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Steve De Los Reyes
@stevedelosreyes
Award-winning artist, Steve De Los Reyes, is the owner of Ink Kings Tattoo in Otsego, MN. Steve has been an artist for over 30 years. He graduated with a degree in Technical Illustration from California State Fullerton. His career experience has consisted of oil painting, charcoal portraits, woodcarving and wood burning. Steve is also an expert in airbrushing custom motorcycles and cars. Steve began his tattoo career in 2009. He built his tattoo career and managed a tattoo studio for several years before opening his own shop, Ink Kings Tattoo, in March 2016. As a master artist, Steve apprentices new artists and is a mentor to independent artists at Ink Kings as well as various artists around the United States.
Steve is well known for his artistic versatility in both color or black and gray, his brilliant wild-life pieces and realism, and unbelievable cover-ups. Steve’s clientele consists of both our home-based Minnesotans as well as loyal clients from other states. Clients travel to see Steve at Ink Kings as well as various tattoo conventions across the country. Steve is looking forward to the expansion of the Ink Kings studio over the coming months.
AWARDS
208 Tattoo Fest
2015 Small Black & Grey 1st place
2015 Character Portrait 1st place
Best in the Midwest
2014 Best cover-up 1st place
Chicago Villain Arts
2019 Chest 3rd place
2018 Color Infused Black & Grey 1st place
2018 Color Infused Black & Grey 2nd place
2018 Female Medium Black & Grey 1st place
Denver Tattoo Arts
2021 Female Small Black and Gray 3rd place
Atlanta Tattoo Arts
2022 Male Medium Color 3rd place
2022 Best Portrait 1st place
Milwaukee Villain Arts
2019 Medium Color 1st place
2019 Female XL color 1st place
2019 Female Small color 2nd place
2019 Female Large color 2nd place
2019 Chest 3rd place
2018 Cover-up 2nd place
2018 Female Small Color 2nd place
2018 Female Large Color 1st place
2018 Female XL Color 2nd place
2018 Large Color 2nd place
Minneapolis Villain Arts
2023 Cover up 1st place
2023 Male XL Black and Gray 1st place
2023 Female Small Black and Gray 1st place
2023 Male Large Color 1st place
2023 Sleeve 3rd place
2023 Small Black and Gray 3rd place
2023 Female Large color 3rd place
2023 Male Medium Color 2nd place
2023 Best Portrait Black and Gray 2nd place
2023 Best Portrait Color 2nd place
2022 Female Small Black and Gray 1st place
2022 Male Medium Color 2nd place
2022 Coverup 2nd place
2022 Female Large Color 2nd place
2022 Female Extra Large Color 3rd place
2021 Female Black and Gray 1st place
2020 Small color 1st place
2020 Female Large color 2nd place
2020 Cover-up 2nd place
2020 Female XL color 3rd place
2019 Female Medium Color 1st place
2019 Male Medium Color 2nd place
2019 Male Medium Color 3rd place
2019 Male XL Black & Grey 3rd place
2019 Medium Black & Grey 2nd place
2019 Medium Color 3rd place
2019 Large Color 3rd place
2018 Female Small Color 1st place
2018 Female Large Color 1st place
2018 Female XL Color 1st place
2018 Hand & Neck 1st place
2017 Cover-up 1st place
2017 Female Large Color 3rd place
2017 Japanese 2nd place
2015 Cover-up 1st place
2015 Cover-up 3rd place
2015 Large Black & Grey 1st place
2014 Cover-up 1st place
2013 Cover-up 2nd place
2013 Cover-up 2nd place
2012 Cover-up 3rd place
Oklahoma City Tattoo Arts
2022 Best Portrait Color 3rd place
Tampa Villain Arts
2022 Medium Black and Gray 3rd place
2018 Female Large Color 1st place
Tattoo You 25
2016 Women’s Medium 1st place
2016 Wildlife/Floral 3rd place
2016 Cover-up 3rd place
Tattoo You Minnesota
2016 Mythical 2nd place
Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash
2022 Tattoo of the Day Color
2022 Female XL Color 1st place
2022 Female Medium Color 3rd place
MORE EVENTS AND AWARDS COMING SOON!