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  • Matteo pasqualin The 2nd Chaudesaigues Award

    After honoring American tattooist James Kern, the Chaudesaigues Award continues its quest to find and showcase talented tattoo artists from all over the world. Now in its second edition, the prestigious prize was presented this year to Italian ink slinger, Matteo Pasqualin.
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  • James Kern Wins The First Chaudesaigues Award.

    It’s getting close to midnight in France, and the day is just drawing to an end for tattoo artist and notorious workaholic Stéphane Chaudesaigues. He’s talking to Tattoo Magazine via Skype from his home computer, while beautiful Cécile—the love of his live—listens in.
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  • THE BEST OF THE MIDWEST

    The Best Of The Midwest Photography By Ernie Bustamante Council Bluffs, Iowa, was the historic starting point of the Mormon Trail, which opened to the West from 1846 until the late 19th Century. The town sits on the east bank of the Missouri River across Omaha, Nebraska.
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  • TATUAZE STÉPHANE CHAUDESAIGUES LA FRANCE- L'ÉLÉGANCE

    Our booth at the Paris tattoo convention was right next to Stéphane Chaudesaigues’, so we got to spend time with him. Stéphane likes to chat and always has something interesting to say.
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  • RISE N° 19 LAURÉAT CHAUDESAIGUES AWARD 2012

    Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri, James Kern moved to Chicago to attend art school. During his stay in Illinois, Kern started tattooing friends and frequented local ink slingers like Guy Aitchinson, who encouraged the young tattooist to persevere.
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  • TATOUAGE MAGAZINE N°86

    James Kern’s tattoo adventure started in 1994, while attending art school in Chicago. At the time, he discovered tattooing and the work of famous tattoo artists he admired in the pages of tattoo magazines (this was before the internet). It was for him a revelation and an inspiration because magazines showcased mostly quality ink. While perusing these publications, Kern realized that skin was a very unique art medium and that it opened almost endless artistic horizons in tattooing.
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  • INKED N°9 JAMES KERN LAURÉAT CHAUDESAIGUES AWARD 2012

    Meet James Kern, Winner Of The 2012 Chaudesaigues Award. An American in Paris? Well here’s a very old cliché for you, but this cliché doesn’t really belong to the pages of Inked. In this case, the American in Paris is no other than the most talented James Kern. With his pal Yall Quinones at his side, Kern enjoyed his visit in the city of lights, taking photos under the Eiffel Tower, visiting all the famous tourist attraction and indulging in some of the local street delicacies such as crepes with banana and chocolate.
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  • STEPHANE CHAUDESAIGUES LA MONTAGNE.

    Cantal L’actu. Portrait: Renowned tattoo artist, Stéphane Chaudesaigues, has found his roots in a small village in the Cantal region.
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  • RISE N°18 SHANE O'NEILL

    A prominent figure on the international tattoo scene, Shane O’Neill, began tattooing by chance, to help his brother out and to help friends who were looking to get free ink. He has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Philadelphia University of the Arts and was an illustrator until the needle and ink came to call. He originally knew nothing about tattooing, didn’t have any interested in it, and was far from ever imagining that it would some day become a successful career. Sometimes you do someone a favor and it ends up leading you up the path you least expected.
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  • LA PROVENCE AVIGNON

    Tattooing as an art form? Stéphane Chaudesaigues is very intent on showing it to the world, and this very official award presentation was a sign that he’s certainly getting his message across.
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  • INKED N°8

    It was mid-February and with only two weeks to go before the Academy Awards were to take place in Hollywood, fans of the silver screen in Great Britain were waiting with baited breath to find out who would walk away with a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award.
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  • LA DÉPÊCHE D'AUVERGNE

    James Kern Wins The Chaudesaigues Award. The very first Chaudesaigues Award was presented last night during the ‘Best of the Midwest’ tattoo convention that was help February 10-12 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The winner Is James Kern, a native of Saint Louis, Missouri.
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  • STÉPHANE CHAUDESAIGUES IN CALDAGUÈS

    Stéphane Chaudesaigues in Caldaguès. Stéphane Chaudesaigues has just acquired the Raynal house and property, in the middle of our burg. While watching a television program when he was 7 years old, the kid from Versailles understood there was a backstory associated with his last name; one having something to do with a town where underground waters come up to the surface and emerge the hottest in all of Europe. He wanted to know more about his singular last name and why it was hard to spell.
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  • LA PROVENCE

    On February 26, Hollywood will be aflutter for the Academy Awards, but two weeks earlier, in the country’s heartland, In Council Bluffs, Iowa, the first-ever Chaudesaigues Award could be on its way to becoming tattooing’s counterpart to the movie industry’s most coveted golden statue. Behind this international event is Stéphane Chaudesaigues, a 44 year-old french tattoo artist who reached out to 15 tattoo publications for support and promotion, from Paris to Philadelphia.
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  • iNKED N°7

    The Academy Awards were introduced in 1929 to honor each year the best of the best in the world of motion pictures. Then in 1958, the Gramophone Awards (Grammys) highlighted the musical talents of popular singers and songwriters. Now it’s time to glorify tattoo artists the world over, with the First Annual Chaudesaigues Award, to be awarded in February 2012!
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  • TATOUAGE MAGAZINE N° 84

    Chaudesaigues Award. This year, during the Best of the Midwest international tattoo convention in February, the First Annual Chaudesaigues Award will be presented to a tattoo artist in recognition for his or her body of work. This symbol of recognition from a professional jury will crown an already established career or shine a light on the promising beginnings of a newcomer. Here are a few words from Stéphane Chaudesaigues, founder of the award that bears his name...
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  • TATTOO Flash

    Stéphane Chaudesaigues was first drawn to tattoos as a young child, and even back then he felt skin art's power and ability to remake the person who wears them in many profound ways. He began tattooing on his own skin when he was 13, and opened his own shop at the age of 19. He has no formal art training, but is passionate about learning. His artwork is informed by innumerable trips to many museums to study painting and sculptures [...]
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