Guil Zekri is a baroque-inspired painter and tattoo artist, born in September 1974 in Israel. His artistic career began in his early life and led him in search of art to Paris. There he graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Paris 8 (1998-2001). In 2003 Guil decided to move to Germany to live with his partner, whom he eventually married and with whom he still lives today.
Guil Zekri is today one of the most innovative tattoo artists on the international scene and is known for his realistic, dramatic and mysterious compositions.

In 2007 Guil Zekri earned his artistic reputation by opening his first tattoo studio “Reinkarnation” in Cologne, followed by a second studio in 2014. Since then Guil has travelled to all major European cities and participated in the most important tattoo conventions, is mentioned in numerous scene magazines and books and holds seminars, lectures and workshops all over the world.

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