Maxime Plescia-Büchi
Swiss tattoo artist
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Maxime Plescia-Büchi (born 1978), also known as Maxime Büchi[1] or MxM,[2] is a Swiss tattoo artist, graphic designer, and creative director.[3] He is best known for tattooing Kanye West and Adam Lambert.[4]
Biography
Maxime Plescia-Büchi was born in 1978 in Lausanne, Switzerland.[5] His father was a journalist.[6] From a young age, he was interested in publishing.[6] In the 1980s and 1990s, he was involved with hip hop and skateboarding.[6] He studied typography and graphic design at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL).[7]
In the mid 2000s, he moved to London,[3] and founded the Sang Bleu magazine.[7][8] After apprenticing under Filip Leu in Switzerland for several years, he became a tattoo artist circa 2009.[5] He then opened the tattoo studios Sang Bleu London,[9] Sang Bleu Zurich,[10] and Sang Bleu Los Angeles.[11]
He has designed T-shirts for Alexander McQueen,[3] and luxury watches for Hublot.[12][11] He has tattooed the celebrity clients Kanye West and Adam Lambert.[1]
Publications
- 1000 (2016)
- 2009 (2020)