Photo by Linnea Bullion
Hello!
I’m Show Pigeon. You can call me Evie :)
I own and operate Show Pigeon Tattoo in Orange County, CA, my own cozy by-appointment space where I tattoo, paint, and provide business / creative consultations.
I love collaborating with artists and companies (like Bitter Squeaks, Miss Ladybug, and Gemma Correll). I’ve also had the honor of working with non-profit organizations as a hired illustrator (like National Network of Abortion Funds) and through tattoo-based fundraising, art donation, and volunteering (like Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade, Orange County Women's March, and Rock and Roll Rescue).
Outside of work, you can find me hunting for kewpie dolls at local flea markets or greeting outdoor cats while strolling with my husband through our neighborhood. You can follow my day-to-day work and my thoughts on art and tattooing at @showpigeon on instagram and tiktok.
EDUCATION:
Tattoo Apprentice to Esther Garcia of Butterfat Studios, Chicago IL, completed in 2010
B.A. in Communication Studies / Art History from DePaul University, Chicago IL, graduated 2002 with Highest Honors
DIGITAL FEATURES:
Makers@Muzeo Featuring Show Pigeon
Show Pigeon and Kevin Kidney in Conversation
Show Pigeon: Tattoo Artist, Business Owner, and Toy Collector
PUBLICATIONS:
Compound Butter Magazine, Spring 2024 — featured artist
Yogi in Disneyland, author Eben Sterling, Metta Dharma Yoga, 2019 — contributing artist
There is No Other Way to Worship Them, author Samuel Snoek-Brown, Blue Cactus Press, 2018 — cover artist
Under the Skin: Tattoo Culture and Style, SendPoints Publishing, 2018 — featured artist
Tattoo Street Style, author Alice Snape, Ebury Books, 2018 — featured artist
Pigeon the Kewp Doll: a paper doll coloring book, self published, 2016 — artist and author
Pandaemonium, Out of Step Books, 2016 — contributing artist
Slithers and Scales, Out of Step Books, 2016 — contributing artist
Enchanted, Out of Step Books, 2016 — contributing artist
ABC: Tattoo Artists Illustrate the Alphabet, Out of Step Books, 2015 — contributing artist
Meows and Roars, Out of Step Books, 2015 — contributing artist
Black and White, Out of Step Books, 2014 — contributing artist
Feathers of Inspiration, Out of Step Books, 2014 — contributing artist
Excavate, Out of Step Books, 2014 — contributing artist
ARTIST RESIDENCY:
Makers@Muzeo: Show Pigeon — Muzeo, Anaheim CA, June-July 2023
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
New Works by Show Pigeon — Muzeo, Anaheim CA, July - September 2023
All-Nite Diner: new paintings by Show Pigeon — Unlisted, Santa Ana CA, February - April 2021
Bootleg Cartoonz: new paintings by Show Pigeon — Unlisted, Santa Ana CA, July - August 2019
Kewpie Dolls and Other Treasures: art by Show Pigeon — Unlisted, Santa Ana CA, August - October 2018
Spitshade and Fancywork: Victorian themed paintings by Evie Yapelli — Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, July 2015
TattooPOP!: vintage inspired paintings by Evie Yapelli — Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, August 2014
RETROspective: works by Evie Yapelli — Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, May 2013
As Issued's featured artist at the SOBECA Art Walk — The Lab, Costa Mesa CA, February 2013
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
The Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade Art Show — Center Gallery, Anaheim CA, August - October 2023
Paintings by Show Pigeon, Bitter Squeaks, and Brooke Weston — Unlisted, Santa Ana CA, February - April 2023
Mercado Los Olvidados 4 — Pskaufman, Los Angeles CA, October 2022
WILD — Tag Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2021
Creature Comforts — Hurley HQ, Costa Mesa CA, November 2019
Skin to Canvas — Out of Step Gallery, Eugene OR, August 2019
Mercado Los Olvidados 3 — Pskaufman, Los Angeles CA, September 2018
Gettin' Puggy in Kentuggy — Block Party Handmade, Louisville KY, August 2018
Tattoo: An Exhibition — Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles CA, November 2017 - April 2018
Mercado Los Olvidados 2 — Pskaufman, Los Angeles CA, September 2017
SEEDS — The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana CA, January 2017
Spectacular — Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, July 2016
Tattoo Flash — Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, September 2015
Doom and Gloom — DooGallery, Atlanta GA, May 2014
Skulls — Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, January 2014
Spellbound — Echoes Under Sunset, Los Angeles CA, March 2014
Fortunes Told — Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, November 2013
Small Works — Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, September 2013
Kulture Klash — The Queen Mary, Long Beach CA, June 2013
Sans Culottes, A Valentine Show — Butterfat Studios, Chicago IL, February 2011