Originally from Queensland, Australia, studio owner Noel has been living in New Zealand since 1998. He has been a tattoo collector since the age of 14 and tattooing for over 20 years. Noel was also lucky enough to receive a full Samoan Pe’a from Master Samoan tattooist (tafuga), Sua Sulu'ape Paulo in 1993. He has featured in several magazines along with his award winning tattoo work.

Noel has also been fortunate to have been to the U.S.A a few times, where he stayed, worked and played in the state of Washington. He is very grateful for Kristi Kilbourne and the crew at Lady Luck Tattoo and Steve & Malisha at Tarot Tattoo to have been so open, helpful and encouraging for all of his ideas and inventions.

Previously being a Telecommunications Technician for a couple of decades, he is the know-all of everything technical in the studio. He prides himself on being the creator of his rotary Messer Machines which have proved themselves to be brilliant tattoo machines. Contact Noel if you want to quiz him about them.

Noel is now residing in Spokane, Washington state in America, and is working at Lady Luck Tattoos with his friend Kristi Taylor. If you would like to contact him, you can reach him via email at noel@johnsonrvinc.com