The Gallery Tattoo Studio

One of the cleanest tattoo shops I have seen in a while. Nice, and polite tattoo staff who will help you get the tattoo you’re looking for. My tattoo artist was Dan, who as it turns out has done several of my other tattoos. Looking forward to going back to have some of my tattoos retouched. Thanks guys!

Having recently moved from San Francisco, it took me a long time to find a good tattoo studio. If you are looking, look no further. I was extremely impressed with the professional, clean, and very welcoming shop. I had a really good consultation with Kurt and I felt like he really felt like he understood what I wanted with my tattoo. He did some tracings on my leg and quickly sketched out some ideas. I had two appointments to get the actual work done and was just as impressed with Kurt’s work. Both times Kurt was ready to start almost right away and got quite a bit done. The shop is very easy to relax in, so it makes the actual tattooing easy. I will absolutely be headed back for my next tattoo.

This place is hands-​down amazing. My fiancé and I decided to get matching anchor tattoos in place of wedding bands for our upcoming wedding (not on our actual hands, but our upper arms), and Alec was our artist. He finished mine in *18 minutes*, and it’s the most high-​quality tattoo I’ve ever gotten. My fiancé’s took a bit longer since it was slightly bigger and was equally well-​done. In addition to the quality of this place, all of the artists were super friendly, and the place was very clean with lots of eye candy (art on the walls, recent issues of Inked, and a huge HD TV playing reruns of Workaholics) and free coffee. If I decide to get a tattoo again (doubtful as I already have 5 now), I will go back there without a second thought.

Highly recommend. I had my second tattoo done here with Alec on 9÷27÷13 and it was the best experience. This shop is the best and believe me I shopped around. I live in Marlborough and work in Charlestown… I visited a lot of shops and this one is spectacular. As far as the tattoo and the artist… AMAZING! I came in with some random pictures and writing and Alec made my vision a reality. I could never thank him enough. If you are looking for a REAL tattoo shop with experienced artists this is your place.

Where do I start?
I have had 2 sessions here and will have my final one in the next few weeks. I have never gotten a tattoo before and was going for a big piece on my arm so I was quite nervous about it. I went with a really detailed animal so I knew I needed to find someone with some serious talent. A friend recommended them to me and I was super glad I stopped by their studio! Place is exceptionally clean, great location and they couldn’t have made me feel more welcomed.
I set up a consultation with Kurt and I was instantly impressed. He did a quick draft for me and then spent some serious time on drawing it all out.
I was very nervous for my first appointment but Kurt and the guys are really good at making you feel comfortable and distracting ya, making 4 hours seem like 1hr :)
I cant wait to finish my current piece and go back for my next.

The Gallery Tattoo Studio is a clean and welcoming space. There is fine art on the walls, entertaining videos on the large screen tv, and a talented, friendly, and professional staff. The vibe of The Studio is open and welcoming. I wanted a full sleeve and chest plate of a koi transforming into a dragon. I consulted with multiple tattoo artists in the Boston/​Providence area. Many of them had good books, and I considered one or two artists, but was not completely sure who to choose. Then I met with Kurt the first week he opened his studio. After talking to him, I stopped my search and made an appointment without hesitation. I am extremely happy with my decision. Kurt outlined the entire sleeve and chest in one monster session. I am now three sessions into my piece, and looking forward to the next one. There are many good artists near my home, but I choose to drive two hours to get to The Studio for an exceptional one. I highly recommend the artists at The Gallery Tattoo Studio to anyone who wants a high quality work of art on their body.

Started working on a sleeve (skull, koi, oni) with Kurt a few months ago. I called up the shop about starting up a sleeve and they set me up with a consultation a few days later. Showed up with my idea and a few reference pieces and mapped everything out with Kurt. He’s a really cool dude so it was easy to talk to him about what I was looking for. The best part was he seemed just as excited about the tattoo as me. I scheduled a handful of appointments and now I got this killer piece of artwork on my arm. Couldn’t be happier with the way it’s coming out.
The studio itself is awesome. It’s always super clean which is comforting. There’s a rotating art gallery to check out. My favorite thing about the studio is there always something great playing on the flat screen. Always Sunny, Wild Boys, Workaholics make my 4 hour sessions fly by. I definitely recommend The Gallery Tattoo Studio it’s been a great experience.

