Uncontained

This week I talk to Illinois based Artist, Christian Bernal, of Graphic Flesh Tattoos. Christian majored in art at Illinois State University and studied a wide range of art forms. He is not only a tattoo artist, but a painter, photographer, musician, spoken-word performer, stand-up comic and storyteller. Christian describes his art, or the creative flow, as “a kind of river I have access to flow down… and while I may choose the tools I wish to take on each trip, and often have a particular aim for each excursion, at journeys end it is rarely what I envisioned at the onset.”Christian and I talk about a couple of big art exhibits he has coming up. Starting September 3rd and through November, you can check out his first solo exhibition called Alienum Extasis at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. In October he has “Tattoo Artists: Beyond the Skin” from October 7th through November 26th at ARTSPACE: Racine Art Council Gallery, in Racine, Wisconsin, which features non-tattoo art from a collection of t