Shawn Barber
ShawnBarberfocusesprimarilyonpainting,portraiture
anddocumentingcontemporarytattooculture.Heearned
his B.F.A.from Ringling College ofArt in 1999 and
A.A.S.fromCazenoviaCollegein1997.Hispaintings
havebeenfeaturedinexhibitionsthroughouttheUnited
Statesandareheldinprivatecollectionsthroughoutthe
world.Shawn’sworkhasappearedinadvertising,music,
magazines, children’s books,and newspapers. He has
taught drawing, painting and the business of art at
various art schools throughout the country. In 2009,
Shawn and his girlfriend Kim Saigh opened Memoir
TattooinLosAngeles,California.Shawn’smostrecent
book, Memoir: TheTattooed Portraits Series was
releasedinJuly2012.MoreexamplesofShawn’swork
can be seen atsdbarber.comandmemoirtattoo.com.