Mario Gregor
Mário Gregor
Custom Tattoo Artist
Kerikeri, NZ
About Me
I’m a tattoo artist based at Konstantin Studio in Kerikeri, New Zealand.
I’m best known for my bold and vibrant colour tattoos—especially New Zealand native birds, vivid florals, portraits (both human and animal), and recreations of classic paintings. While colour is my passion, I also love working in black and grey.
I was born in Czechoslovakia during the communist regime, in a time and place where creativity and individuality were often suppressed. After the fall of the regime, I had the opportunity to attend university—but societal expectations led me to study mechanical engineering instead of art.
It wasn’t until I moved to New Zealand and made it my home that I was finally able to follow my true passion: art.
I began tattooing in 2012, and in 2015 I opened The Gallery Custom Tattoo in Wellington. In 2020, I started working from my Konstantin Studio in Featherston, and in 2025 we relocated to Kerikeri to open our private studio—an intimate, creative space where I can design one-of-a-kind, stylized tattoos that tell your story, reflect your history, or capture something deeply meaningful to you.
I am fortunate to be sponsored by four of my favourite companies-
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Konstantin Studio
Konstantin Studio is named in honour of my grandfather back home in Slovakia. Located in the beautiful Kerikeri, Northland, NZ, the studio is a space rooted in creativity, community, and family.
The idea for our studio began during a motorbike trip around the Far North in 2018. My partner, Ceara Lile, and I started dreaming aloud about a place that could connect us to our home—a space that felt grounding, peaceful, and inspiring. The more we talked, the more it felt right. Once we found the names, the vision began to come to life.
Konstantin and Perpetua (my grandmother) were both hardworking, creative, and deeply family- and community-oriented. Konstantin was an engineer who built the family home I grew up in (and where my family still lives). Perpetua crafted beautiful, handmade linens on her loom.
Neither name is common in Slovakia, but both hold powerful meanings: everlasting or constant—qualities that reflect the work we do.
For tattooing, the name speak to the lasting nature of the art I create, etched permanently into the skin, and to my dedication to growth, exploration, and constant evolution as an artist.
Each piece is both a moment in time and part of a lifelong journey of elevating my craft.
We’re proud to share this creative home with you.