Taiwan’s Chen Wei-zuo wins gold, silver at Paris tattooing awards

Taiwan’s Chen Wei-zuo wins gold, silver at Paris tattooing awards

2024-04-09

Yunlin’s very own Chen Wei-zuo participated in a tattoo convention in Paris in February. Out of more than 500 competitors, Chen’s Japanese Ukiyo-e designs stood out from the rest. He ended up winning both a silver and a gold medal, securing his place in the upper echelons of the tattooing world.

The more than 500 participants of this year’s Tattoo Planetarium came to Paris from all over the world to showcasetheir artistry and skill. Thanks to his fluid lines and vibrant color, Taiwanese tattoo artist Chen Wei-zuo won both the gold for Best Bodysuit and the silver for Best Chest or Back Piece.

Chen Wei-zuo
Tattoo artist
This time in France they used“Taiwan” in the registration. When I got the awards, they called also out “Taiwan,” since someone brought out a flag.

Thirty-eight-year-old Chen has always loved Japanese tattooing of all kinds, so he chose the less popular and more suave Ukiyo-e style to master.

Chen Wei-zuo
Tattoo artist
The most difficult part is coloring. You have to capture both the expression and the shading. That’s by far the hardest part.

Chen said he originally moved from Nantou to Yunlin to try and make it, equipped with an eyebrow microblading pen gifted by his mother. He still has it, and thinks fondly of his support from home every time he looks at it.

Chen Wei-zuo
Tattoo artist
The microblading pen is from my mom. She wanted to say she likes my work, so she went and bought a pen for over NT$3,000 to give to me. Once I had been working for a while I bought a tattoo gun.

His mother’s support pushed him to work hard, practicing and researching well into the night. Now his work not only has a lot of fans, but has also found a place on the international stage. Chen said he wants to support other artists to promote tattoo culture and show Taiwan’s talents to the world.

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台灣之光! 巴黎紋身大會陳韋佐勇奪金.銀牌

2024-04-09

雲林縣有一位刺青師陳韋佐，今年二月中，參加在法國巴黎舉辦的紋身大會，在500多位參賽者中，以日本浮世繪風格，脫穎而出；一舉拿下金牌和銀牌獎牌，兩大獎項，登上刺青界的藝術殿堂，也成為另類的台灣之光。

2024年紋身天文館，有來自世界各地，500多名紋身藝術家，展示各種風格、技術。台灣刺青師陳韋佐，以流暢的線條，鮮豔的色彩，奪下「最佳連身衣獎項金牌」，和「最佳胸前或後背單品－銀牌」。

[[刺青師陳韋佐]]
“我們這次去法國，他們會放台灣，而且還會註明，得獎時，他們還會大聲喊台灣，因為有人會拿國旗出來。”

38歲的陳韋佐，本身十分欣賞日本的刺青圖騰，因此選擇比較冷門、能展現出帥氣的浮世繪風格創作。

[[刺青師陳韋佐]]
“最難的地方，就是你要上色，你要拿捏好神情還有陰影，那是最難，最困難的。”

陳韋佐說，他起初從南投來到雲林打拚，母親送了一隻紋眉筆，他保留到現在，看到那支筆，就會想到來自家裡溫暖支持。

[[刺青師陳韋佐]]
“紋眉筆是我母親買給我的，她想說我喜歡畫圖，就去買紋眉筆給我，紋眉筆要3000多元，刺到最後，我賺到一筆錢才去買紋身機。”

母親的支持，讓他下足了功夫，經常手繪練習、研究，忙到半夜，作品不僅有大量粉絲關注，在國際比賽更是大放異彩。陳韋佐表示，他希望能培養更多人才，除了發揚刺青文化，也讓國際看見台灣。

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