ABOUT

Steph Amaterstein is a tattooer and surrealist painter, exploring the boundaries of the seen and unseen. She grew up in country Vic, before moving to Melbourne city at the age of 15 to study at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Heavily influenced by her love of science fiction, dark surrealism and all things weird, Steph began her career as a tattooer in 2010.

She can now be found at Tanuki Tattoo Melbourne.

Traversing many styles in tattooing, she adopts techniques and applies her own individual flair to each piece she creates. Steph loves tattooing anything hand drawn. Her work explores human nature and our relationship with plants, as well as where the natural world intersects with the “other” - blurring the line between our everyday lives and the realm of dreams.