Dillon Forte

Dillon Forte (born February 1987 in Santa Monica, California) is an American tattoo artist and entrepreneur, based in Austin, Texas. Known for his use of sacred geometry-inspired patterns, Forte has been featured in Paramount Network's The Art of Ink and the Amazon Studios comedy Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2017).

Biography

Forte was born in Santa Monica, California. His mother is a romance novelist, and his father worked as a fashion photographer. Forte saw a career in tattoo as a natural progression from his childhood interests of drawing, painting and skateboarding. Inspired by reading Drunvalo Melchizedek's The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life (1999), Forte became interested in incorporating geometric patterns found in nature, as well as the geometric shapes found in traditional sacred geometry. and tattooed actor Chris Hemsworth in Morocco, based on a design Hemsworth's daughter made while he was filming Men in Black: International in 2018. Forte additionally worked on tattoos with singer Kehlani and linebacker DeAndre Levy,

In 2019, Forte worked with singer Usher on an elaborate head tattoo, and on a hand tattoo for Imagine Dragons' bassist Ben McKee. In 2020, Forte launched a range of naturally derived eco-friendly tattoo products. In 2022, Dillon Forte tattooed Chris Hemsworth and moved his studio and business to Austin, Texas.

Style

Forte's designs are inspired by sacred geometry and underlying mathematical principles found in nature, and additionally by ancient cosmology, tribal and spiritual art. Forte uses blackwork and dot work tattooing techniques.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2017 Jean-Claude Van Johnson Tattoo Artist Episode: "Run to Nowhere" 2018 The Art of Ink Himself Episode: "Geometric"