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Filip Leu


A third-generation artist and second-generation tattooer, Filip Leu was born in Paris in 1967. He's the son of Felix and Loretta Leu aka Don Feliz and Y Maria, and grandson of artist Eva Aeppli, Jean Tinguely's first wife.
His parents were artists, bohemians, hippies and also enthusiastic travelers. This meant that Filip and his 3 siblings, Ama, Aia and Ajja, grew up in Europe, North Africa, India and Nepal. Felix and Loretta began tattooing in 1978 in Goa, India and Filip started to learn the craft from them when he was 11.

Together with his parents he created "The Leu Family's Family Iron Studio and Museum" in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1982. He began tattooing full-time there; he was 15.

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