Mario Barth's Starlight Tattoo

Starlight Tattoo supports We Care 4 All Foundation at annual “Dance 4 a Cure” event.

2010-03-08T07:10:00.000-08:00

Starlight Tattoo’s Belleville, NJ location helped pitch in and donate to the Dance 4 a Cure event held by the We Care 4 All Foundation. The event supported the American Heart Association and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and raised over $14,000 for the charities. The very beautiful Miss New Jersey, Miss USA Chenoa Greene was in attendance to lend her support as well.

Starlight Tattoo is a proud supporter of charities and events that give back to the community. We look forward to a great year in 2010 and continuing to help support progress in solving health issues that affect so many people.

King Ink Coming to Las Vegas!

2009-12-23T13:26:00.000-08:00

Mario Barth is teaming up with the Mirage Resort & Casino and The Light Group in Las Vegas to bring a new tattooing experience unlike any other. The new concept titled, King Ink, combines tattooing and night lift inside the Mirage Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

The 4,000 square foot venue includes an exclusive lifestyle tattoo studio, interactive lounge, and bar room. It is set to launch early Spring 2010. We can’t spoil all the surprises yet, but be sure to check out King Ink Las Vegas Website and subscribe to be contacted with more information leading up to the launch.

Also, if you are a Tattoo Artist or Piercer who wants to advance their career, apply for a job now with King Ink and get in on the ground floor!

NY Giants & Mario Barth Suppport Breast Cancer Awareness

2009-10-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

Mario Barth teamed up with the NY Giants and designed these shirts to help support breast cancer awareness.

The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth photo Recap

2009-10-12T09:01:00.000-07:00

Hey guys here are some pics of this year tattoo expo in Las Vegas. It was a huge success with over 40,000 visitors and 760 booths participating. Thank you for everyone who came out and took part and making this such a historical event. Hope to see you next year.

PS more pics to come.

Mario Barth receives "Man of the Year" award from Skin Art Magazine.

Proud tattoo contest winner!

Showing the judges some tattoo work!

Tattoo artist Peter Sulu Ape wins big!

Judges checking out some tattoo work!

Crowd shot.

Packed to the rafters!

Mario Barth and Evan Seinfeld with Escape The Fate

Pili Mo'o tattooing at his booth.

Jose Lopez wins at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth!

Judges: Tattoo Lou, Bowery Stan, and Crazy Eddie.

What a turnout!

Sylvester Stallone came out to hang out and showed some of this tattoo work.

Sylvester Stallone and Mario Barth.

Sylvester Stallone and honored guest Sua Petelo.

Hori Shingi and Kate Hellenbrand.

Tony Olivas tattooing in his booth.

Tattoo artist Boris from Hungry showing Sylvester Stallone some work.

Mike Demasi tattooing in his booth.

Honored guests: Horitoshi Family

Horitaka tattooing

American tattoo legend Bowery Stan.

Another crowd shot

Horitoshi I

Tommy Lee, Chuck Zito, and Mario Barth hanging out at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth!

Booyah Tribe, Tommy Lee, and Mario Barth hanging out at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth!

Tattoo Legend Sua Petelo

Kate Hellenbrand and Sailor Jerry's wife Louise Collins.

Bowery Stan with Mario Barth

Peter Sulu Ape tattooing at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth

Duff McKagan of Guns and Roses and guest at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

Jack Osbourne

Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, Mario Barth, and DJ Skribble at the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

Horitoshi Family at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth!

Chuck Zito at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

Renown Tattoo artist Bob Tyrrell at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

Renown Tattoo artist Tony Olivas at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

Evan Seinfeld at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth After Party!

DJ Skribble with DJ Scotty Boy

Boris hanging out at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Kick-off Party!

The next night Slash hosts Mario Barth's Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth After Party at Jet!

Chuck Zito, Mario Barth, and Evan Seinfeld at the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth After Party at Jet!

Mya attends Mario Barth's Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth After Party at Jet!

Evan Seinfeld MC'ing The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth

2009-08-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

Evan Seinfeld will be MC'ing The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth. The largest tattoo convention in the world will be held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center October 2-4.

For more info visit Tattoo Expo '09

DJ Steve Aoki performing live at BTSOE!

2009-08-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

DJ Steve Aoki will be performing live at The Biggest Tattoo Show On Earth. You do not want to miss this event.

For more info visit Tattoo Expo '09

CRUE FEST 2 Sponsored by Starlight Tattoo

2009-08-10T13:48:00.000-07:00

Starlight Tattoo will be sponsoring Motley Crue's "Crue Fest 2" at the PNC Bank Arts Center on Aug. 18th, 2009. Come to any of our Starlight Tattoo locations in New Jersey and get your free ticket!

