Chris Garver is a professional tattoo artist at the world-renowned Invisible NYC on New York City's Lower East Side. He is also a former star of TLC's popular reality show Miami Ink . Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Chris began experimenting with tattooing at the age of 17 before attending Manhattan's School of Visual Arts. He has been a full-time professional tattoo artist since moving to New York in his early 20s. Chris has a considerable social media presence, with 362,000 likes on his Facebook page, 201,000 followers on Instagram, and 63,000 followers on Twitter.