Gary Parisi is a hugely talented tattoo artist and co-founder of Chicago tattoo shop, Mayday Tattoo Co. His work found a wider audience when he appeared on season 10 of Spike’s reality competition Ink Master. His Instagram profile can boast over 23,500 followers, all of whom are fascinated by his hyper-realistic inkwork. He is a cover-up expert and specialises in realism and horror tattoos. If you’re in Chicago and you want that embarrassing ink you got as a teenager covered up, he’s your man!

Parisi’s date with reality TV fame came in 2018 when he was one of the 18 contestants battling for a $100,00 prize and the title of Ink Master on the long-running reality show of the same name. Unfortunately, Parisi didn’t win, but he did enhance both his reputation and that of his business, with Mayday becoming one of the premier tattoo parlours in Chicago. Beyond tattooing, Parisi is a talented and natural artist across many disciplines, including painting and sculpting.