Phil Colvin

Phil Colvin, owner of and tattoo artist at Memorial Tattoo, has been tattooing for over 25 years. Â He started out at Peter Tattoo in Phoenix AZ in 1989. Â He moved to Atlanta in 1992 and started working at Body Images. Â This is where he met and started working with Gary Yoxen, Shay Cannon and Whirlwind Walt Clark. Â A few years later, Gary opened Tornado Tattoo. Â All of us moved with Gary to that legendary shop. Â Later on, Phil moved to Miami Fl and worked at Tattoos By Lou. Â Here he got to work with Shay once again, Chris Garver, Ami James, Darren Brass, Gregory Christion, Cindy Stroemple, Little Jeff and many others. Â After a couple of years there, he came back to Atlanta and worked yet again with Shay at Urban Tribe. Â We were there for a while they Shay opened up Liberty Tattoo. Â Phil was there for the first 4.5 years of Liberty before he was finally ready to venture out on his own. Â That was when Memorial Tattoo came to be! Â Phil has had Memorial for 8 years now and has put together one of the most solid crews in Atlanta! Â Everyone at the shop is family and it has been amazing working with so many talented artists. Â Phil specializes in black and grey, photo realism, Japanese and traditional American tattooing. Â He works appointment only and it is best to call ahead to set up a consultation.