1. Sunny Buick is a Canadian-born tattoo artist and painter who participated in the Lowbrow Pop Surrealism movement of California, USA from 1996 to 2003.
11 Facts About Sunny Buick
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Sunny Buick's work being recognized by the leading magazine of the movement Juxtapoz and a book about the women in the movement, Vicious, Delicious and Ambitious by Sherri Cullison.
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Sunny Buick was the first person to introduce authentic American old school tattooing in France.
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Sunny Buick was born at home in Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada on August 4,1970; in a cabin in the woods with no running water, no electricity.
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When Sunny Buick was less than 2 years old she moved to the United States.
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Sunny Buick returned to Canada at the age of 5, attended school for a short period and returned to the US for good not to visit again until 2009.
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Sunny Buick earned her BFA from San Francisco State University in 1992 and studied with Renny Pritikin.
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Sunny Buick began tattooing in 1992, started an apprenticeship in 1996 with Henry Goldfield.
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In 2003, Sunny Buick moved to France and became a French citizen 10 years later.
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In 2019, Sunny Buick premiered her film Eyecandy Bulimia at the Wild Weekend Music Festival in Majorca, Spain.
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Sunny Buick is inspired by literature especially by Angela Carter and Paul Auster, popular culture, music, cinema, Japanese toys, and tin toys.