Artist Profile

Ethan Morgan is an award winning artist of over 30 awards and has been tattooing for twenty years. Ethan has been featured in many international magazines and books including featured articles in Tattoo Energy and Tattoo Magazine. After thirteen years as owner and founder of So.Cal. Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA, Ethan relocated to New York City five years ago to advance his career expand his repertoire. Beginning at Last Rites, Paul Booth's Tattoo Theatre, followed by Mike Rubendall's Kings Avenue Tattoo in Long Island, Ethan quickly made his mark on the highly-competitive New York City tattoo industry. He had been tattooing at East Side Ink since the studio opened until he opened Rivington Tattoo in 2011. Ethan is a seminal tattoo artist, deeply ingrained in the gothic tattoo movement. He is primarily known for his hyper-realistic black and grey artwork steeped in dark chimera, surrealism, and nightmarish imagery. He describes his own work as "damaged romanticism."