well. “Spiritus Tattoo” is a joint venture with tattoo artist Mike Moses, coming all the way from New York and dropping his anchor in the 614. I’m a big fan of his work, and together we’re developing quite the atmosphere for our venture. The studio will be like no other. Stay tuned for current news and location announcement.

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There will be a handful of Cuckoos on display and available, opening this weekend at Brigade in the Short North of Columbus. The pieces we chose are a perfect fit for the aesthetic of this beautiful shop. I’ll be in attendance during gallery hop this Saturday from 7-11pm. Please stop in to have a look, shop around, and show some love.

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BRIGADE

portrait by Nick Fancher

Por Vida V is now over.

It’s been a long and rewarding ride, and you’ll find me in restorative mode in the coming weeks to prepare for a major new project. 2013 will begin with a bang, a new studio, my own. I’ve been tattooing since 1996, it’s about time I found the right crew, the right location, and the right place in my life to make it happen. All have been secured and it’s a go. Stay tuned as the mystery all of three unveils itself in spurts. Thank you for your support.

A big thank you to 614 Magazine and Ryan Haye for the honest and comical article about me and my Cuckoo series. It’s easy to laugh at myself when worded this eloquently :)

Link HERE

photo by Cory Piehowicz

★ OCTOBER ★

(is shaping up to be quite a month!)

Ohio Art League presents
“Keeping Time: The AM Cuckoo Hours”

Kat Marie Moya
solo exhibit
curated by Cat Sheridan

October 4th-27th, 2012
formal art opening Thursday October 4th, 5-8pm
visit www.oal.org for location info

The complete series of 12 Cuckoos, available for the first time.

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GLASS AXIS
“Stop: Start: Stop”
curated by Eva Ball
exploring end of the world phenomenon as an excuse to explore cycles in glass making, in our collective consciousness, and elsewhere
October 11th-January 3rd
formal art opening October 11th, 6-8pm

I will have three available works in this exhibit
The Banshee; Instrument of God
Master of Diversion
The Selection

for more info: click HERE

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Columbus Museum of Art
“TRADE-O-MAT”
curated by Dan Gerdeman
art for trade in goods and services

I will have one new and available piece in the museum Trade-O-Mat

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Junctionview Studios
POR VIDA V!
curated by Kat Marie Moya
October 26th-28th
formal art opening October 26th, 7-10pm

I will have one available piece in this group show. Come and enjoy!

For more info: click HERE

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Great BIG things happening in Columbus, Ohio!

I did a quick little Q&A with GCAC Front Row Center for their August issue. You can view the interview in its entirety HERE.

Back from Berlin!

In regard to artwork, I have a series in progress that I expect to have complete by fall, and I will take steps to share it then. Until that time, there will be no previews, sorry! It’s been a good secret to keep.

While away I absorbed a great deal of inspiration. I always come home with a mountain of personal lessons learned out of the experience. This time I did not share the experience in words, but photos. I used Instagram as a platform for these. Every year I arrive a dry sponge and come home saturated, dripping with creative stimulation. I managed to work out a few pieces of my own while there, and I’ll post one finished painting here.

“Homage to the Unknown Soldier”
acrylic on board
Based on a photo taken of a facial reconstruction of a “mystery woman” by the evidence of how she lived as told by her bones. She was one of the first settlers of the Chesapeake colonies. This reconstruction was seen in late 2011 at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington D.C.

I’m currently working on Por Vida V planning. If you don’t know what that is, please check it out HERE.

Due to a high volume of emails, you’ll have to be patient if you want a reply. It’s a busy busy time….