About

Ria Barrenechea is an artist and tattooer based in a private studio in Glasgow, Scotland.

Throughout her life Ria has been dedicated to making time to create art using a variety of traditional mediums. In 2011 she commenced her tattooing career in Surrey England, where she was born. Predominantly self-taught, she is deeply passionate about creating custom one of a kind tattoos.

Avoiding digital mediums, she instead prefers to hand-draw each design to scale. From large to small compositions, her work is carefully considered to complement each body uniquely and organically.

Drawing inspiration from nature, primarily birds, animals, and the botanical world, she is also inspired by the muted colour palettes of the Art Nouveau movement, as well as vintage lithograph prints and natural history books.

In 2022, Ria was approached by a curator at The Burrell Museum in Glasgow to be featured in a short film and interview for a digital exhibition displayed alongside tattooed artifacts of Ancient Egyptian women.