Tattoo shops in Medellín
Medellín, Antioquia has 24 tattoo shops on the map. All 24 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Medellín (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Marcarte Casa Cultural and Don Tatto Swa, plus Opio Studio Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Medellín's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Medellín tattoo lineup
24 mapped within about 40 km:
Marcarte Casa Cultural
Tattoo studio
Marcarte Casa Cultural is Tattoo studio on Calle 38A Sur.
Calle 38A Sur
Don Tatto Swa
Tattoo studio
Don Tatto Swa — Tattoo studio, found on Carrera 28 in Comuna 3 - Manrique.
Carrera 28, Comuna 3 - Manrique
Opio Studio Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Opio Studio Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 39-23 Calle 9, Medellin. Opio Studio Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
39-23 Calle 9, Medellin, 050021
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00
Phone: +57 314 8728055
Opio Studio Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Opio Studio Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 76-35 Calle 32F, Medellín. Opio Studio Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
76-35 Calle 32F, Medellín, 050030
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00
Phone: +57 314 8728055
La Casa Del Arte
Tattoo studio
La Casa Del Arte is Tattoo studio on 78-14 Calle 44A. La Casa Del Arte also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
78-14 Calle 44A
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-21:00
Phone: +57 310 4312078
Riders Club
Tattoo studio
Riders Club is Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Academy Ink Dibujarte
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Academy Ink Dibujarte is Tattoo studio. Tattoo Academy Ink Dibujarte also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa-Su 00:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa-Su 00:00-24:00
Phone: +57 314 5777921
By Juan Giraldo
Tattoo studio
By Juan Giraldo is Tattoo studio on Calle 55 Sur, Sabaneta Antioquia.
Calle 55 Sur, Sabaneta Antioquia
Arcadia tattoo
Tattoo studio
Arcadia tattoo is Tattoo studio on Carrera 43C.
Carrera 43C
Tatto
Tattoo studio
Tatto — Tattoo studio.
Bizarros Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Bizarros Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Oveja Negra Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Oveja Negra Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 72sur 99 Carrera 44 in Sabaneta, Antioquia. Also worth knowing about Oveja Negra Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00.
72sur 99 Carrera 44, Sabaneta, Antioquia, 055450
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Art store
Tattoo studio
Art store is Tattoo studio.
Vertical. Tatto Studio Art-Store
Tattoo studio
Vertical. Tatto Studio Art-Store — Tattoo studio.
Tatau tattoo studio
Tattoo studio
Tatau tattoo studio — Tattoo studio.
Tatau. Tattoo Academy, segundo piso
Tattoo studio
Tatau. Tattoo Academy, segundo piso — Tattoo studio.
Opio Studio Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Opio Studio Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 43A-51 Calle 30 Sur, Envigado. Opio Studio Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
43A-51 Calle 30 Sur, Envigado, 055422129
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00
Phone: +57 314 8728055
Áurea Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Áurea Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Comuna 13 Tatto
Tattoo studio
Comuna 13 Tatto is Tattoo studio on Carrera 110 # 35F - 15, Comuna 13 - San Javier. Comuna 13 Tatto also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:00-20:00.
Carrera 110 # 35F - 15, Comuna 13 - San Javier, 050033
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-20:00
TATTOOS
Tattoo studio
TATTOOS — Tattoo studio.
Daniel_tattoo
Tattoo studio
Daniel_tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Pain & Bee Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Pain & Bee Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Daniel_Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Daniel_Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Pain & Bee Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Pain & Bee Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Medellín
7 of the 24 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
3 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Medellín tattoo shop tour
The efficient Medellín tattoo shop tour strings these together: Marcarte Casa Cultural on Calle 38A Sur, Don Tatto Swa on Carrera 28, Opio Studio Tattoo on 39-23 Calle 9, Opio Studio Tattoo on 76-35 Calle 32F, La Casa Del Arte on 78-14 Calle 44A, Riders Club, Tattoo Academy Ink Dibujarte, and By Juan Giraldo on Calle 55 Sur — 24 stops, one logical order. 16 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Medellín
Picking a studio in Medellín? A little homework pays off:
- Don't haggle on price at Marcarte Casa Cultural. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
- Keep the bandage on as directed at Don Tatto Swa. Second-skin or cling wrap timelines vary by artist. Follow theirs, not a forum's.
- Browse portfolios before anything else. A studio's Instagram or website tells you more than any review. If nobody there does the style you want, keep looking.
- Match the artist to the style. Fine line, blackwork, traditional, realism — artists specialise. The best studio in town is the wrong one if the style's off.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Medellín — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Medellín can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 24 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 24 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Medellín: 24 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.