Chris Núñez

Christopher Núñez (born April 11, 1973) is an American tattoo artist, television personality, and entrepreneur. He was a judge on the reality television show Ink Master.

Early life Of Cuban descent, he grew up in Miami, Florida. 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 and obtained an apprenticeship at a local tattoo shop. His father died when Núñez was 18, 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.

He was a cast member of the TLC network's reality show Miami Ink,