Three rooms,
one studio.
Living Canvas is a tattoo shop, a body piercing studio, and an actual art gallery — all under one roof on East Broadway. Custom work since 2012. Walk-ins welcome. 800+ five-star reviews and counting.
Resident artists.
Each artist owns their style. Pick the one whose work hits — or bring a reference and we'll match. (Names + pieces below are placeholders — we'd swap with your real crew.)
What we do.
Walk-ins welcome on the tattoo + piercing side. Custom tattoo work by consult only. Gallery is always open during shop hours — come look around even if you're not getting anything done that day.
Custom + flash
Walk in for flash off the wall, or book a free consult for custom design. Resident artists, no apprentice work on customer skin, full aftercare kit included.
Body piercing
Standard ear through advanced placements. Implant-grade titanium and gold-plated jewelry. APP-trained piercer, single-use needles, aftercare guide.
Art gallery
Rotating shows from regional artists. Always free, always open during shop hours. We're a working studio that happens to also be a real exhibition space.
Three things under one roof on Broadway.
Living Canvas opened on East Broadway in 2012. Most tattoo shops are just a tattoo shop. We're three things — a tattoo studio, a body piercing room, and a real art gallery — because we think the work belongs alongside other art, not behind it.
Most of what walks through the door is word-of-mouth. The rest is people who saw the gallery from the sidewalk, came in to look, and ended up booking. Twelve+ years on the same block.
LIVING CANVAS
Tattoo. Body piercing. An actual art gallery. All on East Broadway in downtown Columbia. Walk-ins welcome, custom by consult.
Book a consult →Tue–Thu · 12 to 9
Fri–Sat · 12 to 10
Sun · 12 to 6
Walk-in last call: 1 hr before close