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hen he is not managing Sacred Tattoo, a prominent body art store in New York City, he is out promoting his trade. An avid businessman, Jankowski teaches workshops and contracts out to private and corporate functions at the rate of $1,200 and $2,000 per day.

In the back of his office he keeps a neatly filed scrapbook of his work featured in magazines. It includes temporary tattoos on the actress Winona Ryder and rapper Little Kim.

Jankowski stared his business as a small parlor above his current studio. Today, he own 3,000 feet of space and employs six to eight artists.

Lisa Marie Jankowski in the Body Archive showing pictures of traditional body painting.

He also owns the New York Body Archives located in New York’s Chelsea area. He runs it with the help of his wife, Lisa Marie Jankowski.

"I do it to do away with ignorance," she says.
"There are so many people that have misconceptions about tattoos, body paint and body play. People don't realize that every culture around the world uses this."

While reflecting on his last 25 years in the body-art business, Jankowski is amused how his desire to be different has segued into a corporate enterprise.

"A friend once said to me, 'You’d be good for tattooing and it will be good for you.' And it's great to be accepted for your talent."