Mondial du tatouage 2025: the program for the international tattoo show in Paris

Tattoo enthusiasts can smile. The not-to-be-missed tattoo convention in Paris, organized by the famous Tin-tin, returns to the capital's 19th arrondissement in winter 2025. Entitled Mondial du tatouage, this international tattoo show in Paris will once again take place at the Grande Halle de La Villette on Friday January 31, Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2, 2025.

For this year's edition, the show dedicated to the art of tattooing promises a fine program, starting with the arrival of over 500 tattoo artists. This will be an opportunity to admire some of the world's greatest tattoo masters at work, and to discover the works engraved on the skin by numerous national and international artists, including Americans Angel Reynosa and Khan, Spain's Blanca Meret, French artist Diego Moraes, Japanese artist Horiei Shinshu, as well as Amy Mymouse, Dusty, Laura Satana, Fred Laverne, Mosh and Pascal Squale. For the full list of participating artists, visit the official Mondial du Tatouage website.

The Mondial du tatouage also aims to surprise visitors, whether curious or future tattooists, with concerts, tattoo competitions, exhibitions, food trucks and a tattoo market!

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Mondial du Tatouage in Paris, the 2025 program

Exhibitions

• Maud Dardeau
  Come and discover the world of Maud Dardeau, tattoo artist, painter and illustrator. In this exhibition, the artist brings together her two passions: painting and tattooing.
  
  
• Guen Douglas
  Guen Douglas, a tattoo artist and graphic designer with over twenty years' experience, will present her poster art in a new exhibition.
  
  
• Isabella Stabile
  
  
• Horimono Shashin
  
  
• "Take Me Back to Me"
  This exhibition unveils a unique collection of Indian ink silkscreens.

Concerts
This year, Carcass, Rotten Sound and Brujeria will be in concert on Saturday for an evening of metal! The night before, Frustration and Bracco will be on hand for an evening orchestrated by Born Bad Records.

• Friday, January 31 - 9pm
  • Frustration
  • Bracco
    
    
• Saturday, February 1st - 21h
  • Carcass
  • Brujeria
  • Rotten Sound

Tattoo competitions
Several competitions will be held throughout the weekend. Dozens of tattooed candidates will take to the stage set up for the occasion to compete for one of the trophies. This is your chance to discover the best small part, the best torso or back, or the best full body. This year's jury will include Mark Mahoney (Shamrock Social Club, Hollywood), Kari Barba (Outer Limits, Long Beach), Junko Shimada (Diamond Club Tattoo Parlor, San Francisco), Filip Leu (The Leu Family's Family Iron, Lausanne) and Luke Atkinson (Checker Demon Tattoos, Stuttgart).

• Friday, January 31st
  • 3:00 pm: best small piece
  • 5:00 pm: best medium piece
  • 7:00 pm: Best of day
    
    
• Saturday, February 1st
  • 3:00 pm: best large tattoo
  • 5:00 p.m.: best torso or back
  • 7pm: Best of day
    
    
• Sunday, February 2nd
  • 2:30 pm: best full body
  • 5:30 pm: Best of show

We can only imagine how happy tattoo lovers will be at the prospect of the latest edition of this convention dedicated to the art of tattooing in Paris. A word of advice: don't delay in reserving your places!

In the meantime, we invite you to relive the first edition of Tattoo Planetarium, held in autumn 2022 at the Grande Halle de la Villette.