The Studio
An atelier for Korean traditional tattoo art.
Onsil is a Seoul-based tattoo atelier specializing in Korean traditional painting tattoo — minhwa (민화, folk painting), sa-ui (寫意, expressive literati painting), and munin-hwa (문인화, scholar's painting) — reinterpreted for skin. Founded by principal artist Haesol Choi, the studio operates by appointment only from a shared atelier in Konkuk-dae, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Onsil works with both Korean and international clients.
The Space
Why an atelier, not a studio?
An atelier is a place where a single hand works. The pace is slower, the noise is lower, the relationship between artist and wearer is closer. Onsil chose this word deliberately — not as marketing, but as a working condition.
We do not run a parlor. We do not take walk-ins. We do not flash. Each work is a months-long correspondence that ends, briefly, in a needle.
This is also why we operate from a shared atelier space rather than our own storefront — the cost of a permanent room would be the cost of working faster. We don't want to work faster.
- Hours
- By appointment only
- Location
- Konkuk-dae, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
- Languages
- Consultations in EN / KR