Utah Tattoo Studio & Surf Club 101

TATTOO RYAN -- SekiRyu Ichiban 101

Ryan Karagory -- Tattoo Ryan, SekiRyu Ichiban -- has been tattooing for more than twenty-two years, across three tattoo cultures: Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Chicago, now rooted in the red rocks of St. George, Utah.

Born July 7, 1981 in LaPorte, Indiana and raised between Hawaii, Las Vegas and East Chicago, Ryan graduated from Kaimuki High School in Honolulu (class of 2000), then served in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell -- an Airborne Paratrooper and Air Assault soldier, now a disabled veteran.

He began tattooing around 2004, apprenticing at Aloha Tattoo Waikiki and Odyssey Tattoo Gallery in Honolulu, then opened his own shop, Paradise Ink Tattoo Company, in Waianae, Oahu. From there he moved to Las Vegas, working at HellBoy's Tattoo 702 and the MasterMind Tattoo Crew alongside Edward Frayna and Britt Rucci, sharpening his craft in some of the most competitive shops in the country -- then on to Chicago-area shops and guest spots across the U.S. and Europe.

Along the way he has given back through community work with autism programs and gang and violence prevention outreach.

Today he owns and operates Utah Tattoo Studio and Surf Club 101 -- SekiRyu Ichiban 101 -- a private, appointment-only studio in St. George, Utah. Custom work only. No flash off the wall, no walk-ins: one artist, one client, one custom piece at a time.

Black and grey, portraits, realism, American traditional, bold color, island fusion, horror and macabre -- twenty-two years behind the machine.

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Utah Tattoo Studio and Surf Club 101 -- SekiRyu Ichiban 101 -- Ryan Karagory
630 N 3050 E Suite C-1, St. George, UT 84790 -- (435) 200-4828 -- TattooUtah@gmail.com
Tue-Sat 4 PM-12 AM -- By appointment only -- $40 deposit, rates from $100/hr