| Cally-Jo | |
| Birth Name: | Cally-Jo Pothecary |
| Birth Date: | 1989 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Occupation: | Tattoo artist, fine artist, television personality |
| Website: | Official site |
Cally-Jo Pothecary (born 20 April 1989) is a British fine artist and tattoo artist.
Cally-Jo was born on 20 April 1989 in Southampton, the United Kingdom and grew up in Shirley, London.[1] She studied fine art painting at Winchester School of Art, and graduated in 2011. Cally-Jo began to tattoo in 2012.
In 2012 Cally-Jo was offered a job at Love Hate Social Club, London.[2] After this, Cally-Jo worked with tattoo artist Lal Hardy at New Wave Tattoo Studio in North London.
She collaborated with Lal Hardy to create a winged vintage microphone design on limited editions of the One (M8) phone, which were awarded to finalists at the British MOBO music awards.[3]
In October 2013, Cally-Jo travelled to the Dominican Republic to create a mehendi-style tattoo on Rihanna the singer's hand.
Cally-Jo was a participant in the gallery, The 100 Hands Project,[4] an exhibition presented at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, UK. The exhibition shows the 100 silicone hands tattooed by 100 tattoo artists who work in England.[5]
In 2016 Cally-Jo collaborated with the Coffee vs. Gangs campaign, which was founded by the coffee company Kenco. Gang tattoos are symbolic of a life of crime in Honduras, with gang members using special tattoo symbols to identify their allegiance to certain gangs. Kenco Ireland commissioned Cally-Jo to create an original artwork that captured the rich symbolism of tattoos but also touched on the hopeful potential of coffee farming as an alternative to gang life.[6] This project attracted the attention of the press, as well as the visit of the Ambassador of Honduras.[7]
Cally-Jo was a cast member in Season 1 and Season 2 of the MTV British entertainment reality show Just Tattoo of Us.