Traditional Mas for Khris ❤️🔥♈️🇹🇹 inspired by my traditional mas zodiac, Dragon mas from Trini and Vritra from Hindu mythology. Thank you so much for coming all the way from the states so we could do this! Super happy with how this project turned out and grateful for the trust for such a big tatt 🥳
Bookings open via [email protected] ✨
#chesttattoo #illustrativetattoo #dragontattoo #vritra #carnival
Minimalist stamp for Sophia, featuring her childhood home in Tobago, inspo from a vintage T&T stamp 🥰🇹🇹 Grateful for the trust with this one 🫶🏽
#studiololia #stamptattoo #linetattoo #parlatuvier #redink
After the long winter, beltane (1st of May) signals the lush blooming of spring and the promise of the summer to come🌀
We had a blast ! Thank you to those that come and hung out / got tattooed at our little studio.
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Big up our stunning team
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@lilu.tatu@aimkiat@studiololia@teaglitch@nouveau__studio@tattoosca
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& @el.bras for there sexy garments
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This is the beginning of many more things ! Kisses, YABA
So happy I got to do these connected tattoos for this couple’s anniversary this weekend 🥰💙 so many sweet connections and alignments #grateful
Bookings open for these and other custom tattoos via [email protected]
#connectedtattoo #matchingtattoo #blacktattooartist #londontattooartist
Freehand flow on Richard’s hip, inked this weekend at @yaba.ldn ✨
Bookings open via [email protected]
#studiololia #tattoosbygesiye #abstracttattoo #linetattoo
New beginnings 🌀 the start of a longer flow for Chaniel ✨ thank you for the trust! Excited to continue this one ✍🏽
I have space for new appointments towards the end of May and my bookings are through the summer 💙
#studiololia #tattoosbygesiye #abstracttattoo #flowinglinetattoo
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘ Yaba’s Spring Tattoo Weekend 𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
Come enjoy a soft, fun landing into spring with the Yaba gang + guests
Each artist offers their own unique set of designs ~ contact them individually to book
@lilu.tatu@teaglitch@aimkiat_tattoo@tattoosca@studiololia@nouveau__studio
You can find us on a quiet, leafy street in Stockwell. We’ll be waiting for you with iced matcha and gorgeous vibes!
#southlondontattooartist #spring #londontattooartists
My London bookings are currently open, come get tattooed by me at @yaba.ldn ❤️🔥✍🏽🌞
May is almost booked up but I have appointments available in April & this summer, and I’m doing a flash day at the end of the month, will share more about that soon 😘
My first multi-channel video work, I am You: Cartographies of Connection (2025) made at the beginning of my second year of my MFA at @sladeschool 🌀 Using the ritual of tattooing to honour the friendship between @jam1llionaire and @spice.mystic 🤲🏽
Filmed in London with the sweetest team of collaborators and participants✨
Director, Editor, Photographer, Tattoo Artist: Gesiye
Participants: Jamila Versi & Randa Toko
Creative Producer: Hamed Maiye
Cinematographer: Adenike Oke
Colourist: Dedula Kumalo
Original Music by Avila Do Espírito Santo
Minimalist linework for Khadija, a person floating in water 🌀💧Based on a drawing I made and inspired by a Geoffrey Holder painting ✨
Thanks for the trust for your first tattoo! 🫶🏽
Books open for March onwards, dm or email@me for an appointment ✍🏽
#studiololia #tattoosbygesiye #minimalisttattoo #firsttattoo #swimmingtattoo
Healed ink 🥰✨✨✨
Orchid for Seg, a few months healed, so great to see you in the studio again! 💙
#healedtattoo #tattoosbygesiye #orchidtattoo #ribtattoo #studiololia
Photography from I am You: Cartographies of Connection (2025)
This work is part of an ongoing project where I tattoo pairs of people with unique abstract shapes inspired by water to honour their connections with each other 🌀🫂💙
Director, Editor, Photographer, Tattoo Artist: Gesiye
Participants: Jamila Versi & Randa Toko
Creative Producer: Hamed Maiye
Cinematographer: Adenike Oke
Colourist: Dedula Kumalo
Original Music by Avila Do Espírito Santo
