Zack Woods

(He/him) In 1995 Zack enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in Washington DC until 1999. In 1996, he started his career in tattooing in the Metro DC area, off Capitol Hill. After the end of his enlistment, he traveled and tattooed at various studios from the East coast to the West coast and abroad.

Zack has been tattooing for over two decades, and can successfully execute many styles of tattooing. He was involved early on in the watercolor tattoo movement and was recognized for his work by the New York Times in 2014. Although Zack executes realism, neo-traditional and many other styles expertly, he is known for free hand application, abstract and painterly styles and magical cover-ups and rejuvenations. Recently he has been focusing on large projects including heavy black-work, trash polka, and more non-traditional experimentation.

Ben Hoteling

Hailing from Colville Washington, Ben now lives with his wife and birds in south Spokane. Motivated by family, teachers and friends who always suggested he pursue art, he decided his path would be guided by his endless need to create and longing for artistic growth. If he wasn't drawing or painting, he was playing music, day dreaming about being a famous artist, or working any job that paid. Ben received his first tattoo through a musician friend in 2008, opening up a whole new path of artistic expression. After a year and a half of meetings with various tattoo artists, he had a chance encounter with Zack Woods while in Spokane. He obtained an apprenticeship at The Missing Piece in November of 2009 and the rest is history.

Ben became a professional tattooer in 2011, and practices a variety of tattoo styles, from Traditional and Neo-Traditional to black and grey, pointillism, illustrative and realism. He prefers to tattoo organic subject matter such as skulls, anotomy, animals, floral, and botanical themes, but is proficient in executing script or symbols.

Allen Duffy

Allen, raised predominantly around Omak / Okanogan area graduated with a BA in Studio Art from Eastern Washington University in 2012 with an interdisciplinary background Allen Duffy is a 2012 graduate of Eastern Washington University with a BA in Studio Art. In addition to creating art he has been crafting tattoos since 2016. He values the use of contemporary design tools to create custom artwork that aims to help clients feel confident about their personal choice of expression.

Antonio Pacot

(They/Them) Born in 1996, Antonio grew up in Seattle, art being an integral part of their life. They moved to Spokane in 2017 to gain new experiences and cultivate their increasing interest in abstract art, experimenting with pen drawings and continuously pushing their creative outlets. This has led to specializing in freehand black and grey abstract work and more recently acrylic painting.

Antonio started tattooing in early 2020 doing hand-poked tattoos. They graduated to using a machine when they joined The Missing Piece under the mentorship of Ben Hoteling. Antonio specializes in abstract color work, fine line, watercolor and script. Always eager to grow, they are looking forward to more projects involving trash polka, black out, brushstroke heavy and experimental styles.

Susan Webber

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Susan Webber was born in Seoul, Korea, but grew up here in Spokane, WA, where she continues to live and raise her 3 children. Besides being a busy mother, she worked for years as an IBCLC as well as an art therapist. On the side, she became prolific in the local art scene, ranging from acrylic, watercolor, to meticulous ink drawings, to block and screen printing, to large murals. The next step was naturally tattooing, where her style fits perfectly.

Susan joined TMP in the beginning of 2020, specializing in freehand botanicals and organic creations. Susan loves doing black work with a focus on balancing negative space, but applies her passion to a variety of design elements. Working with a client’s ideas and inventing unique pieces that flow with the body is her favorite. A cozy private room allows for full privacy.

Kas Taylor

(They/She) Hailing from the Portland Metro area, ten years ago Kas found herself in Spokane to follow her now wife. Although spending a majority of her career in the hospitality business, Kas found passion and a safe space in creative outlets. From aerial and stilt performance to multiple mediums in 2D art, specifically watercolor and acrylic painting, her favorite mediums are always changing based on what she is creating.

Considering tattoo for years, with the subtle encouragement from friends and colleagues, she ventured into the industry in 2021, joining The Missing Piece in November of that year. Kas is highly capable in a variety of styles and techniques, finding joy and strength in taking any idea and constructing a custom piece. Currently she is exploring the dark side of artistic representation and floral/organic pieces as well as playing with lightsource and color.

