ABOUT
About
To become who you truly are, you must first unbecome everything you were taught to be.
LaVan Wright is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and tattoo artist based in Atlanta. Raised in New York and a U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran, he trained as a tattooer at Think Before You Ink in Queens from 2013 to 2018 and was Art Director at Six Degrees Creative from 2020 to 2024. He paints, draws original characters, and is the author of the Cufflink and Friends books.
In the studio, he is building toward gallery exhibitions and boutique partnerships, and he is open to tattoo guest spots around the world.
OPEN TO · GALLERIES · BOUTIQUES · TATTOO GUEST SPOTS
SELECTED CLIENTS
Amazon Music
Spotify
RapCaviar
REVOLT
Netflix
YouTube
Atlantic Records
BET
NFL
Adidas
Reebok
H&M
Rocawear
BIC
Walmart
Atlanta United FC
Luc Belaire
We The Culture
Vinnie’s
Ear Drummer Records
CV
EXPERIENCE
2020–2024
Six Degrees Creative, Atlanta · Art Director
2018–now
Private studio, Atlanta · Tattoo Artist
2012–now
Lone Wolf Ent. LLC · Designer / Artist
2011–2017
U.S. Air Force · Aerospace Mechanic
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2024
Amazon Music × Camp Flog Gnaw · Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
2024
Walmart × Camp HBCYouth · AUC, Atlanta
2023
REVOLT House, 50 Years of Hip Hop · SXSW, Austin
2022
Fixins Juneteenth · LA Live, Los Angeles
2022
Origins: An NFL Collection launch · The Revery LA
2017
Cufflink Pop-Up, interactive art show · 727 Create, Brooklyn
2027
Tattoo Party Hampton, tattoo booth · Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton, VA
MURALS
2023
REVOLT House mural · SXSW, Austin
2024
Camp HBCYouth mural concept · AUC, Atlanta
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
Book
Cufflink and Friends: Cozy Days Coloring Book · Author & illustrator
2017
Dinnerland · Cufflink Pop-Up recap
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2013–2018
Think Before You Ink, Queens · Tattoo apprenticeship
2018
Fashion Institute of Technology
2008
New York Institute of Technology · Graphic Design
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Rocawear · Design internship
High School of Art & Design
LaVan “Prince” Wright · Atlanta · © 2026