/StaDemonia Tattoo Stockholm 2025.09.03/

Welcome to a tattoo evening at the Medelhavsmuseet 3/10 at 5-10 pm, in connection to the exhibition Tattoo – stories in ink from the Mediterranean.

Draw your dream tattoo

Draw your own tattoo design with Sara Swanson. Sara tells us in a short introduction about the concept of Flash, how it has looked in modern history in Europe and what it means today. Sara tells us what is good to think about when you want to draw your own design and we create our own tattoo design.

Listen to conversations with two pioneers in the tattoo industry

Conversation about being a pioneer in the tattoo world between two tattoo artists who are in different ways forerunners and have broken ground in their industry. Heidi Hay was the first female tattoo artist to open her own tattoo studio in Sweden and Sara Swanson was the first to open a queer tattoo studio, StaDemonia Tattoo, together with her master Soledad Aznar Rodriguez.

More information about admission and the full program on the Medelhavsmuseet website.

Sara Swanson opened StaDemonia Tattoo Barcelona in 2005, together with master Soledad Aznar Rodriguez in Barcelona, ​​and since 2017 they are located in Stockholm. Sara has initiated and organized Queer Art Fest Stockholm, Queer Art at StaDemonia and Queer Tattoo Expo Stockholm. Sara also works with the Queer Tattooing project where she has arranged lectures and public discussions about art and tattooing and how we can create safer and more pleasurable places for ourselves and others, and has written the book Queer Tattoo History / Histories.

Heidi Hay, multiple award-winning tattoo artist and pioneer as the first woman to start her own tattoo studio.

Sara Swanson’s book Queer Tattoo History / Stories is now available at StaDemoniaTattoo.Bigcartel for 430 SEK (larger online bookstores about 580 SEK), at StaDemonia Tattoo Stockholm and at Bagarmossen’s library (and you know that it is often possible to interlibrary loan a book and have it sent to your local library?)

Contact: sara@stademonia.com