Megan Woznicki (born September 8, 1985), professionally known as Megan Massacre, is an American tattoo artist. She is best known for her appearances on the
TLC reality television shows ''
NY Ink'' and ''America's Worst Tattoos''. She is the co-founder of Grit n Glory, a tattoo shop in
New York City.
Biography
Megan Massacre was born Megan Woznicki
in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on September 8, 1985.
She grew up with a passion for all forms of art.
She became so good with a
calligraphic pen that, in high school, she made money doing wedding invitations.
Her interest in
tattooing began when she was 14 years old, but she had to wait a few years to start learning the technique because of her age and because she lacked the money to pay for classes. At age 18, she did her first tattoo piece.
To make tattooing a full-time job, she quit her job at a furniture store.
She bounced around from shop to shop to learn new styles, and once she felt confident enough, she would move on to another shop.
A few years later, her tattoo work was published for the first time on a local magazine cover with her Megan Massacre nickname.
In 2010, she got an offer to appear on the
TLC reality television show ''
NY Ink''.
She then also appeared on other tattoo-related shows ''
Bondi Ink Tattoo
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'' and ''America's Worst Tattoos''.
In 2014, she opened a tattoo shop, Grit n Glory, in
New York City.
She has more than one million followers on
Instagram
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and celebrity clients like
Zayn Malik.
In 2021, ''
Inked'' included her in its list of the "10 Female Artists Who've Changed the Tattoo Industry".
She is also an animal enthusiast, supporting the
ASPCA and
PETA
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Acronym
* Pembela Tanah Air, a militia established by the occupying Japanese in Indonesia in 1943
* People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an American animal rights organization
* People Eating Tasty Animals, an ...
and living a
vegetarian lifestyle.
Filmography
Television
Books
* ''Marked in Ink'' (2016)
* ''The Art of Tattoo'' (2019)
References
External links
Official website*
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1985 births
Living people
Artists from Philadelphia
Participants in American reality television series
American tattoo artists