Mira Mariah is a fashion designer, illustrator, and tattoo artist. She is best known for her inclusive feminist tattoos and for tattooing celebrities such as Ariana Grande, Ilana Glazer, and Pete Davidson.
Early life and education
Mariah grew up in Long Island and frequently travelled to New York City. When she was 17 years old, Mariah amputated her leg due to a staph infection after corrective surgery from a birth defect.
Mariah earned a degree in fashion design from the Fashion design student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Career
Mariah left her job as an assistant fashion designer in 2014 after she was unable to think of a tattoo artist that could represent "an expressive, modern generation of women" and began a tattoo apprenticeship that she found on Craigslist.
She grew a following by tattooing fashion influencers and became more well known after tattooing Ariana Grande with a worker bee tattoo in remembrance of the victims lost in the Manchester Arena bombing.
Mariah has gained notoriety for fine-line, feminist tattoos that are inclusive to plus-sized women, mothers and disabled women.
Collaborations
Mariah frequently participates in partnerships and collaborations. Some of her partnerships include MeUndies, Squarespace, Inkbox, Shondaland and Netflix's Bridgerton, and Apotheke.
References
- ^ "Mira Mariah". Byrdie. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Two "Knew" York Girls - The Women Behind Our APOTHEKE x Girl Knew York". APOTHEKE. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "The 'Bridgerton' Artist Series: Mira Mariah Is in It for the Spirit". Shondaland. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Get To Know Mira Mariah, Ariana Grande's Tattoo Artist". Nylon. 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- Carmel, Julia (2020-12-10). "The Work Diary of Mira Mariah, Tattoo and 'Girl Culture' Expert". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ Francis, Ali (2019-11-04). "Ariana Grande's Brooklyn Tattoo Artist Is Winning at Work and Basically Everything Else". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2024-07-20.