Jun 6, 2017 · 38m
In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.


Which generation will conquer the competition?
A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.
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Jun 6, 2017 · 38m
In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
Jun 13, 2017 · 38m
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
Jun 20, 2017 · 38m
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
Jun 27, 2017 · 39m
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
Jul 11, 2017 · 39m
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
Jul 18, 2017 · 39m
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
Jul 25, 2017 · 38m
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
Aug 1, 2017 · 38m
An emotional flash challenge brings the artists to tears, and the alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of veterans return to battle it out for the title.
Aug 8, 2017 · 39m
The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.
Aug 15, 2017 · 39m
The final veteran shop returns to fight for the title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing aliance.
Aug 22, 2017 · 38m
With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.
Aug 29, 2017 · 39m
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
Sep 5, 2017 · 39m
The competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the artists must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.
Sep 12, 2017 · 39m
With only 5 shops left, the fight for $200K and the title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one is sent packing to hell.
Sep 19, 2017 · 38m
The competition is more intense than ever as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.
Sep 26, 2017 · 41m
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Ink Master Season 9 premiered on June 6, 2017.
Ink Master Season 9 has 16 episodes.
The season opens with Season 9 Episode 1, "Fire & Ice". It aired on June 6, 2017.
Go to Season 9 Episode 1