Rick Genest aka “ Zombie Boy “is born in Chateauguay a suburb on the south -shore of Montreal.
He is the one that you can see all over the internet and on TV.
The one who is tattooed on all his body based on a living dead theme.
His face tattooed as a skeleton with a see thru skull on the top of his head.
He has been featuring in Lady Gaga’s video “Born This Way” .This video has millions of hits on YouTube. You can see Lady Gaga with a makeup that looks like him.
In his case he wasn’t born this way.
He has lived for a long time as a squeegee in the streets of Montreal, where he accumulates $10,000 of city fines.
He started his body art adventure at the age of 16 where he got his first tattoo. It’s at the age of 19 that he started his complete transformation.
He had invested more than $15000 in tattoo sessions. He had to beg money for a long time to pay for that. Maybe if you live in Montreal you have contributed him to become a worldwide success by giving him a dollar.
It took him six years to complete the whole project and has been true to his tattoo artist Frank Lewis who did the majority of the work.
Frank describes him as polite, a quiet punk, a little anti-social. I would call the word anti-social an understatement.
Zombie Boy said that 80% of his work is done. Still some shading needs to be done.
He also participated in a fashion show from Thierry Mugler where he models for the designer.
Some people would think of him as a freak, I think that he is a living piece of art. Either you like or dislike it is a matter of personal taste but nobody is indifferent to him.
He is also featured in the Dermablend TV commercial. It’s a powerful piece of advertisement.
You can see what would Rick Genest look without tattoos. It’s very impressive and I suggest if you haven’t seen it already that you go watch the Dermablend commercial on You Tube.
His parents Catheryne Chappelle and his father is Rock Genest are proud of his success.
Another interesting fact about Rick Genest is that he holds the Guinness World Record of the most insects tattooed on a single body (178) and the record of the most bones tattooed (138).
Rico the zombie is also a big fan of Tim Burton’s work, and he is a big fan of horror movie. That is not very surprising…
I think we are just starting to hear about Rick Genest.
He’s going to appear in movies and all over the medias.
From the streets of Montreal to Lady Gaga’s video ,TV, Movies and the catwalk in 6 months . Sometime success comes fast.
A very different kind of star is born…
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