Welcome to The Tattoo Gallery
The heart of Adelaide City is the home of the Tattoo Gallery. Located in Adelaide's East End Precinct www.eastend.org.au.
The Tattoo Gallery is one of Australia's oldest working tattoo studios, operating since the early 70's from her original Rundle St address, where good coffee, fine food and designer boutiques are found and frequented by residents, city visitors and tourists alike.
Tribal Mike owns The Tattoo Gallery and has been in residence since the early 90's. Mike works by appointment inking all things awesome, his signature freestyle tribal and flawless celtic is still a staple daily diet with Gallery Clientele however custom colour pieces, lettering and practically anything technical are also on the tattoo menu.
Morag, the resident Body Piercer does exactly that as well as manage the studio ensuring everyone has what they need to get the job done. Morag also handles marketing, rosters, liaises with relevant government bodies on both the tattoo and piercing industries and runs her own piercing training [for people who have been offered positions within the industry only].
Baby Dave and Andy P cover the daily diary selections from our healthy front studio tattoo menu, which can be anything from new school, traditional Japanese, cover-ups, re-works, lettering, bio-mech, pin-up girls, religious icons as well as the occasional sik, demented demon or music-influenced tribute. We also have Mike's apprentice Josh Doe who is holding his own in our busy front studio building a fan-base of his own. Clients are savvy and most of the ink is custom designed, so consults, research and preliminary drawings are very much a part of the usual tattoo selection process. Those who are researching artwork, need ideas or want to discuss their latest piercing ventures can come in, browse, chat to Sarah or Charz and hopefully get what information they need to continue their tattoo journey!
If you live out of Adelaide or aren't ready to visit, we do consult via email so feel free to send us a message along with your design, picture or idea - include your name, where you are thinking of putting your tattoo, the approximate size [in millimetres] and we can consult online.
Custom work of course is welcomed and if you don't have artwork [in any media form] but have a definite idea of what you want, we can help you research the design.
Consultations in studio are complimentary and no appointment is needed.
Please note that you may be asked to provide proof of age by way of photo identification as it is illegal to tattoo any person under the age of 18 years.
Cheers for your time, please note we will upload new stuff each month!
