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Black and grey realism · Since 2011

Nicolás Morin

Nicolás Morin crouching in a black hoodie, his tattooed hands resting together in front of him.

Tattoo artist

01Tattoos completed
2,500+
02Years tattooing
03Years of Reiki
20+
04Countries tattooed in
4Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Canada
05Studio owner in
Uruguay · Canada
Nicolás Morin laughing on a wooden stool, his arms and neck tattooed.

I started tattooing in Montevideo in 2011, with a two-year apprenticeship and no shortcuts in it.

Nicolás Morin in profile against a dark backdrop, a gold edge of light along his head and beard.

What followed was Argentina and Brazil — years of working in other people’s studios, in other people’s styles, finding out what I was actually good at. The answer was black and grey: portraits, animals, the things that need patience more than they need colour.

Nicolás Morin by a window with a mug, the farm field outside.

Now the studio is a private space in the Canadian countryside, and on the day you are here it is yours alone: one client, no one waiting after you, no city noise. The quiet, the time and my full attention all go to one piece. It is closer to a retreat than an appointment.

  1. One client
  2. One chair
  3. One day

Why one client a day

A large piece is not an appointment, it is a day. It needs the drawing finished for the body it goes on, the stencil placed properly, and hours in the chair without anyone waiting for me to be finished with you.

So the calendar moves slowly and there is no second chair. It is the only way I know to do work that holds up.

Nicolás Morin seated backwards on a wooden chair, arms crossed, blind shadows on the wall behind him.
Nicolás Morin by a window with a mug, the farm field outside.
A corner of the tattoo room.
A misty field at dawn, a figure in a long coat at its edge.
The studio building on its farm property.
The tattooing room: the chair, the lamp, and the work surface beside it.
Nicolás Morin seated backwards on a wooden chair, arms crossed, blind shadows on the wall behind him.

Being a tattoo artist is not a job.

It is my lifestyle. I live and breathe what I love doing.”

— Nicolás Morin
Nicolás Morin in profile under a single light, a gold edge along his head and beard.

The other half of it

I have practised Reiki since I was fourteen — longer than I have tattooed. For a long time those were two separate things I did.

They are not separate any more. A tattoo is someone deciding to carry something permanently, and treating that as purely technical work misses most of what is happening in the room. Symbol, intention and the state someone is in when they sit down all belong to the piece.

None of that is required. If you want a beautiful tattoo and nothing else, that is what you will get.

Bring the idea, or just the feeling.

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