Cécile Chaudesaigues

 

I was not born in an environment propitious to loving the art of tattooing. In fact, the milieu I grew up in did not regard it too kindly.

 

I met and fell in love with this art the same moment that I fell in love with Stéphane; a lighting rod struck me you could say…

 

Since then, I have been living and breathing this beautiful art form around the world, in conventions, in special projects, and in trips.

 

Creating the Chaudesaigues Award was a way for us to transcend the art of tattooing, to give it more substance, to create depth in our vision of the art. We hope that this award will take us one step closer to breaking down the barriers that exist between the generations of artists, between the different styles, between countries and cultures. All constraints that seem to keep it divided when there is so much we could to learn from one another…

 

Very humbly, I just want to help the Chaudesaigues Award reach its potential so that it may help the greatest number of artists possible so that we may all walk this beautiful road together.