A young woman with long curly hair and tattoos on her arms stands in a tattoo parlor, smiling at the camera. She wears a black top, checkered pants, a choker necklace, and has a septum piercing. The background features tattoo supplies and colorful artwork on the walls.
A person holding a guitar in front of a red background.

bestiary is an appointment-only tattoo studio in Avondale, Chicago owned by Christina Daniel (pronouns: they/them/she/her.) Opened Fall of ‘24, bestiary tattoo provides a small but well lit gallery space for solo and group art shows aside from being a functional shop. If you have any inquiries - or are a tattooer or visual artist with an idea for an art show, please email daggerfingers at gmail.com.

Christina began tattooing in the Fall of 2019, and got their start opening Dwelling Tattoo with their shop mates and tattooing there from 2020-2023.

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