Black Ink

006 — The artists

Three hands,
three styles

Owner · 14 years in the trade

Mathieu Rioux

Japanese · Blackwork · Large pieces

Apprenticed in Montreal in 2012, based in Quebec City since 2017. He mostly works on long projects: sleeves, backs, thighs. He hand-draws on paper before transferring, and shows you the drawing before starting — if it doesn't speak to you, he redoes it.

Resident artist · 7 years in the trade

Léa Bergeron

Fine line · Floral · First tattoos

Trained in illustration at Université Laval before moving to skin. She's the one assigned to first-timers: she explains every step, offers breaks, and never judges anyone who needs two minutes to breathe.

Resident artist · 9 years in the trade

Dave Ouellet

Traditional · Lettering · Cover-ups

Bold lines, solid colours, designs that will hold up in thirty years. He's also the one who reworks old tattoos: cover-ups, outline touch-ups, saving travel-memory tattoos.

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We'd rather turn down a project than do it badly.

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One drawing per client. Never the same one twice.

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Fresh needles, opened in front of you. Every time.

Our story

Fourteen years
of ink

2012 The apprenticeship Mathieu Rioux starts as an apprentice in a Montreal studio.
2017 Rue Saint-Jean He settles in Quebec City and opens the studio: two stations, a door next to the corner store.
2019 Léa joins Léa Bergeron moves from illustration to skin and takes charge of first tattoos.
2021 Dave joins the studio Dave Ouellet brings traditional work, lettering and cover-ups.

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Three Hands,one door

Three hands,three styles

Fourteen yearsof ink

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Three Hands,
one door

Three hands,
three styles

Fourteen years
of ink