Joe Riley has been tattooing professionally since 1998. He started his career in a small town called Bullhead City, AZ. He did not go through a typical apprenticeship, rather he was taught in a shop by being thrown into the mix in a very short amount of time. His mentors believed that he was a natural at tattooing from the very beginning. After less than a year of tattooing Joe had the opportunity to buy the shop that he had worked at, Timewarp Tattoo. He owned the shop for about 5 years and then decided it was time to move on and leave the small town life...more
