TATTOOING
2024- Present Co-Owner of The Space, luxury private studio in Calgary, AB
2024 Featured Artist in “Tattoo You - A New Generation of Artists”
2023 Invited Guest to month-long residency at Feral, Mexico City
2023 Invited Guest to weeklong residency at Love & Hope Tattoo, Auckland, New Zealand
2021-2024 Resident tattooer at Bushido Tattoo, Calgary, AB
2022 Featured Artist in “Queer Tattoo” book, 4-Page spread
2022 Participating Artist at Okanagan Tattoo Show, Kelowna, BC
2019-2021 Resident tattooer at Altar Tattoo, Calgary, AB
2019 Guest at Femme Fatale, London, UK
2018 Invited Guest and panelist to Santa Demonia Tattoo’s Queer Tattoo Fest, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 - 2019 Owner of Sticks & Stones Tattoo Collective, Vancouver BC
2016 Vancouver Mural Fest Flash Tattooing Event Participant
2016 Live Tattooing at Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver
ART & ILLUSTRATION
2023 Invited contributor to the Year of The Rabbit Art Show, curated by Stuart Teekasingh
2023 Illustrated paper dolls for animation in “A Queer’s Guide to Spritual Living”
2023 Vintage Ink Wines - re-branding of “Wicked White”
2019 Vintage Ink Wines - Mural painting and live painting for brand relaunch
2019 Museum of Pop Culture Seattle - Featured Artist in “Body of Work” exhinit
2018 Vancouver Mural Fest - Year Two Gallery Show submission
2018 Vancouver Mural Festival - Mural painted for Elysian Coffee Roasters
2017 Vintage Ink Wine - label illustrations
2016 The Matador, fundraiser music show and art raffle, Vancouver BC
2016 Bitch Magazine, feature illustration, issue #72, “Kids These Days”, published internationally.
2016 OSSUARY, solo show with Zox Svetorovich - The Fall Tattooing and Art Gallery. Vancouver BC
2015 C/a/t/a/l/y/s/t: A Queer Art Show and Sale, Vancouver BC
2015 C+nverg=nc, Studio East, Vancouver, BC (with Zox Svetorovich)
2015 Antics, group show, The James Black Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 Group Show, Emily Carr Student Art Sale, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 Group Show, Pandemonium, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver, BC
2014 Art event, Pride SNAG, The Cobalt Bar, Vancouver, BC
2014 Group Show, Altered States, James Black Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 Group Show, Carnival, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 Group Show, Postcard Show Volume 4, Remington Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 Group Show, Postcard Show Volume 3, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver, BC
2013 Group Show, Raincity Art Sale, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
2013 Art Event, SNAG, The Cobalt, Vancouver, BC
2013 Group Show, Postcard Show Volume 2, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 Solo Show, Next Fest Edmonton, Jasper Ave Theatre, Edmonton, AB
2012 Self-Directed Group Show, Circus Victorious 1 &2 , Edmonton AB
Interviews
2024 - Tattoo You featured artist, published by Phaidon March 2024
2022 - Queer Tattoo featured artist, 3 page spread and interview, published by Verlag Kettler
2020 - Toronto Star interview “Tattoo Industry on the brink of radical change”
https://www.thestar.com/business/artists-say-the-tattoo-industry-is-on-the-brink-of-radical-change/article_68c8755e-e49c-5254-9ae6-af742fc4f5ca.html
2020 - Things and Ink interview
https://www.th-ink.co.uk/2020/12/29/interview-with-ciara-havishya/
2020 - Seattle Museum of Pop Culture interview preceding “Body of Work Exhibit”
https://www.mopop.org/about-mopop/the-mopop-blog/posts/2020/january/body-of-work-tattoo-culture-featured-artist-profile-ciara-havishya/
2019 - CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vegan-tattoo-vancouver-1.5306043
2019 - Them.us
https://www.them.us/story/smallshop-queer-tattooers
2019 - TTTISM
https://tttism.com/2019/06/26/pride-part-2/
2018 - Invited Speaker on Diversity and inclusion at Quest College, Squamish, BC
2018 - Daily Hive
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/made-of-stories-vancouver-vintage-ink-wines
2018 - Tattoodo
https://www.tattoodo.com/a/the-passion-behind-pride-interview-with-qpocttt-ciara-havishya-14073