I first went to Kurt Brown at Pino Bros, upon recommendation from a friend of my wife’s, going on 5 yrs ago. I’m pretty huge on first impressions and on that first impression, he was a down to earth, easy to talk to, non judgmental artist who is very open to talking over and working through any ideas you may have. Over the years i’ve thrown piles of reference images at him to make art from and he’s nailed it time after time, without fail or needing to compromise.
He enjoys and excels at traditional imagery and traditional japanese. Kurt is a perfectionist, and it shows in spades in his portfolio. He’s had quite a few pieces in the last few years that i’ve seen on other people and thought «damn, i wish i thought of that first» because quality of work is that good. His vision and the cohesion of which he attains for large work is outstanding.
I’ve worked with him on a half sleeve, a forearm piece, a chest piece, and a ½ leg sleeve and he’s been nothing short of professional and easy going for each of them. It’s hard to trust a stranger to do that amount work on your body over a number of years, his process makes you comfortable and allows you to trust him, of which i do implicitly. Which is something I’ve heard from other customers of his.
His new space at The Gallery is pristine. With a super clean, open layout, ego-​free and welcoming vibe, it seems like a place that you could just hang out at (if he wasn’t busy cranking out awesome work). Walls are donned with some of his best work, art and a giant flat-​screen typically showing cult-​classic movie of the day.
The shop’s neighborhood on Main Street in Concord is soon to be buzzing with a line out his door.
One note of advice tho: make appointments WELL into advance (months). He was in high demand at Pino, but now that he’s running is own shop at the Gallery, he’s even more highly sought after. But i guaran-​damn-​tee he’s worth the wait!!!

I feel like in a lot of ways Ryan M. took the words right out of my mouth, but I’ll take a shot at adding my 2 cents about Kurt, his space and his work.
I moved to Boston a little over a year ago and immediately started the search for an artist who had the talent and portfolio that fit with the images in my mind of what my sleeve would be. It took me over 6 months to find Kurt, but when I did (he was still at Pino Bros.) I instantly fell in love with his work. You only have to flip through a couple images in his portfolio to see what a professional he is. The cohesiveness, attentional to detail and raw artistic talent is absolutely undeniable in his work.
My only fear was that a guy this talented could be a total jerk and still make a good living, but as Ryan mentioned, it only takes 5 mins to realize that Kurt’s personality is as good as his work (which is of course important when you spend 35 hours with the guy). The consultation was great, he was completely open to my (somewhat ludicrous) ideas and was (or at least did a good job of convincing me that he was) genuinely excited to work on my arm.
As he worked on the design, he was great about communicating where he was in the process and letting me know how he was going to bring it to life in a way that made sense for both my arm and the piece of art. This is something that i don’t think great tattoo artists get enough credit for, but its so important that they can tell you what is going to WORK, not just what’s possible. Just another reason why he’s such a pro.
Not surprisingly, we agreed on the design on the first shot… it is beautiful. From there it was a breeze. His work on the skin is as good as it is on paper. His color work is incredible. watching it come to life on my arm has been a really cool experience.
The only negative I have is that Kurt’s work is so good it has made everything else I have on my body look like crap… but I have no one to blame for that but myself!
Echo Ryan’s sentiments on the new space too, The Gallery is an amazing space, Kurt clearly put the same care into it as he does into every piece he does. well worth the drive to concord.
Can’t recommend Kurt and The Gallery enough, and I do, almost everyday when someone is blown away by the piece he’s done for me.
I’ll close with a quote from my mom, avid tattoo-​hater:
«I don’t like tattoo’s, but this is an amazing piece of artwork and he did such a good job of bringing the idea to life that i can’t help but love it»
Give Kurt a call and get yourself into his calendar ASAP, he’s the real deal.