Ryan Marek

(He/Him) Ryan was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and spent the first half of his life in California. After spending the second half in a small town in Western Montana, he moved to Spokane in the late 1990s. Being an artist since he was old enough to hold a pencil, his style has been greatly influenced by his Grandma, who taught both oil painting and wood carving. As he grew,  Ryan was very drawn to the color composition of Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), the hidden imagery of Bev Doolittle, and the love of variation of Robert Lyn Nelson. He currently works with pen and ink, acrylic, sculpting and digital art.

He decided to join The Missing Piece after frequenting the studio, getting tattooed by Kas, meeting with Zack and recognizing how comfortable he is in the studio full of friendly and welcoming people. Ryan currently works in illustrative and freehand abstract surrealism styles, looking to add more realism to his portfolio.

Angela Krahner

(She/Her) Born and raised in the cultural melting pot of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii for 20 years, Angela and her family moved to the Spokane area in 2016.  At an early age and throughout the years drawing has been a constant creative and emotional outlet, although she also enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons, painting, crochet, making silly stickers, and creating fictional props.  Inspired by her love for magic-filled fantasy, sci-fi, and all things cartoon, being able to share and celebrate what sparks joy and makes life colorful is what she is really passionate about.   

  Originally Angela started off studying animation, where she learned her love for illustration, design, and ultimately the art of storytelling.  Currently she is sharpening those skills at Spokane Falls Community College where she is finishing an associates degree in Fine Arts. 

Through personal exposure to the healing experience, permanence of expression, and special connections tattoo has brought into her life, she is excited to explore and incorporate all these moments to create some beautiful and important or silly and cute art in collaboration with others.

Angela started learning under the guidance of Zack Woods and Kas Taylor at the Missing Piece Studio at the end of August of 2023. Her favorite styles of tattoo include, but are not limited to, Neo Traditional, Watercolor, and Cartoon/Anime/Illustrative. She is also interested in exploring more the mixing of different style techniques with color in innovative and non traditional ways.

Erik Peterson-Davis

(He/Him) Growing up in rural north Idaho, Erik was surrounded by the natural environment. Early in life, he began to sketch the plants and animals he saw. Upon moving to Spokane years later he continued to draw which developed into a passion for fine-line pen work and an attention to detail. 

Erik began tattooing with a stick-n-poke style in his early 20s which helped him begin to apply his art on paper to art on skin.  It only made sense then that he would eventually move on to working in a studio.  After being invited by an artist friend to visit The Missing Piece, and meet with Zack, Erik immediately felt like it would be a good fit.

Officially joining the TMP team in October of 2023, Erik began to transfer his love of fine-line work into black-work tattoos mixed with realism.  Erik would love to explore dot-work and micro-tattooing. With a college background in botany, he thrives on nature-based and botanical themes. Erik also enjoys relief printing and screen printing. You may find him hanging out at the Spokane Print and Publishing Center carving a block print or screen printing a new t-shirt design! 

Garric Simonsen

Born in Spokane, Garric Simonsen is a Pacific Northwest based artist and musician. Simonsen makes paintings and drawings with inter-disciplinary approaches, including dry-etching, encaustic and collage. Garric’s artistic research pushes the meaning of an evolving self-perception, redefining self as nature does. Defined through a language of signs and pictures, his work requires little intellectual description or hypothetical analysis.

Simonsen’s fine art has exhibited at the Bellevue Arts Museum, Jundt Art Museum, Seattle University, Eastern Washington University and the 2010 Brucennial in Manhattan. Simonsen was nominated in 2012 and 2014 for Portland Art Museum’s Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. Currently tenured faculty at Spokane Falls Community College; he holds an MFA from Washington State University and BA from The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA). Reviews and publications of Simonsen’s work are included in; The Stranger (Seattle), Seattle Weekly and Art Collector Magazine. Awards and grants include; Vermont Studio Center, Artist Trust and The James and Janie Washington Foundation.

Simonsen’s tattoo style is reminiscent of techniques such as scrimshaw, woodcut, intaglio etching and dry-point. His interest in tattooing began in 2020 during the pandemic shut down. Garric tattooed solo until he joined The Missing Piece team to expand his skills and exposure, take advantage of peer exchange of ideas and soak in the TMP vibe. His tattoos blend abstract and illustrative styles. Currently Garric is incorporating more realism and color into each piece.