Karen Roze’s Sacred Rose Tattoo is one of first woman owned and operated tattoo shops in the Bay Area and has remained a Bay Area favorite for 25 years. In 1992, with her degree in fine art from CCAC, Karen began an apprenticeship at San Francisco’s legendary Picture Machine. After 6 years of hard work learning the business, Karen opened Sacred Rose Tattoo in San Francisco in 1998. Eventually the business would outgrow our original San Francisco storefront, and we moved to Berkeley in 2006. On October 1, 2018, we relocated to an even bigger space at 1960 San Pablo Avenue at the intersection of University Avenue.
Throughout the past 25 years, Sacred Rose Tattoo has succeeded in providing beautiful, custom, quality tattoos to clients from all over the world. Our shop provides a friendly comfortable environment with excellent customer service. We have award winning artists with professional art degrees and a dedication to tattooing as an art form. Our new San Pablo Avenue studio features six large work stations, a private station, and a large comfortable waiting area.
Listen to Karen Roze on NPR’s Forum from March 2009:
