FROM BANG BANG TO BALI: CONNECTING WITH THE ENERGETIC FLOW OF MASTER TATTOO ARTIST, BALAZS
Balazs Bercsenyi is a multi-faceted tattoo artist from Pécs, Hungary. His unique, meticulous style is influenced by ritual, spirituality, geometry, the occult, and sculpture, and has become the cornerstone of his independent art projects.
After an apprenticeship in London at the age of twenty, Balazs went on to join the world-renowned Bang Bang crew in New York City. While continuing his passion for tattooing, he has explored illustration and fashion design as new mediums to bridge the gap between ancient tradition and modern elegance.
His newest endeavor, tattoo retreats, involves the expertise of a healing facilitator and an eastern medicine body worker and movement practitioner. Curated by the team and set in a mystical framework to prepare the mind and body to receive a tattoo, the duration of the retreat can vary between three and six days depending on the client’s desires. Each retreat includes days of tattooing, overnight stays, nourishing meals, integration/design sessions, movement/acupuncture sessions, intention setting, and energy work. The healing facilitator focuses on reframing situations, empowerment, and the release of limiting beliefs, while the body worker uses breath work, embodiment, and acupuncture. This interaction between the mind and body creates a powerful and synergistic client transformation.
Balazs opened up to Face the Current to discuss his retreats; his experience at Bang Bang; his tattoo animation project, “A Life of a Rose”; and what’s next for him as he follows the energy of his artistic gift.
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