Panama— Tattoo scenes & cities

On 18 May 2012, La Estrella de Panamá announced Inked Up, a national tattoo gathering planned for 16 June at the Hotel Manrey in Panama City. Its organiser, Olga Castro, wanted to showcase local talent so that people would not go abroad to be tattooed. Toby Morrel, owner of Tattoo Panamá, said his studio opened in 1994 and that at the time about 90% of its clients were Americans linked to US military bases; he now had Panamanian clients.

On 30 April 2024, Panamá América profiled Gabriel Arellano, a Venezuelan tattooist who has worked in Panama for more than seven years and specialises in black-and-grey realism. At the Expo Tatuaje Chiriquí 2023 in David, he won first place in three categories of the contest. The paper writes that body art has become increasingly popular in Panama.