Our adventure at the Napoli  Tattoo Convention 2015 has finished and here below you can see picture of "Monsters and Witches" set up. We want to thank you our big family of artists, collectors and supporters, as well as the thousands of people that we met this weekend. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts!

La nostra avventura al Napoli Tattoo Convention 2015 e' terminata ed ecco una galleria dell' allestimento della nostra mostra "Monsters and Witches". Come sempre vogliamo ringraziare la nostra grande famiglia fatta di artisti, collezionisti e sostenitori, così come ringraziamo le migliaia di persone che abbiamo incontrato durante questo weekend. Grazie di cuore!

50 artists for a 3 days show at the Napoli Tattoo Convention: Ladies and Gentlemen the "Monsters and Witches" Show!
From May 22nd to May 24th our latest exhibition will help us to collect the funds necessary to buy an medical helmet. Thanks to infrared light technology, the helmet enables surgeons and nurses to spot easily the venous system of the young patients assisted by the departments of artificial feeding at the Federico II hospital, in Naples. 
You can't miss this event!

50 artisti per 3 giorni al Napoli Tattoo Convention: Signore e Signori il "Monster e Witches" Show!
Dal 22 and 24 Maggio, la nostra ultima fatica ci aiuterà a raccogliere i fondi per comprare una una apparecchiatura per il personale dell'ospedale Federico II di Napoli: un elmetto con tecnologia a raggi infrarossi che permette a chirurghi ed infermieri di visualizzare immediatamente il sistema venoso dei piccoli pazienti del dipartimento di alimentazione artificiale. 
Non potete mancare!

We are thrilled to announce that talented artists Chris Haas and Luciano Martinez joined our fight, donating their incredible works. We are beyond happy and profoundly grateful to welcome them in our big family, together with all the other fantastic creatives that help us to raise funds for the research on Sandhoff disease. Check them out!

Siamo lieti di annunciare che i talentuosissimi artisti Chris Haas e Luciano Martinez sono entrati a far parte della grande famiglia di creativi che da anni sostengono la raccolta fondi per Mattia e per la ricerca sulla Sandhoff. Felicissimi di avervi al nostro fianco!

Thanks to our favorite curator Rossana Calbi, a new "Art for a Cure" exhibition will open up this April at the Sacripante Gallery in Rome. The line-up is spectacular and we can't thank enough all the artist to be part of this. We are beyond excited and hope to see you there! 
Artists: Saturno Buttò, Valeria Bovo, Mariacarmela Milano, Giorgio Finamore, Lucamaleonte,  Gerlanda Di Francia, Nom Kinnear King, Karen Preston and Bethany Marchman.

Grazie alla nostra curatrice preferita Rossana Calbi, a breve una nuova mostra di "Art for a Cure" aprirà alla Sacripante Gallery di Roma, in Aprile. La line-up degli artisti e' d'eccezione e noi siamo oltremodo felici di questo nuovo evento organizzato per il piccolo Mattia. Grazie di cuore a tutti gli artisti e speriamo di vedervi numerosi all'opening party!
Artists: Saturno Buttò, Valeria Bovo, Mariacarmela Milano, Giorgio Finamore, Lucamaleonte,  Gerlanda Di Francia, Nom Kinnear King, Karen Preston and Bethany Marchman.

The new "Art for a Cure" exhibition will open this Saturday Dec. 13 at the HulaHoop Club, in Rome. 
Curated by our wonderful Rossana Calbi, it will feature art by: 
Marco About, Valeria Bovo, Saturno Buttò, Cristina Burns, Simona Candini, Joshua Clay, Alberto Corradi, Chris Cunningham, Gerlanda Di Francia, Jel Ena, Daniel Goffin, Dale Grimshaw, Hedof, Larkin, Lucamaleonte, Bethany Marchman, Dan Mumford, NIARk 1, Nom Kinnear King, Daria Palotti, il Pistrice, Gio’ Pistone, Karen Preston, Shanti Ranchetti, Kenny Random, Domenico Scalisi, Paola Sala, Aof Smith, Skount, Ania Tomicka, David Diavù Vecchiato, Jessica Ward.
Don't miss it!
 