ACT FAST AS SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED!

DJ Scotty Boy performing live at BTSOE!

2009-07-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

DJ Scotty Boy will be performing live at The Biggest Tattoo Show On Earth. You do not want to miss this event.

For more info visit Tattoo Expo '09

Fight Weekend

2009-05-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

Fight weekend everybody was in town, and Jersey came out deep- Groovy Lou sent us this pic holding it down strong poolside.

Quick Trip To Vegas

2009-04-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

Jetted out to Vegas real quick to get up with Mario. We just shot this global campaign that is about to drop soon. Can't reveal details but it's gonna be really cool. Thank You Brittney for the ride back to the airport.

Jim Jones - Mario Barth - Starlight Tattoo - Capo Status

2009-04-16T06:38:00.000-07:00

Jim Jones came by Starlight Tattoo the other night to start his back piece. Mario lined his whole back in one sitting. (Photos by Billy Burke)

2009-04-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Come party with the Starlight Tattoo Crew!

Urban Ink

2009-04-03T13:43:00.000-07:00

About a month ago Urban Ink came in and interviewed us for our film "Under The Skin" The Issue just dropped and you can pick it up at local news stands today. Shout out to Paul and Lauren for making it happen.

Inked Producers Go Under The Skin

Photography by Ab Sesay

A barrage of flashes and shutter clicks of cameras invade the small movie theater on Second Avenue in New York City’s East Village. There is a fashionable street-come-rock-and-roll crowd that has come out for tonight’s event. They huddle under the marquee as the line grows and begins to snake around the corner. Standing at the nucleus of the buzz, Mario Barth and Billy Burke seem at ease as they pose for the press. They are the subjects of the evening’s festivities: the New York premiere of their acclaimed documentary Under The Skin. For Mario Barth, it’s another night in the lime-light, a stop on his whirlwind feast of life, enjoying the fruits and flavors accompanied by his A-list clientele. Later at the after-party I stopped Barth’s partner Billy Burke to say hello. Fresh off a summer tour with New York band The Lordz, Burke is the “Yin” to Barth’s “Yang.” Just by observation, one can easily guess that Burke may feel a bit more anxious in this setting than Barth, who is busy summoning two gigantic bottles of champagne with one raised arm while his other arm hangs around his master-piece wife Carol (she is covered in ink, Barth’s ink to be exact).

Mario Barth is the American Dream dressed in leather and ink. A true renaissance man: businessman, family man, entrepreneur, and inventor with a giant personality. He works hard in the name of tattoos and is highly respected among other tattoo artists around the world. Barth is the owner and creator of Intenze, the very first line of sterile ink that is sold in twenty-eight countries across six continents. He has a total of six tattoo shops in the U.S., including the busiest shop on the Las Vegas Strip, Starlight Tattoo at the Mandalay Bay. Barth is also founder and host of the World’s Largest Tattoo Show, its 8th annual to be held in Vegas later this year.

Born in Austria, in his teens and early adult years Barth could be found immersed in the street scene. He lived a rebel life filled with bikers, metal music and of course tattoos, which were illegal in Austria at the time. Barth was an integral part of a movement to have tattooing legalized in Austria, a legacy he left behind when he set his sights on the U.S. Eleven years ago Barth settled in Northern New Jersey, home of the original Starlight Tattoo and now home to his wife and young son as well. Little did Barth know at the time what a poetic role his geographic choice would play. Northern New Jersey was also home to Billy Burke, a kid barely eighteen years old at the time.

In 1998 Billy Burke had only just begun writing his story, one of his love affair with all things underground, street culture, and what he calls “outlaw art.” Burke majored in fine arts and political science in college while managing a constant stream of side projects that fed his passions. During college and beyond, Burke got involved in producing press junkets for major movie houses such as Paramount, New Line, Dream Works, and Miramax. Producing the junkets lit a spark in Burke and he continued on that path. A self-taught filmmaker, Billy went on to create, executive produce, and direct ten episodes of The Brooklyn Way for MSG network. He then executive produced a second season for the Fuse channel. This docu-series focused on the once popular Lordz of Brooklyn trying to regain the stardom and recognition they had over a decade ago.

As a highly respected New York City underground band, the Lordz provided a great underdog story for Burke to capture on film. The Brooklyn Way introduced the real and significant New York City street culture to a younger generation with a colorful cast comprised of a “who’s who” from the pioneers of the NYC street scene. Suddenly Mr. Kaves, his brother ADM, graffiti artists Stash, Futura, Haze, Lee Quinones and Joey Semz were in the collective frontal lobe of popular culture once again. It was Burke’s magnetism toward rebel culture (tattooing in particular) that would be the catalyst in his first meeting with Barth. Ten years ago Burke sought out Barth to get a tattoo, they hit it off, their paths kept crossing, and soon it became inevitable that they combine forces.

