Tattooist and painter Edit Ben Gida takes a realistic approach to her art while infusing surrealist imagery into her enigmatic pieces. Working primarily as a tattoo artist, Edit’s most striking body art features women with animal-inspired headpieces—a theme that extends to her oil paintings.
In Edit’s works, her subjects wear bejeweled headcovers that have spider-like legs dangling from carapaces. Other headpieces are shaped like moths, wings and all, while bugs crawl on the face of another. Each tattoo is rendered with great care, creating a glowing ethereality of the faces, while the headdresses invite us to pause and consider them beyond their innate beauty.
This pause we take is part of Edit’s artistic vision. “Edit’s art explores the intricate interplay between beauty, cataloging, aging, preservation, and immortality,” states the artist’s website. “She invites viewers to question conventional aesthetics and contemplate the evolution of beauty, an ever-evolving dialogue with death and playing with matter.”
Edit’s interest in Egyptian culture greatly influences her art. Specifically, she’s interested in the juxtaposition of “glorifying beauty and the constant reminder of death and immortality” that is present in Egyptian art.
Edit is a multifaceted creative with online classes on how to master realistic tattoo art. To see what she’s working on next, you can follow Edit Ben Gida on Instagram.
Tattooist Edit Ben Gida takes a realistic approach to her art while infusing surrealist imagery into her enigmatic pieces.
Her most striking body art features women with animal-inspired headpieces.
Each tattoo is rendered with great care, creating a glowing ethereality of the faces, while the headdresses invite us to pause and consider them beyond their innate beauty.
This pause we take is part of her artistic vision. “Edit’s art explores the intricate interplay between beauty, cataloging, aging, preservation, and immortality,” her website states.
In addition to her surreal tattoos of women, Edit creates art history-inspired designs.
She translates her imagery into oil paintings, too.
Edit Ben Gida: Website | Instagram | Online Classes
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