La nuova mostra "Art for a Cure" aprirà le porte questo sabato 13 Dicembre all'HulaHoop Club A Roma. 
Un nuovo evento curato dalla nostra meravigliosa Rossana Calbi e che vedrà le opere di:
Marco About, Valeria Bovo, Saturno Buttò, Cristina Burns, Simona Candini, Joshua Clay, Alberto Corradi, Chris Cunningham, Gerlanda Di Francia, Jel Ena, Daniel Goffin, Dale Grimshaw, Hedof, Larkin, Lucamaleonte, Bethany Marchman, Dan Mumford, NIARk 1, Nom Kinnear King, Daria Palotti, il Pistrice, Gio’ Pistone, Karen Preston, Shanti Ranchetti, Kenny Random, Domenico Scalisi, Paola Sala, Aof Smith, Skount, Ania Tomicka, David Diavù Vecchiato, Jessica Ward.
Non mancate!

HulaHoop Club, via Filippo De Magistris 91/93 (Pigneto) Roma
Rossana Calbi, +39 334 3450090, [email protected]

The Mattia Fagnoni Association will attend the 11° Tattoo Convention of Naples. We will be there with our both where we will propose artworks and toys by artists from all over the world. During the convention days, we will host a charity raffle. The prizes will be 3 artworks:
1° prize: Original artwork by ANTIKORPO, acrylic on wood
2° prize: Limited edition print by WON, numbered and signed by the artist
3° prize: Limited edition print by BAFEFIT, numbered and signed by the artist
The funds collected will help our association's future goals, like support some Naples' hospital to get new equipment. 
We want to thank all the artists that took part to the project and everyone will be so kind to support us buying our art raffle tickets.

L'associazione Mattia Fagnoni Onlus sara' presente anche quest'anno all'11°tattoo convention di Napoli
con un piccolo stand e una esposizione di toys e opere create da vari artisti 
durante i 3 gg di convention verra' effettuata una lotteria di beneficenza con 3 opere in palio 
1°premio OPERA CREATA DALL'ARTISTA ANDREA LANZI, ACRILICO SU LEGNO 
2°premio STAMPA CREATA DALL'ARTISTA WON, SERIE LIMITATA NUMERATA E AUTOGRAFATA
3°premio STAMPA CREATA DALL'ARTISTA BAFEFIT, SERIE LIMITATA NUMERATA E AUTOGRAFATA
Il ricavato della lotteria aiutera' l'associazione nelle sue future missioni tra le quali aiutare vari ospedali di Napoli ad avere vari presidi ospedalieri .
Si ringrazia tutti gli artisti che hanno aderito al progetto e si ringrazia chi durante l 'evento aquistera' i biglietto.

We finally had the possibility to collect receipts and documents to show you how the funds we collected over the last years have been invested. This is the receipt of the donation we were able to do to the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, a leading authority for genetic diseases research.  Thank you for your help and allow us to support the research!


Finalmente abbiamo avuto la possibita' di raccogliere ricevute e documenti che certifichino come i soldi che abbiamo raccolto negli ultimi anni, sono stati investiti. Questa e' la ricevuta della donazione fatta alla National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, tra le piu' autorevoli associazioni per la ricerca sulle malattie genetiche. Grazie di cuore per averci aiutato e averci permesso di sostenere la ricerca!

