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Jeremy Garrett is a fine artist born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Garrett received a scholarship and graduated from one of the country’s most acclaimed institutions, The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He majored in illustration and comic book design. While in college,established Black Work Studio, a design studio located in New York City's East Village.

Although he is trained as a classical fine artist's Garrett’s style lends itself to a cutting edge mix of urban grunge, comic book art with a touch of post-surrealism. Garrett work is unique and his work has continued to define that which is American underground art. Affluent collectors and top executives from Fortune 500 companies such as FedEx, ABC and by members of the Grand Lodge of New York’s Masonic Order are only a few collectors who enjoy his diversity as an artist. As an accomplished graphic designer he has worked with clients such as Kodak, Ralph Loren, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin and ABC News. His work has also been featured in publications throughout the country and he has been recognized in the internationally acclaimed Japanese GQ as one of NYC premier tattoo artists. From 2000-2006 he taught commercial art at the High School of Graphic Communication Arts, which is New York City’s leading commercial art public high school. Garrett's work has been shown in galleries in NYC and Israel.

Garrett is most known for his tattooing work. In 1997 when tattoo became legal in NYC, he opened the doors of Black Work Studio to the medium. He started tattooing in the City underground in 1992 while in college. After doing a brief apprenticeship with Danny Paolicelli (Little Dan), a collegiate peer, Garrett's tattooing career immediately took off. He currently holds tattooing licenses in New York City and Denver, Colorado.

While at S.V.A. he studied under some of the greatest contemporary illustrators like Marshall Arisman and Frances Jetter and Irwin Greenberg. The artist who have influenced his work the most are Ralph Bakshi, Todd McFarlane, Joe Madureira, Robert Crumb, Robert Williams, Alphonse Mucha and Malcolm T. Liepke.