Joey Pang
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Joey Pang (born in 1979 in Yunnan, China) is a female Chinese Tattoo artist based in Hong Kong, SAR China.
She is credited for having pioneered a specific brush-stroke technique that more closely mirrors the painting lines found within Chinese art. She is further known for her detailed painting aesthetics alongside color and layering techniques seen throughout her Asian mythology and abstract tattoo work.
Career
Joey Pang trained in cosmetics, graphic design, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, Thangka, and Japanese art before moving into tattooing. She studied body art for four years in Thailand, New Zealand, Switzerland, and China before founding her private studio, Tattoo Temple, in 2006. Her artwork and exhibitions have been featured on CNN, AP, Al Jazeera, Thomson Reuters, The Travel Channel, and numerous other media as well as industry-specific publications. In 2014, Joey Pang was featured in an international advertising campaign for Heineken / Tiger Beer. She is known to have tattooed multiple celebrities including Lewis Hamilton as well as Hong Kong's Candy Lo.
Pang has been involved in commercial design projects including collaborative collections with Indigo Living Hong Kong producing 'tattooed furniture', New Era, OA 1710, Tree Labs, Siglo, the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Legend Fighting Championship, and the Hong Kong Parkour Association.