Meet the “Warriors” of the 21st Century who have battled cancer and won! Meet the woman who adorns their bodies with works of art, and the woman who captures their journeys for eternity!
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Friday Jones
Tattoo Artist
Friday Jones is a trailblazing tattoo artist, known for her exceptional talent and innovative approach to the art of tattooing. With a client list that reads like a who's who of award-winners, supermodels, and world leaders, Friday has left an indelible mark on the industry. Her work has graced album covers and even iconic guitars, making her a true luminary in the world of tattoo artistry.
Beyond her artistic prowess, Friday is also a pioneer, having legalized tattooing in Montenegro and opening the country's first legal tattoo shop, Tattoo Montenegro, in 2018.
With over 26,000 hours of expertise, she has become a trusted name in post-operative tattoos, collaborating with top hospitals, plastic surgeons, and nurse practitioners for 3D nipple tattoos, areolar repigmentation, and illustrative scar therapy. Friday's journey from a prestigious apprenticeship to her extensive academic pursuits showcases her dedication to pushing the boundaries of tattoo art. Breaking gender norms in the industry, she became the first woman to work at the celeb-favorite Shamrock Social Club in Hollywood.
Today, Friday continues to make her mark in New York City, where her artistry and innovation shine brighter than ever.
https://www.fridayjones.net/
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Helen Ho
Photo Artist
Helen Ho (b. September 26, 1993) is a photographer born and raised in New York City, where she is currently based. She primarily works with social documentary photography and portraiture.
Her work is a collection of digital and analog photography. The subjects at the forefront of her work focus on people: identity, culture, social issues, and evoking empathy through visual language. Her photographs aim to communicate the intersection of psychology and photography.
She holds a BA in psychology (min. journalism) from Baruch College in New York, and a MA in photography and image-making from the Paris College of Art in Paris, France.
https://helenhophotography.com/mast-tats
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Jan Percival
Warrior & Survivor
Public service leader, writer, model and speaker
𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 to find optimism, hope and humor in life's traumas and tragedies. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 insights into overcoming life-threatening illnesses, pregnancy loss, racism and more. 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 the intersectionality of parenting, health, career, community, and friendship.
https://www.instagram.com/janmariapercival/
Art Talk with Conor McCreedy
‘The blue color can take on a symbolic significance,representing freedom, expansiveness, and limitless potential,’ Mccreedy explains. ‘As you contemplate it, you may find that your mind becomes filled with creativity and new ideas, as if tapping into a wellspring of inspiration and imagination. You may find yourself feeling more alive, more connected to the world around you, and more in touch with your own inner self.’
Upcoming Exhibition
At The NetJets Lounge - Paris+ - October 2023
About Conor McCreedy (from the Artist’s website)
Mccreedy's work is derived from four essential themes: a singular focus on one colour; inspiration from the heroes of Abstract Expressionism; a long fascination with Chaos Theory; and a sincere reverence for nature.
BLUE: Mccreedy has honed a monochromatic blue vocabulary in his work since he started to paint in his early 20’s. His endeavour to explore the universe through this one colour is a life-long pursuit, that ultimately lead him to develop his own intense pigment of blue. His fascination with blue is dualistic: he is both calmed by it, and yet drawn to the storm that is inherent within it. In this way, his pigment is almost auto-biographical. In his works, the colour blue is as much the subject (protagonist) of his art, as any object that he paints. Unquestionably, his blue pigment ignites an “unspeakable effect” within. #mccreedyblue.
CHAOS THEORY: His fascination with Chaos Theory in Mathematics began as a teenager, and so too pervades his work. It embraces tangled and competing systems effected by countless hyper-sensitive and erratic variables (as opposed to well organized formulas with calculable and predictable outcomes). Chaos Theory serves as a necessary sense-making metaphor for CM, with which he can comprehend and process the world around him. Accordingly, for him it feels very representative of the world today: the anomalous realms of global politics, the phantasmagoria of time/place right now, the welcomed obliteration of old stereotypes of identity, and the out-of-control spiral of climate change all contribute to this impression. In his work, his depiction of abstraction is inextricably linked to his fascination with Chaos Theory.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: The heroes of Abstract Expressionism (Pollock, Rothko, De Kooning) serve as tremendous inspiration for CM. Their gestural approaches to painting, full of unleashed and profound emotion are echoed throughout his works. “... Forget the grid, and to hell with order. I need to celebrate the colour blue and the chaos of my strokes in a grand way.” (CM, Art Summit Interview, Sept. 2018) Much of his painting is imbued with a powerful surge of emotive expressionism. Discovering an emotive power within the essential clarity of the materials that he uses to execute his paintings. Disciplined by single colour, focusing on material exploration, the creative gesture and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work. He seeks to transcend visionary barriers. The work itself becomes a memory and an artifact symbolic of the artist’s conversation with the raw material that brought the painting into creation.
NATURE: Mccreedy's genuine love of nature and reverence for the environment are borne from a childhood spent in South Africa. This runs deep, and can be felt the moment you step into his world. He is bewildered by rarities in nature, and finds endless inspiration there. For CM, nature is with-out-a-doubt the unifying thread of humanity.