Meet the Team
ART IN BLOOM ✦
BEAUTY WITH BITE ✦
ART IN BLOOM ✦ BEAUTY WITH BITE ✦
MEET THE ARTISTS
DIFFERENT STYLES. SHARED STANDARDS.
The artists at Venom & Bloom each bring their own perspective, specialties, and creative voice to the studio. What we share is an obsession with thoughtful design, strong technique, and creating tattoos that actually belong on the person wearing them.
Explore our Asheville tattoo artists below, browse their portfolios, and find the artist whose work feels most like you. Not sure who to choose? Send us your idea and we’ll help match you with the right artist.
Shana irish
FOUNDER + TATTOO ARTIST
Shana is the founder and creative force behind Venom & Bloom. With a background spanning more than three decades in aesthetics, permanent makeup, and advanced tattoo artistry, her work is rooted in an understanding of skin, detail, balance, and the way art interacts with the body.
Her tattoo style lives somewhere between delicate and unexpected. She specializes in fine line tattooing, microrealism, black and gray realism, botanical and floral work, feminine illustrative tattoos, and larger custom compositions designed specifically around the body.
Shana loves creating pieces that combine seemingly unrelated elements into something beautiful, from hyperrealistic botanicals and animals to surreal imagery, delicate geometry, unexpected color, and deeply personal symbolism.
For her, the best tattoos don’t look like something chosen from a catalog. They look like they could only belong to you.
BEST FIT FOR: Fine line • Microrealism • Black & gray realism • Botanical • Feminine • Surreal • Custom large-scale work
Raven posten
Tattoo artist
Raven brings her own artistic voice to Venom & Bloom, creating thoughtful custom tattoos with an emphasis on strong composition, intentional detail, and designs that complement the body.
Her approach is collaborative and personal. Rather than simply putting an image onto the skin, Raven works with each client’s idea, placement, and inspiration to create artwork that feels considered from every angle.
Whether you arrive with a fully developed concept or a handful of references and a general feeling, Raven brings those pieces together into a tattoo designed specifically for you.
BEST FIT FOR: Blackwork • Gothic • Botanical Noir • Black & Grey Illustrative • Custom large-scale work
That’s completely okay.
You don’t need to know which tattoo artist is the perfect fit before reaching out. Tell us about your idea, the style you’re drawn to, your placement, size, and inspiration, and our team can help guide you toward the Venom & Bloom artist best suited for your project.
Sometimes you choose the artist.
Sometimes the tattoo chooses for you.
NOT SURE WHO TO CHOOSE?
MORE THAN A TATTOO APPOINTMENT.
Our Asheville tattoo studio is private and appointment only, giving our artists the space to focus on the person in front of them. We care about the tiny things: how a design moves with your anatomy, how it will age, whether you feel comfortable during your appointment, and whether the finished piece actually feels like you.
No conveyor-belt tattooing. No unnecessary intimidation.
Just artists who give a damn about the work.
WANT TO CREATE WITH US?
We’re building something special in Asheville.
As Venom & Bloom grows, we’re interested in connecting with talented tattoo artists and piercers who value originality, professionalism, client experience, and really beautiful work.
If you think your art belongs here, we’d love to meet you.
FIND YOUR ARTIST. BRING US YOUR IDEA.
Browse our artists’ portfolios, save the work that speaks to you, and when you’re ready, tell us what you want to create.
VENOM & BLOOM
Private Tattoo Studio. Asheville, NC
ART IN BLOOM. BEAUTY WITH BITE.