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GENEVA HALEY

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Geneva Haley is an artist and tattooer who hails from the middle of nowhere Alberta, Canada. She credits her rural roots as a key influence in her contemporary work. She studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design, completing her Bachelor of Design in Illustration in 2016. Geneva was a full-time illustrator for 4 years before she began her tattoo apprenticeship, this allowed her a lot of real world experience to develop her craft, distinct style, and professionalism with all things creative.

 

Geneva has a never-ending interest in pushing the genre of western culture into a more inclusive modern context. She specializes in rural imagery, landscape, architecture, music, embroidery, and all things flora and fauna. She believes that getting tattooed can greatly aid in feeling ownership and autonomy over the body, by making it a deeply personalized space. Whether it is something small and silly, or large and life changing: It is her priority and privilege to help her clients evolve into whatever they wish to be.

 

Her 2019 painting show SCRAPS, is currently on tour across western Canada through the Alberta Foundation For the Arts. When she is not working she can either be found making music, or playing outside. 

Geneva primarily focuses on FLASH ONLY. When her books are open custom work, she prioritizes larger scale pieces. You can find out if her custom bookings are open by checking out her instagram bio. She releases new flash every Tuesday, on her Instagram. To book an appointment with Geneva, please fill out her request form on her website. For all other inquiries email her at: tattoo@genevalhaley.com.

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Hemlock Tattoo would like to acknowledge our location and role to play within the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes: The Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. We want to express our deep gratitude for the people of these nations for caring for the land and all the sacrifices they have made in doing so.

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We want to acknowledge our privileged position to be operating on this extremely abundant land and to recognize that ALL people residing here are Treaty 7 people. In the spirit of acknowledging this history we want to conduct ourselves in a way that honours the Seven Teachings of the Blackfoot, Cree, and Ojibwe people. These teachings are comprised of courage, honesty, humility, love, respect, truth and wisdom and they perfectly encompass how we wish to operate and share space in Treaty 7 territory. 

We also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the indigenous origins and history of tattooing in North America as well as in a wider global context. Our modern western understanding of tattooing barely passes a glance at the deep, symbolic and sacred roots tattooing has in indigenous cultures. As a team we want to participate in changing this via the dissemination of information/education and supporting those who are working to revive and protect the ancestral tattoo techniques, motifs and patterns that colonialism sought to erase.

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Thank you to Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes for her warmth, wisdom and guidance and to all future educators and experts for sharing their knowledge with us. We want to commit ourselves to continuing to amplify voices and seeking out the expertise of the historical stewards of this land we call home.

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-Hemlock Tattoo

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