Nikki is a traveling event/portrait photographer and tattoo artist currently residing in Dayton, OH where she opened FORTE Studios in 2017.

 

Nikki began working as a professional photographer in 2011 and began tattooing full time in 2016. Before her leap into photography and tattooing she built up over 12 years of experience as a graphic designer for web development, garment production and advertising firms, while dabbling into other interests such as comic book illustration, modeling, event hosting and coordination.

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