Photography by Pat Johnson

Under the Skin was Barth and Burke’s first collaboration. The documentary is a captivating look into the ancient Japanese technique of tattooing known as Tebori. In the film, Barth serves as a guide into the underground world of the Tebori masters trying to keep their art alive. (Tattooing is still banned in Japan today due to its underground ties.) Barth’s bond to the Horitoshi family
takes the viewer where no Westerner has gone before. Under The Skin took home four awards, including Best Documentary at the Independent New York Film Festival and Best Documentary
Director at the L.A. Independent Film Festival.

Barth and Burke were onto something. Barth’s celebrity clientele include Sylvester Stallone, Lenny Kravitz, Jason Kidd, Nikki Sixx, band members of KoRn, My Chemical Romance, Dave Navarro, and Tommy Lee (who was tattooed by Barth mid-air on a private plane from New York to Miami). With this kind of access and his everyday antics, along with Burke’s vision and
experience in film and event production, the Barth and Burke Production Company was born.

They have many new projects in the works including a new series called Marked that will premiere this year on the History Channel. Marked will bring the viewer into modern-
day tribes, subcultures, and street crews to get a look at the pride and tradition their members carry on their bodies. It is with this project and others that B and B Productions will continue to
reach a broad audience and offer a real look into the outer edges of society.

Written by Lauren Del Vecchio

2009-03-18

To Purchase Under The Skin CLICK HERE!

Tattoo of the month: Richie

2009-03-27T13:26:00.000-07:00

You can find Richie at our Rochelle Park studio

Come by our Rochelle Park studio off of Rt. 17 South, and make an appointment with any of our artists!

Graffiti girl Solveig Barlow hailed as 'the new Banksy'

2009-03-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

A 10-year-old girl has taken the graffiti art world by storm with a series of spectacular creations ... but don't compare her to famous graffiti artist Banksy.

Primary school student Solveig Barlow has been described as as “the young Picasso of street art”, and compared to satirical street artist Banksy, whose work sells for up to $896,266.

Solveig has created more than 20 legal works on walls around Brighton, Sussex, and has earned a legion of fans along the way.

She started painting at age eight and is now regularly seen meticulously spray-painting walls on a patch of wastleland near her home.

But Sloveig has pleaded for people to stop comparing her to famous graffiti artist Banksy, saying their creations are very different.

“I don't like being compared to Banksy because what we do is different. I do graffiti and he does stencils,” she said. “It's not the same thing.”

Solveig isn’t the only person annoyed over comparisons with Bansky, whose murals have made him a cult figure in the art world and whose customers include Christina Aguilera, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Many bloggers have criticised comparisons of Solveig’s work with Banksy’s.

“She's great and definitely has a very particular style and talent, (kinda relax panda-esque) but this is nothing like Banksy's work,” one commenter said.

Sloveig said she had been overwhelmed by the public’s response to her work.

“I never set out to become known - it just happened,” she said.

Her aim is to create graffiti works that stand out from the crowd.

“I love to make pieces that are as crazy as I can make them. I have no plans to stop so watch out for me.”

Mario Barth on the History Channel

2009-03-03T08:19:00.000-08:00

We've been working with the History channel on this up-coming series and they came by the shop to shoot some stuff with Mario.

Our boy Mike also came by to get tattooed while they were shooting the episode.

Killing it!

Fire Jones... and this piece only took 3 hours!

BB King and Buddy Guy

2009-03-03T08:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry for slacking on the blog lately, but we've been on the road like crazy!
Here are some cool things that we had a chance to experience over the last few weeks...

First Up we got a chance to go see the legendary B.B. King and Buddy Guy perform. I've had a chance to see these guys live before, but there's something about seeing a show in New York City that just adds something special to the performance.

A lot of history here

Carol and Mario

A Special Place

Billy, Carol, Mario, and Tommy

Mr. Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy brought out this 9 year old guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan who absolutely killed it!

Something incredible about watching somebody do exactly what they were born to do-

wow. B.B. King and Buddy Guy pass the torch to this 9 year old kid...

Legend

Doing his thing!

After the show we hit up Blue Ribbon for some late night sushi.

Long time friend of Mario and Starlight Tommy

Tommy showed us his new tattoo of his grandson's name done by Jay over at the Belleville shop. Jay does awesome work- go check him out...

Personal Message From Mario: 02/16/09

2009-02-16T13:11:00.000-08:00

Personal Message from Mario

2009-02-13T10:51:00.000-08:00

Mario Barth and Usher - "Doing it Big!"

