Vancouver tattooer and well-known illustrator Nomi Chi discusses the dynamic of pain in their tattoo practice as well as the meaning beneath much of their imagery. The idea "chimera" embodies the concept of the monstrous and mixed-identity.

This is Part seven of "Art Hurts," a new CBC Arts digital series that focuses on eight of the game-changers in the Canadian tattoo landscape-- all of whom are female-identifying or gender non-binary.