BKK INK in the Press, on TV and in Travel Guides

Three tattoo magazines covered our studio in 2014: RISE Tattoo Magazine in France, Skin Deep in the United Kingdom and Z Tattoo in Scandinavia. The framed originals hang in our studio on Tanao Road, and you are welcome to look at them when you visit.

The French magazine put our studio on its cover, listed as "BKK aka Khao San Ink", and ran a feature over several pages written by journalist Laure Siegel, with photographs by P-Mod. It is a portrait of the studio and its team, from Ball's early years to his win in Paris, and a look at a Thai tattoo scene that was changing fast. RISE was published in France until 2018 and is listed in the catalogue of the National Library of France.

Billed on its cover as the UK's best selling tattoo magazine, Skin Deep ran a road-trip feature on our studio in its Sacred Tattoo Temple section. It follows the team on Khaosan Road, mentions Ball's first prize at the Mondial du Tatouage, and shows several pieces from our artists' portfolios.

In its report on the Mondial du Tatouage in Paris, Z Tattoo lists "Ball, BKK Ink, Bangkok" as number one in the Best Back/Bodysuit category, with a photograph of the winning back piece.

Ball BKK has his own page, page 129, in "Mondial du Tatouage, sous le regard de Tin-Tin" (Hachette Pratique, 2018, ISBN 978-2-01-391902-9), written by François Chauvin with photographs by Valéry Guedes and Anthony Dubois. The book presents 100 tattoo artists from around the world, and Ball's page covers his studio, his style and his favourite conventions.

In March 2022, Ball was a guest on Super Mum, a Workpoint TV show hosted by Mum Jokmok. He was invited because he had taught the actress Kratip to tattoo. On set he showed part of his trophy collection and brought one of his clients along, so viewers could see his work on skin rather than on a screen. You can watch the episode on Workpoint's official YouTube channel.

Travel writers and city guides also recommend the studio online. We add every article that features the studio to this page, with a link so you can read it in full.

Melo Villareal's guide to getting a tattoo in Bangkok sorts the city's studios by neighbourhood and presents BKK INK with its convention awards and its address on Tanao Road, across from Khaosan Road. Read the guide on Out of Town Blog.

This Thailand travel guide, published in several languages, ranks BKK INK first among the tattoo studios on Khaosan Road and describes a clean, professional studio with a friendly atmosphere, popular with international travellers. Read the ranking on Thairanked.

In 2014, Ball BKK won first prize for Best Back or Bodysuit at the Mondial du Tatouage in Paris, one of the most prestigious tattoo conventions in the world. We remain the only Thai studio ever to win a first prize there, and that win helped put Thailand on the world tattoo map. The organiser lists Ball BKK among its exhibiting artists for 2026. It is why tattoo magazines in France, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia came to tell our story: Z Tattoo covered the convention itself, while RISE and Skin Deep looked at the team behind the win, a studio that had opened on Tanao Road, right across from the entrance of Khaosan Road, in 2009. Since then our twelve artists have won 57 awards at tattoo conventions, including two first prizes at the Singapore Ink Show in 2023, which arguably makes our studio Thailand's most awarded. You can see the full list, year by year, on our awards page, and the work behind the Paris prize on Ball's page.

The framed magazines hang in our studio at 143 Thanon Tanao, right across from the entrance of Khaosan Road, open every day from noon to 11pm. Ask at reception and we will show you the pages, along with the trophies our artists have brought back from conventions such as Paris and Singapore.

Journalists, producers, travel writers and bloggers can reach us through our contact page. We are happy to arrange a visit, interviews with our artists and photographs of the studio and their work. We speak English, Thai and French.

Yes. In 2014 our studio was featured in RISE Tattoo Magazine in France, Skin Deep in the United Kingdom and Z Tattoo in Scandinavia. Ball BKK also has a page in a Hachette book about the Mondial du Tatouage, and he was a guest on Workpoint TV's Super Mum in March 2022. Online travel guides such as Out of Town Blog and Thairanked also recommend the studio.

In 2014 our artist Ball BKK won first prize for Best Back or Bodysuit at the Mondial du Tatouage in Paris. No other Thai studio has ever won a first prize at this convention.

Ball was invited to Workpoint TV's Super Mum in March 2022 because he had taught the actress Kratip to tattoo. He showed part of his trophy collection on set and brought one of his clients to show his work in person.

Yes. The framed originals hang in our studio at 143 Thanon Tanao, across from the entrance of Khaosan Road. Ask at reception, any day from noon to 11pm.

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143 Thanon Tanao, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 · +66 2 629 2475 · Open daily 12:00–23:00