2009-02-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

After a few hectic days of partying and tattooing Usher invited us over to the studio to chill and for Mario to do some more work on him.. It was nice to get away from the shop and Casino for a day, but as far as chilling - well lets just say that didn't last long...

Breakfast at the studio

Mario Barth tattoos Usher

Mario Barth, Usher and Jermaine Dupri

Party moves to the club!

It's about to go down

Mario Barth and Jermaine Dupri

It's going down!

Good Times

Cheers

Tattoo Of The Month: Frank

2009-01-07T08:14:00.000-08:00

You can find Frank at our Pequannock, New Jersey Location!

Come by and make your appointments TODAY!

Mario Barth and Stallone - I bet you didnt even know he had ink!

2009-01-06T09:26:00.000-08:00

Tattoo Guru Mario Barth was at it again - this time tattooing none other then Sylvester Stallone... The tattoo came out incredible! Must say some big willie stuff right here...

Mario Barth and Tommy Lee - Proud members of the new mile high club!

2009-01-06T09:20:00.001-08:00

Private Jets, Champagne and Tattoos- Some real Rock Star business was going on... Check out as Mario Barth performs the first ever tattoo at high altitude on Rocker Tommy Lee, putting both in the Guinness book of world records! watch the video - ish was crazy!

NYC Independent Film Festival Premier

2009-01-06T09:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos from the premier of our film "Under The Skin" at the NYC Independent Film Festival... The night was awesome! For those that don't know we won for Best Documentary! They took it home for you Lou.... R.I.P Louie Stella- couldn't have done it with out you.

Rosetta
Producer/Director: Billy Burke, Mario Barth and Carol Barth

Producer/Director: Billy Burke and Editor: Nick Diblasio

Richie and Rosetta

Nicky, Sam and Guest

Line

Producer/Director: Billy Burke

Executive Producer: Mario Barth

Starlight Tattoo Crew

Hori Taku, Carol Barth, Executive Producer: Mario Barth and Pili' Mo'o

Carol Barth and Mario Barth

Mr. and Mrs. Stella

Buy the DVD!

Starlight Tattoo Las Vegas Grand Opening

2009-01-06T09:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, so since we just got this blog up we are going to bring back some stuff that was def worth checking out- here are some pics from our grand opening of Starlight Tattoo Las Vegas - the party was sick!
Carol Barth and Mario Barth
Black Carpet
Criss Angel
Everlast and DJ Muggs
Carol Barth
Playboy Model: Shauna Sand, Chuck Zito and Pornstar: Joanna Angel and the Burning Angel Girls

Boo-Yah Tribe
Mr. Kaves and ADM of The Lordz
Pornstar: Joanna Angel and the Burning Angel girls
Coco and Ice-T
Producers: Nick Diblasio and Billy Burke
Dave Navarro and DJ Skribble
Victoria Gotti
Fab Five Freddy
Terra Patrick and Evan Seinfeld
Vivica Fox
View of Las Vegas from Mandalay Bay
View of Las Vegas from Mandalay Bay
View of Las Vegas from Mandalay Bay
Tommy Lee running the party in the Foundation Room
Ja-Rule
Tommy Lee, Suge Knight and DJ Aero
Coco and Vanilla Ice's Wife

Suge Knight and Tommy Lee

Ja-Rule
Tommy Lee and Boo Yah Tribe
Vanilla Ice
DJ Aero, Mario Barth and Tommy Lee
Criss Angel and Vanilla Ice
Starlight Tattoo Partying at House Of Blues
Dave Navarro
Ja-Rule and Mario Barth
Tattooed Millionares, Mario Barth and Shauna Sand
Guests
Everlast
Drink it UP!

Click here to see more pictures of the Grand Opening Party in Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay!

NY Giants Video

2009-01-06T09:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a video spot that the NY Giants ran about a collaboration Mario did with them to raise money for breast cancer research... check it out

Tattoo Expo 09

2008-10-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth in Las Vegas @ the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino!!

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

It's time again for Mario Barth's Starlight Tattoo's Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth, but this time pack your bags cause we are going to Las Vegas!!. We are working diligently to line up the hundreds of vendors and artists that will be attending this year; Competition, prizes, seminars and demonstrations. Our last show was a great success, with more than 400 artists attending.
The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth is the premiere tattoo convention, showcasing the latest trends, fashions and techniques in the tattoo industry. Seminars and training as well as demonstrations will be scheduled, plus lots of music, food and fun for the entire family.

The show will be held October 2-4, 2009 in Las Vegas @ the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Mark your calendar and make plans to attend the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth. Weekend passes will be available. Vendors interested in attending this year should call 201-342-4446 to reserve a booth. Visit our website at www.starlighttattoolasvegas.com for current information, or email Rosetta Calascibett at rosetta@starlighttattoo.com for vendor packages.