Despre Chris Garver

Chris Garver (born September 11, 1970) is a tattoo artist featured on the TLC
reality television show Miami Ink.

Garver was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he attended
The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts[1]. He is the
youngest of three brothers. Garver's mother was an artist and encouraged
his interest in painting and drawing. He first experimented with tattooing at
age 17, after selling his bass guitar in order to purchase tattoo equipment.
Garver took one year of art school and apprenticed for six months, repairing old
tattoos that needed touch-ups, before he started tattooing clients on his own[2].
In his early twenties, Garver moved to New York City where he became a full-time
professional tattoo artist.

A world traveler, Garver has tattooed clients in Asia, both Americas, and throughout Europe.
For a time he lived in Japan where he was tattooed by the famous Japanese Irezumi artists
Horiyoshi III, Horitomo, and Horitoshi. He has also been tattooed by a Buddhist Monk in
Thailand; the image is said to be a Buddhist scriptural passage that can only be read
by monks, and that translates as "to protect."

In addition to his art interests, Garver plays bass guitar, travels the world, and enjoys
listening to live bands. He is also said to be building tattoo machines.

The intellectual. At 34, Chris is the big brother of the crew. He is the oldest and the first to
become a tattoo master. Chris grew up in Pittsburgh and received his first tattoo at 6 years old
– when he was accidentally stabbed in the finger with a pencil. At 15, he received his first
professional tattoo. Chris got his start in tattooing when he sold his bass guitar at 17 to
buy tattoo equipment.

Chris is widely considered to be among the best tattoo artists in the world. With a celebrity-studded
list of private clients (and a wait list), he has set the bar for the rest of the guys. They all respect
and revere him. Chris handles his status with humility, but has little patience for sloppy work. He
is at once stoic and soulful.

When not tattooing, he might be found playing bass guitar, traveling the world or listening to live bands.
He received his favorite tattoo three years ago from a monk when he was in Thailand – a Buddhist
passage that can only be read by monks. Its meaning is “to protect.”

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"It's easy to become a tattoo artist these days, but it's not easy to become a good one" - Chris Garver