Piercers

We take our work and your safety seriously. Our staff members are highly trained in cross contamination and methods of medical-level cleanliness. They are certified in bloodborne pathogens, first aid, and CPR. Each of our professional piercers are members of the Association of Professional Piercers, and attend their annual trainings in order to continue developing their body piercing skills.

Vanessa Jo

Vanessa Jo

Vanessa Jo embarked on her professional career as a body piercing artist in 2009 after working extensively with body jewelry sales. She worked in various studios for many years as a shop manager and professional body piercer in Central California before relocating to sunny Long Beach, CA in 2015, then to Reno, NV in 2021. Her favorite piercings to perform are all on the ear because ears are unique like fingerprints and there’s so many fun possibilities.

She has been an APP business member in good standing since November 2017 and has co-instructed industry specific education to local health inspectors and at an online APP educational event in 2020. Outside of piercing, she enjoys keeping up with fine jewelry/fashion trends and spending quality time with her pets, family and friends.

Send Vanessa Jo an email: [email protected].

Joshua

Joshua

Josh is a Midwest born and raised body piercer with an enthusiasm for riding motorcycles, traveling, spending time in nature, and loving all things gold. He’s had a passion for the piercing industry since he was a teenager and he doesn't see that dwindling anytime in the near future. He has been piercing professionally since 2012 and has been a full time part of the Black Hole staff since 2018.

Contact Josh: [email protected]

Reviews

Josh was absolutely fantastic! He was hilarious, we had a great conversation before, and he did a wonderful job with my conch piercing.
— S.P.
Got my rook done by Josh and it was an amazing experience! He was very honest and open with how the piercing would go and he was completely accurate!
— M.M.
Joshua is en excellent and helpful piercer. Only my 2nd visit on the 13th of October, but even better than the first!!! Look forward to getting more work done especially from this fine gentleman. Thank you for being awesome Joshua!!!
— ​Arturo T.

Kayla

Kayla
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​Kayla is a training piercer being apprenticed under Angela, Black Hole's owner and a professional piercer with over 25 years of experience. Kayla was chosen after careful consideration. Her love for piercing and attention to detail are her strengths. She has worked as a jewelry specialist at Black Hole for over 3 years and with this knowledge and proper training will be able to develop a career as a body piercer. 

As she begins her journey to becoming a well-trained, knowledgeable body piercer, she will have limited appointments available at a discount. Please see her booking schedule to see what piercings she is currently offering.

Angela

Angela

Angela is the owner of Black Hole Body Piercing. With over 25 years of piercing, Angela is the most experienced professional piercer in her hometown of Reno, Nevada. Clients travel far and wide for her skills and expertise. At Black Hole, she strives to provide the best customer service possible. Her staff inspires her every day, keeping the business fresh with their ideas and passion for the piercing industry. Angela credits Black Hole’s ever-growing success to making customer service the highest priority.

Angela has been given many incredible opportunities due to her work in the piercing industry. For example, she recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. While there, she led a team of professional piercers in sharing state of the art piercing practices with quality body jewelry. She focused on education and safety. Working within another culture and sharing the diversity and uniqueness of body art was the opportunity of a lifetime.

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To schedule an appointment with Angela, send her an email at [email protected]

Tony

Tony

Tony has been piercing professionally for 11 years. He has worked in some amazing studios in the Bay Area, and worked there for the first half of his career.
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He has worked on Pier 39, the Mission district and Haight St. in SF, Redding, Chico, Los Angeles and even a brief time in Philadelphia. He is a well rounded piercer with lots of skill and now has decided to call Black Hole his resident studio.He has a beautiful family and in his free time loves spending most of his time outdoors. (Golfing, hunting, fishing, camping, etc.)  He enjoys working with uniquely-shaped anatomy, Conches and Daiths are his favorite piercings to do, and he loves working with people to help them achieve their piercing goals. 
What is the APP?
What does it mean to me, the client?
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The Association of Professional Piercers (APP)(https://www.safepiercing.org/) is an international health and safety non-profit, voluntary organization. It’s governed by a voluntary elected Board of Directors (https://www.safepiercing.org/board_members.php) that freely shares information to help members, piercers, health care professionals, legislators, health inspectors, and the general public receive the best and most up-to-date information on body piercing.