Dion Kaszas

Dion Kaszas is a Nlaka'pamux (Thompson Indian) from British Columbia, Canada. He works as a professional tattoo artist in a small town tattoo shop, Vertigo Tattoos and Body Piercing in Salmon Arm BC. He specializes in neo-tribal, dot work, black work and ornamental tattooing with a special emphasis on traditional hand tattooing techniques. These include hand poke and skin-stitch tattooing methods which arise from his Nlaka'pamux culture. He is engaged in the revival of his ancestors tattooing practices and assists in the revival of other nations tattooing traditions through the Earthline Tattoo Collective and the Earthline Tattoo Training Residency.