Hello! I’m Show Pigeon (you can call me Evie). I own and operate Show Pigeon Tattoo in Orange County, CA, where I tattoo, paint, and provide creative consultations. I also love collaborating with artists and companies and working with non-profits. My most significant artist collaboration to date is Pigeon the Kewp Doll, and my most meaningful contribution to a non-profit was the work I did with We Testify.

In my home life you can find me hunting for kewpie dolls at local flea markets or greeting outdoor cats while strolling with my husband through our neighborhood.

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, 2023

Show Pigeon and Kevin Kidney in Conversation, 2023

Show Pigeon: Tattoo Artist, Business Owner, and Toy Collector, 2022

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:

Yo Gabba Gabba: The Super Art Friends Show! — Brea Gallery, Brea CA, October - December 2025

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