Chet Zar: "Original Study"
Born on November 12th, 1967, in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA, Chet Zar's interest in art began at an early age. His parents were always very supportive and never put any limits on his creativity. His entire childhood was spent drawing, sculpting and painting. Zar's interest in the darker side of art began in the earliest stages of his life. A natural fascination with all things strange fostered within himself a deep connection to horror movies and dark imagery. He could relate to the feelings of fear, anxiety and isolation that they conveyed. These are themes which had permeated most of his childhood drawings and paintings and are reflected in his work to this day.
The combined interest in horror films and art eventually culminated into a career as a special effects make up artist, designer and sculptor for the motion picture industry, designing and creating creatures and make up effects effects for such films as, "The Ring", "Hellboy I & II", "Planet of the Apes" and the critically acclaimed music videos for the art metal band Tool. Zar also embraced the digital side of special effects as well, utitlizing the computer to translate his dark vision with 3D animation for Tool’s live shows and subsequently releasing many of them on his own DVD of dark 3D animation, "Disturb the Normal".
But the many years spent dealing with all of the politics and artistic compromises of the film industry left Zar feeling creatively stagnant. At the beginning of 2000 (at the suggestion of horror author Clive Barker), he decided to go back to his roots and focus on his own original works and try his hand at fine art, specifically painting in oils. The result has been a renewed sense of purpose, artistic freedom and a clarity of vision that is evident in his darkly surreal (and often darkly humorous) paintings.
His artistic influences include painter James Zar (stepfather and artistic mentor), Beksinski, H.R. Giger, Frank Frazetta, M.C. Escher, Bosch, John Singer Sargent and Norman Rockwell just to name a few.
"Chet's art is beautiful & scary. His style has a modern twist crashing into a classical approach. I think Chet is a master painter on his way to making a great mark in our little world. Wanna do something smart with your money? Invest in a Chet Zar painting." - Adam Jones (TOOL)

Artist website: www.chetzar.com

Tristan Schoony Schoonraad: "Boy Soldier in Carbonite"
White glass fibre life cast sculptural wall panel, 2010
Limited Edition of 10 World Wide

Schoonraad worked with Derek Jacobi in The King's Speech and was part of the Oscar winning creature crew for The Wolfman with Rick Baker and Dave Elsey. From Kate Winslet in Jude to Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass the creative designer of prosthetics and special effects has worked with major actors and musicians amongst other professions, successfully merging the real with the unreal so that the eye never questions what it is seeing from one moment to the next.
Early WorkSchoonraad’s debut came in 1981 with Green Ice starring Ryan O’Neil. Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan andTroy followed, involving work with Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks and Orlando Bloom among others. In 2001, he worked on the film Black Hawk Down as a prosthetics supervisor.
He also made a life cast of Kristin Scott Thomas for The English Patient and endless casts for The Clash of The Titans and Casino Royale when he supervised the cutting in half of a Boeing 727.
The music world came calling after Robbie Williams requested his help for "Rock DJ", while Grace Jones asked for her head to be cast in chocolate, courtesy of Thornton’s chocolate factory, for her tenth studio album, Hurricane. Schoonraad also transformed Darkness singer, Justin Hawkins, into a devil for the video “One Way Ticket To Hell and Back” which won the Australian MTV Video awards for Best Rock Video. His video career lead to work with Björk on her track "The Hunter" plus Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Pete Doherty.
Schoonraad has often worked with his sons Tristan and Robin on various projects. They joined his company as technicians and mold makers. Tristan has showcased his work at prestigious art ‘car-boot’ sales including Brick Lane, the Big Chill, Mutate Britain “One foot in the Grove”, Tate the Biscuit and the Urban Art Show in Tokyo. He had his own exhibition of Boy Soldiers in London and has worked with Art Below involved in exhibiting in Parliament Square on the Plinth of Peace. Robin has been a key figure in the moulding of many of the creatures for Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire as well as special effects in The Last Samurai.

We are so happy and proud to have received a wonderful art donation by Calvin Lo. Calvin is a sculptor, and concept designer based in LA. He has worked on "Pacific Rim" as a sculptor, molder, and caster. He studied at the Art Center College of Design, Concept Design Academy, 3kicks studio, LAAFA, and Gnomon. He draws inspiration from his love for sci-fi, anthropology, science, and all other aspects of life. Currently, Calvin runs Impulse Refinery. To buy the donated sculpture: http://amfotoys.storenvy.com/products/6580192-calvin-lo

Siamo orgogliosi e felici di aver ricevuto una magnifica donazione d'arte da parte dell'artista Calvin Lo. Calvin e' sculture, concept designer di base a LA. Ha lavorato a "Pacific Rim" come scultore. Ha studiato all' Art Center College of Design, Concept Design Academy, 3kicks studio, LAAFA, and Gnomon. Prende ispirazione dal suo amore per lo sci-fi, antropologia, scienza e altri aspetti della vita quotidiana. Calvin gestisce Impulse Refinery. Potete acquistare la scultura di Calvin qui: http://amfotoys.storenvy.com/products/6580192-calvin-lo