Sameer Patange:
The Most Experienced Tattoo Artist in India graduated from Rachana Sansad School of Art, he started his journey into the art of tattooing at a tender age of 18, at a time when tattooing was nothing but considered a Taboo in most Indian cultures and societies, his journey ever since has not been a smooth sail, self taught in a style not many knew off, he was the Youngest Tattoo Artist and was approached by Limca book of records to get enrolled as the youngest artist of his time, around the same time he had the honor of being covered by BBC who then made a short documentary on him and the emerging tattoo culture in the country.
Having the reputation of being called a Celebrity Tattoo Artist he has worked with some of the biggest bollywood names and stars like Hrithik Roshan, Susan Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Urmila Mathondkar, Raveena Tondon, Emraan Khan, Irfan Khan, Shruti Hasan to name a few, he has been covered by most national and many international media houses and definitely has many accolades to his name. Winning many awards in the recent time the journey has just about begun for this talented young maestro.
He was also one of the brain and core team member behind a concept salon called Hakim Aalim which is today one of the biggest in its respective industry, also being a veteran in his industry he has organized one of India's most successful Tattoo festivals called “Tattoo Republic” in 2011, putting together some of India's biggest and Best Indian Artists, many reputed International artists were also a part of this event which was partnered along with one of India's biggest music festival Bacardi NH7 in Pune.
He has been approached by multiple International Brands to represent their tattoo products in the country, thus becoming one of the first artist to Endorse any sort of brand, for tattooing products in India. He successfully runs a chain of tattoo studios under the brand name KRAAYONZ TATTOO STUDIOS which has 2 branches and thousands of loyal followers.
