Chris Núñez

Chris Núñez (born Christopher Núñez; April 11, 1973) is an American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Handcrafted Tattoo and Art Gallery, a tattoo shop located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was a judge on all thirteen seasons of the Paramount TV network's reality competition, Ink Master, in which tattoo artists compete in challenges assessing their tattoo and related artistic skills. Previously, Núñez was one of the featured tattoo artists on TLC's reality television program Miami Ink.

Chris Núñez
Born
Christopher Núñez

(1973-04-11) April 11, 1973
OccupationTattoo artist
Television personality
Entrepreneur
ChildrenAnthony
Kali

Early life

Of Cuban descent, he grew up in Miami, Florida.[1] Núñez had always been drawn to art, and began painting graffiti as a teenager, which he claims his father supported as long as it was an image and not just Núñez's name. Soon, he discovered tattooing, immediately falling in love with it and obtaining an apprenticeship at a local tattoo shop. Núñez claims that he is very grateful for the experience of an apprenticeship when he was younger, as he worked his way up from background work – cleaning, running errands, fixing machines – to learning how to tattoo and tattooing fundamentals. His father died when Núñez was 18 years old, leading to him rebelling during his late teens and early twenties. Núñez's first tattoos, which he got at age 16, were of his parents' names.[1]

Career

After being a graffiti artist, Núñez switched to tattooing, though even after opening a tattoo shop with friends he continued to do part-time construction work.[1] He was the owner of Handcrafted Tattoo and Art Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He and Ami James later opened Love Hate Tattoos on Miami Beach.[2]

He was a cast member of the TLC network's reality show Miami Ink,[1] and later became a judge on the Spike network's reality competition, Ink Master, in which tattoo artists compete in challenges assessing their tattoo and related artistic skills. He also came in second on Ink Master when he competed in season 8. [3]

He is a partner in the media corporation Ridgeline Empire, which operates the subsidiaries Ink Skins and Upset Gentlemen and an animation studio with two animated series in development as of 2014: Hoodbrats and Toothians.[4]

References
  1. "Meet Chris Nunez". Miami Ink official site (TLC). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. Love Hate Tattoos (official site). Retrieved on September 21, 2014.
  3. Stephenson, Geoffrey (n.d.). "Darren Brass of Miami Ink". Prick. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  4. "Meet Chris Nunez". Ink Master (Spike). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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