If until not so long ago getting a tattoo was a major decision to think about, today ink on the skin is our daily bread. Barcelona is full of large, small and medium tattoos that show that we have lost our fear of the needle, and that those drawings that once were born as ancestral tribal signs of identification today cover our bodies without fear of what people will say.
And whether it’s a realistic tattoo, a floral tattoo, an old school tattoo or a fine line tattoo (or a Barça tattoo, we are where we are), in this list we bring you some of the best tattoo artists in Barcelona so that you can nail your tattoo and mark yourself for life (or well, now that they can be erased maybe not so much) with your favorite design.
Avantgarde Tattoo
Abel Miranda is the responsible and founder of Avantgarde (Carrer de Guitard, 47), a studio of tattoo artists in Barcelona which stands out for its polished technique and the variety of techniques it offers. Abel moves comfortably in styles such as abstract, avantgarde, organic, realism and blackwork, watercolor, abstract, illustrative style in black and white, lettering and graffity, patterns, geometric shapes, splash and color, where paint strokes are mixed with the delicacy and precision of the lines and dots of his geometric compositions. You can make reservations by calling
📍 Carrer de Manso, 13, Local 1, 08015 Barcelona
Fervescent Tattoo
Fine line and color tattoos. Double combo for a tattoo artist who does a type of tattoo that is rare to find and very delicate. His style ranges from animals and flowers to more realistic tattoos, always with that fine line as a sign of identity.
Armine Ayvazyan
Colorful and old school tattoos with all kinds of gods and devils. Lots of color, precise lines and original drawings to create a universe of monsters that speak on the skin.
📍 LTW Tattoo, C/ Tallers, 29
Damian Vasquez
Tattoos and skateboarding have always gone hand in hand, and in Damian’s case, the connection is evident. The designs of this illustrator drink from the world of skateboarding, and show those universes that often confuse in it, ranging from a punk and iconoclastic imaginary to a darker one, but always with a touch of irony and humor and a lot of artistic sensibility.
📍 Focus Tattoo Shop, Ferlandina 47, Barcelona
Sasha tattoing, the tattoo garden (Kam.mi and ritrit)
In Balmes street there is a place where plants turn into ink and flowers into drawings. Kamila is a tattoo artist who has become known in Barcelona for the talent she has when it comes to transferring elements of the plant world to the skin. His tattoos literally look like traced flowers and the realism of the line and the delicacy of the color are a delight.
📍 Sasha Tattoing Barcelonw, C/ de Balmes, 74
Juanele Tattoo
Old school, colors, fantasy and large format for a tattoo artist who draws with as much power as humor. Colorful tattoos and retro and rockabilly inspired tattoos designed and tattooed at the Electric Tattoo studio.
📍Barcelona Electric Tattoo, Carrer del Portal Nou, 29,
Chiara Semeraro
Naturalist inspired tattoos: plants, animals and a very personal style, with a very colorful and imaginative realism
Oscar Hove
Attention to Oscar Hove’s tattoos, a direct black and white trip to yakuza and old school Japan. Its designs are large format fantasy, with many total black pieces and arm, back or full chest drawings. Geishas, tents, sumo wrestlers and dragons make up a tattoo imaginary that turns the body into a giant canvas.
📍 Carrer dels Morabos, 24, Local 2
Didac Gonzalez
More large format tattoos, but this time in color. He tattoos at Romantic Tattoo, in Granollers (where they also do fantasy tattoos, biomechanical, nineties style…) and his tattoos are not for the faint-hearted: Full back designs in full color with beasts, monsters or religious inspiration, or all mixed together, in a cocktail that ends up leaving the backs looking like a contemporary and disturbing tableau.
📍 Carrer del Lliri, 12, 08402 Granollers.
Fran J Fernandez
He shares Ondo Tattoo with Oscar Hove, and although their styles have something that connects them, Fran makes designs of his own that bring him closer to realism than to Japanese imagery. As I said, hyper-realism in black and white with many animals and a tremendous mastery of shadows.
📍 Carrer dels Morabos, 24, Local 2
The UF
Between Barcelona and Zurich, UF is one of the best tattoo studios to go to in Barcelona if you are looking for manga and anime inspired tattoos. Here we also travel to Japan, but we do it through its graphic culture, with drawings ranging from Miyazaki’s films to the eroticism of hentai.