My name is Maria Alvarez, I was born and raised in Spain and I am currently living in NY and the co-owner of the Spanish studio “lUMBRE STUDIOS”
The very first time I lifted a pencil I was 3 years old, and this curiosity for creation led me to the world of tattoo in the late 2017, right after I finished my industrial design degree,
I have always drawn and explored all the artistic paths that I could get my hand on and tattooing was the one that most captivated me.
In these years and thanks to my job I´ve had the amazon opportunity to travel working across Germany, Switzerland,, Italy, France, LA, and now New York where I have been established at this last year. I have been a jury in multiple conventions and participant in many other earning awards in Italy, Switzerland and the US wich gave me a huge respect for every artist that puts his/her works out to compete since I am aware of how exhausting and stressful it is.
Mi mantra, always keep learning, this desire for exploring and need to understand the world and it´s shapes, together with my love for nature is what I try to capture in my tattoos, I love to fuse my thoughts with my client´s ideas to tell their story, they give me something of huge significance for them, their skin, wich will be marked forever by me.
We don´t always give the importance the word “forever” deserves, for me it´s a huge respect and I try to stay true in what I do because of this.