Bryan Black

Bryan Black is a Portland-based tattooer who has been around the tattoo industry since the 1990s and has been licensed since 2018. His background includes years spent immersed in tattoo shop culture, tattoo history, and the practical realities of the profession.

At Alchemy Tattoo Academy, Bryan serves as an instructor with an emphasis on tattoo history, skin disorders and diseases, needle making, line work fundamentals, and the ins and outs of coil tattoo machines, along with foundational shop practices. His teaching focuses on safety, ethics, and respect for tattooing—helping students understand not just how to tattoo, but the responsibility that comes with working on human skin.