Hello! My name is Makoto (he/him)


I am a settler on turtle island, currently living in so-called western massachusetts. My practice is primarily within tattooing, drawing, and painting; sometimes, I take up other mediums. I graduated from Emily Carr University with a bachelor's degree in Illustration in 2015, and am available for hire for illustration projects, gallery proposals, and projects that fall between and outside professional distinctions. I currently reside at the Lupinewood Collective.

For a long time, my name was Nomi Chi: that is no longer my name.

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-Interviews-

2025:

Sum Gallery/An Auspicious Beast

Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art
"Anti-Capitalist Love Note” With Fiona Smith and Stevie Soares (Print)


Living tattoo traditions: American Irezumi and Beyond (Print)

2024:

Hi-Fructose, 5 Poisons.

2021:

NeoCha

Outre


2020:

CBC

MoPop Seattle



2019:

CBC

2018

Tattoodo


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