The coolest ink we saw at Arizona Invitational Tattoo Expo 2025

Some of Phoenix’s best tattoo artists got under people’s skin this past weekend. More than 200 skilled ink-slingers from throughout the Valley and across the U.S. gathered at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel from Feb. 7 to 9 for the Arizona Invitational Tattoo Expo to create amazing body art. The three-day event was a celebration of artistry and ink that created a major buzz inside the hotel’s conference center. Dozens of local shops participated in this year’s expo — which was launched in 2016 by Arizona artists Jon Lewis and Sage O'Connell — including Everlasting Ink, Glendale’s Fifth Finger Studios, Mesa’s Urban Art Tattoo and Sun City’s Decorum Art Studios. Lewis, who owns Tucson’s 4 Forty 4 Tattoo, recently told Phoenix New Times the focus of the event is to showcase a curated selection of high-caliber artists. click to enlarge Tucson artist Stephanie Heffron creates an otherworldly piece at the Arizona Invitational Tattoo Expo. Benjamin Leatherman “We only invite artists wi...