About See See Kwan

I've been making art since I could hold a crayon. It's been 16 years of tattooing, and two years ago I started building architectural art installations. I am currently enrolled in a music academy and plan to make that a big hobby, while continuing to make art in skin for those who find me.

I am interested in deep talks about life, death, and the paranormal.

I worked in tattoo shops from 2007-2011, and 2015 to 2018, and now run my own private studio from 2019 to present day. My 4 yr hiatus from tattooing was due to near death health complications which disabled me from tattooing. It was a life changing experience that recalibrated my priorities with a renewed ideology on work-life-balance and self care. Health is number one. During my hiatus, I continued to make art and learned computer applications specifically for designing product packaging for cannabis companies.

Having my own private studio was the ultimate game changer in my tattoo career. I am so grateful for the continued support of my clients and followers. I am so lucky!

I am second generation Hong Kong American. I've lived and worked as an artist along the Pacific coast —Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and ultimately love the Bay Area best since moving here in 2012 to be closer to my family. My ancestors are from Canton, China (South) but since the cultural revolution in China, they fled as refugees to Hong Kong in the 1950s.

My great great grandfather arrived to Angel Island as a Chinese immigrant in 1907. My grandfather arrived in Chinatown SF 1947; he was separated from his family due to immigration laws which only allowed Chinese men to work in the states. Eventually reunited, my grandma, dad, and uncle are my Bay Area roots. I owe everything to my ancestors and their hard work to provide me the opportunity to live the life I have now.

In 2024, I was artist/production lead for, "The (Middle Path) Bridge (Between Heaven and Earth)", funded (50%) in part by Burning Man as an honoraria project; a project that highlights the mysterious impermanence of life, a 75 ft lumber bridge standing 18 ft tall in the middle of Black Rock Desert. Building it with my crew re-calibrated my life as an artist. I am inspired to create more interactive architectural art installations (definitely need a break though, but planning for 2028).

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