Joshua Chatwin was born sometime in the ’80s, made it to college in the ’00s, studied art in Italy and Indiana, and received his BFA in Video and Intermedia Art and Creative Writing from Ball State University. He currently resides in Muncie, IN with his wife, daughter, and two cats, and studies the ancient art form of tattooing with Dan Stewart and Craig Mathis of Lucky Rabbit Tattoos.
When not painting or tattooing, Chatwin can be found seeking the spiritual truths remodernizing the world. While the relationships to these truths may change over time, the power of the symbol remains a constant. The deeply personal yet vibrantly public art form of the tattoo gives an unprecedented opportunity for the development of an intimately collective symbolic vocabulary that bridges racial, social, and historical barriers and will continue to empower those creating, collecting, and viewing the permanent markings.