Charles Huurman is an award-winning tattoo artist based in New York and Texas. He has specialized in tattoo techniques such as Surrealism and Hyper-realism. He is the owner, CEO, and a tattoo artist at Art Hackers and Utopian Tattoo Tribe.

Biography

Charles Huurman was raised in Spain (Valencia) and Ireland. He became quite a successful businessman (a spa and a real estate agency owner) when he was just 21 years old. He currently lives in New York and travels all over the world to spread his talent for creating wonderful tattoos. Presently, he works in three tattoo studios, “Inkology Tattoo Art Gallery” in New York (NY), “Aura IV Tattoo Gallery” in Austin (TX), and “Utopian Tattoo Tribe” in Valencia (Spain).

Charles Huurman in his tattoo studio

The Beginnings

He admits to making some bad decisions and due to some economic crisis that he had to suffer a huge loss and had to shift his focus. He was inspired by his friend and his cousin, who although did not earn very well, were top of their fields. He quickly knew that he wanted to have the exact same thing and make his career in things that he loved. He wanted to follow his passion without caring about money or status. The answer to his calling was – painting.

Ready for a new start and a different approach to my career, I decided to embark in something I truly loved and turn it into something I could live on and enjoy at the same time. Therefore, I asked myself “What did I ever do for fun that could be of any value to make a living?”. The only answer I could find was painting.

Charles Huurman’s drawings

Charles Huurman painting

Charles Huurman’s paintings

Charles Huurman’s paintings

He was a bit skeptical at first as his father, who was a painter himself, couldn’t make much of a living as a painter. However, for Charles it was different as he had already lost too much to lose any future. Soon he began taking interest in his friend’s tattoos as he drew some samples for them which they would quickly convert into tattoos.