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Southside
Artists & Piercers

Outlined drawing of a bird

3104 SW 9th Des Moines, IA 50315

Tattooed Body
Chris Pruisner

Chris Pruisner has been tattooing and piercing in the Des Moines area for over 12 years. Born and raised in Des Moines, IA he attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Grandview University with a BA in Graphic Design.

Owner & Tattooist

Piercer, Derek Mills, has been with the Lucky Gal family for over 8 years.

 

In October of 2009 Derek was in an accident where doctors said his right arm would be unable to move.

Derek

Piercer

Steve S

Steve Salazar has been tattooing for about 10 years.  He spent most of his time tattooing out of Tucson, AZ where he learned most of what he knows from his peers.

Tattoo Artist

Tattoo Artist

Henry Kaufmann

Henry Jay Kaufmann has been tattooing since 2012, and creating art has been a part of his life since he could pick up a pencil. Henry studied Graphic Communication Technology at Kirkwood where he focused on figure drawing and graphic design.

Abriana (Abe) is a young, talented piercer raised in Urbandale who came to us from another shop in the Des Moines area. She has been piercing for 4 years but fell In love with the idea of body modification at a much younger age, learning everything she could about the piercing industry

Piercer

Abriana
Haylie Gay

Haylie Gay is a versatile tattoo artist with experience in both black/grey and color.  She prefers tattooing black and grey realism but can also achieve color realism, portraits,  illustrative designs, fine line work, traditional, neo traditional, water color, tribal, and lettering!  

Tattoo Artist

Bri Brown

Loves interesting projects and doing any tattoo in color if given the chance.  Has solid faith in American traditional tattoos.

Tattoo Artist

ANKENY
Artists & Piercers

White Dagger
Full Body Tattoo

Macee Pruisner has technically been with the Lucky Gal family since the start.  As our daughter, she has grown up learning the business and couldn’t wait to be a piercer. 

Macee

Piercer/Laser Technician

Tattoo Artist

Tanner

Tanner Saltzman has over five years experience of tattooing. As well as over 15 years of airbrushing and graphic design.

When not tattooing or spending time with his family he enjoys exploring different mediums of art.

Amy

After years of drawing and wanting to use my artistic side I had the opportunity to start an apprenticeship at Lucky Gal in August of 2021. 

Tattoo Artist

Tattoo Artist/Manager

Ricky

Ricky Hathaway has been tattooing for over 15 years. He started his tattoo career in Davenport, IA.

 

He has been with the Lucky Gal family for over 8 years.

Reese

Art has always been my passion and something I knew I wanted to do all day everyday. When I learned more about the Industry I knew it would be a good fit!

Tattoo Artist

Bailey

Art has always been something that I’ve wanted to turn into a full-time job. I used to mainly work with digital art for most of my illustrations.

Tattoo Artist

Gabrielle

Hi, My name is Gabrielle Stump.I have had my Esthetician License since 2015. I have experience as a Medical Aesthetician/Medical Assistant in Dermatology for the past 6 years.

Paramedical Tattoo Artist

CLIVE
Artists & Piercers

White Snake
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One of the aspects of my job that I love the most is the people that I work with. I am fortunate to be surrounded by talented and passionate individuals who inspire me to do my best every day.

Charlie

Piercer

Do you have tattoos by Chance? A jack of all trades for nearly a decade, blending several styles for custom, hand-drawn work.

Chance

Tattoo Artist

Gigi

I’m Gigi, a 23-year-old tattoo artist who was born and raised in Texas! I’ve been working in this industry for about 3 years, growing through my experience, and learning from people every single day.

Tattoo Artist

My name is Mercury, a central Iowa tattoo artist. My specialties include linework, illustrative pieces, working on client's patchwork sleeves and filler and anything fun and cute!

Mercury

Tattoo Artist (Apprentice)

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Artists & Piercers

White Tiger
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Tattoo Artist

Alia

I specialize in Neo Traditional large and colorful pieces! Full color is my absolute favorite but can do just about anything you throw at me!

Tattoo Artist

Ryan

I’m a born and raised Iowan. I am experienced in doing many different styles of tattooing. I’m a jack of all trades, a master of none. Definitely, a big nerd and proud of it so a lot of my favorite tattoos I do are definitely nerdy ones, anything from cartoons and comics to books and movies

Violet

My name is Violet, and my apprenticeship began in July of 2023 and as a newer artist I love doing traditional, script and anything with color in it!

Tattoo Artist (Apprentice)

Galen

Galen Thornburg, an Iowa native, studied at Iowa State University, obtaining a degree in Graphic Design. Galen's passion for art has led him here to Lucky Gal Tattoo. 

Tattoo Artist

Lilly

Piercer

Hi, my name is Lilly Berg. I started my apprenticeship under Macee and have been with the shop since September of 2021. After high school, I decided college wasn't the right path for me so I decided to try piercing and ended up loving it.

Ashleigh Anderson

Hello, I am Ashleigh! I have been working for Lucky Gal since April of 2023 and have dreamed of working in the tattoo and piercing industry since I was little.

Piercer