Hi, I’m Gabriela Wolf

I’m a tattoo artist, fine artist, muralist, and lifelong student. I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of beauty, symbolism, and the human body — and tattooing became the place where all three could exist together.

I approach each tattoo as a collaboration. I want to know what you’re drawn to, what you want to express, and what makes a piece feel uniquely yours. From there, I bring my eye for composition, colour, detail, and anatomy to create something that feels intentional from every angle.

I want to make work that feels timeless, personal, and unmistakably you.

And yes — I’m probably going to get very excited talking about your tattoo.

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let’s adorn it like one

Your body isn’t a blank canvas.

Bodies have curves, scars, muscle, softness, strength and a shape entirely its own. I believe your tattoo should honour all of it.

When I design a piece, im thinking about more than the image itself. Im thinking about how it moves with you, how the composition follows your anatomy, where the negative space should breathe, and how the tattoo will continue to age over time.

Some folks scoff at tattoos saying the body is a temple, but isn’t it the temples and churches with engravings, stained glass, painted ceilings, gargoyles and lavish ornaments & adornments?

Let’s make a monument out of you

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Things I love to tattoo:

  • Sacred Geometry

    PATTERN • RITUAL • BALANCE

    Geometry has always been a language for making the invisible visible.

    I love working with sacred geometry because it can be both incredibly precise and deeply personal- built around the natural movement of your body rather than simply placed on top.

    From delicate linework to intricate, hypnotic patterns, these pieces are designed to feel intentional from every angle.

  • Ornamental Blackwork

    BOLD • DELICATE • TIMELESS

    Where softness and darkness get to exist together.

    I love ornamental blackwork for its ability to feel simultaneously ancient & modern, delicate & unapologetic.

    Inspired by architecture, filigree, antique jewellery, sacred symbols, and the natural curves of the body. I design these pieces to follow you anatomy rather than fight against it.

  • Gothic Architecture

    ROMANTIC • ORNATE • EDGY

    Gothic architecture gives me endless room to play with arches, tracery, spires , stained glass , shadows and ornamental details— translating the language of old cathedrals & castles onto the body. Literally turning your body into a temple.

  • Hands & Fingers

    DELICATE OR BOLD?

    Some of the simple & smallest tattoos require the most intention (and great skill)

    Hands & fingers are constantly moving and always seen— so I approach these pieces with both artistry & longetivity in mind.

    Whether you want something barely there and delicate or a bold piece with a lil more attitude, we’ll find the design that feels like you— and works with the anatomy of your hand.

  • Insects & Critters

    CURIOUS • COLOURFUL • STRANGE

    If I wasn’t an artist, I’d be an entomologist.

    So yes — I will absolutely squeal with excitement if you come to me with any insect piece.

    Beetles. Moths. Cicadas. Dragonflies. Centipedes. Spiders. Things with too many legs. Things that look slightly alien.

    I love insects because they’re simultaneously delicate and unsettling, intricate and strange, and their tiny bodies are basically works of art already.

    Whether you want something scientifically detailed, delicate, and botanical, or a lil more surreal, I’m very much your girl.

    Bring me your weird little creature. I promise I’ll be excited about it.

  • Botanicals

    WILD • DELICATE • ALIVE

    Flowers don’t need to be perfect to be beautiful— and neither does the body they’re growing from.

    My botanical work draws from the natural world: the movement of stems, the rhythm of leaves, the strange little details that make each flower its own.

    I love creating pieces that feel as though they belong to the body rather than simply sitting on it.

    Bring me your favourite flower, a memory, a garden, or simply something you want to see bloom.

  • Fine Line

    TINY • DELICATE • PERSONAL

    Small tattoos don’t have to mean small ideas.

    Tiny symbols, little drawings, meaningful words, and pieces that feel almost like secrets on the skin.

    Think the effortless, slightly undone tattoo energy of Zoë Kravitz, Miley Cyrus, Alexa Chung — pieces that feel personal.

    I’ll always consider how a small tattoo will age, move and live on your body, while keeping the design feeling light & intentional.

    For the little tattoos you’ll forget you’re wearing — until someone asks where you got it.

  • “Meeting you, being in your energy, & learning from your wisdom has been one of the highlights of my trip.”

    —client from a retreat in Costa Rica

  • “I am still in euphoria…my arm is a masterpiece and I can’t believe it’s not framed in a museum… this reality that you created an art piece on my whole arm, that I am blessed with forever- is so beautiful and precious and I am so eternally grateful!”

    —Vanessa

  • “My tattoo experience with you was one of the best ones of my life. There was such a genuine connection and your hand was healing.”

    —Former Customer

  • “You do SUCH incredible work…I’m just so lucky I get to wear some of it everyday!!”

    Emma H.

  • There's nothing I love more than working with the form and movement of each individual body, each piece is created to move with you as you move through this world.

    — Gabriela Wolf

Let’s make magic!

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Greater Vancouver & Costa Rica

You can find me in Avalon Tattoo Collective until mid fall, then I’ll be in Costa Rica until the spring.