Michael T. Gardner was born into a supportive blue collar family in the American heartland where he was encouraged to be creative and self sufficient. After two years of art school he relocated to the Southwest intending to create an artistic life for himself. Tattooing caught his attention soon after arrival and he launched a career in tattooing that he continues to practice today.
Upon leaving the Southwest he travelled a bit and ended up close to his childhood home in the fall of September 2001. The events of 9/11 changed the course of so many lives and his was among them. In 2002 he relocated again, this time to the Puget Sound area of the Pacific Northwest where he currently lives with his wife and family.