Ami James

Ami James
Born Ami James
April 6, 1972 (1972-04-06) (age 39)
Israel
Nationality Israeli
Occupation Tattoo artist
Entrepreneur
Clothing
Television personality
Known for Co-owner of Love Hate Tattoos (Miami Ink). Co-owner of Love Hate Choppers and DeVille clothing. Owner of The Woo$ter Street Social Club (NY Ink)
Home town Miami, Florida, USA
Website
http://www.amijamestattoo.com
http://www.devilleusa.com/
http://www.amijamesedinburghink.com/

Ami James (born April 6, 1972), is an Israeli-born tattoo artist.

His father, an American, converted to Judaism three years prior to moving to Israel, where he joined the Israeli army and met James' mother. James lived in both Israel and Egypt as a child, and spent much of his childhood without his father who left the family when James was four years old. Suffering from severe ADD, James explains that he was drawn into art and tattooing from a young age as his father had tattoos and was also a painter.

James moved to the United States aged 11 or 12, living with his father's parents before moving to Miami at the age of 12. He moved back to Israel in his teens and completed his military service in the Israel Defense Force as a sniper. At the age of 15 he got his first tattoo, an experience which made him determined to become a tattoo artist himself. In 1992, he started his apprenticeship with tattoo artist Lou at Tattoos By Lou. He is the co-owner (with Chris Núñez) of the Miami Beach, Florida tattoo parlor Love Hate Tattoos, the subject of the TLC reality television program, Miami Ink. James also co-owns the DeVille clothing company[1] with Núñez and Jesse Fleet, and the Miami nightclub Love Hate Lounge, with Núñez and two other close friends. He has also created designs for Motorola's RAZR V3 mobile phones.[2] His now ex-wife, Jordan, gave birth to their only child, Shayli Haylen James on August 3, 2008. James has also recently invested in a jewelry line, Love Hate Choppers Jewelry, with Boston jeweler Larry Weymouth.

In 1996 he lived for a few months in Denmark, where he did tattoos. Nyhavn.[3]

He revealed on his blog that he was moving to New York and that his new show NY Ink planned to begin filming in March 2011. The show premiered on June 2, 2011.[4] He has also recently revealed that the new show has been picked to produce a second season, which premieres in December.

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