Art4you Gallery Unites Art & Awareness for Breast Cancer

Art4you Gallery, in collaboration with The Arabica Royale, successfully hosted “Together for Hope”, a landmark art and awareness initiative in Dubai, commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2025. The campaign brought together community members, wellness experts, artists, and cancer survivors in a heartfelt celebration of courage, compassion, and creativity. Conceived and curated by Jesno Jackson, founder and head curator of Art4you Gallery, the initiative created a moving platform where artistic expression met activism, turning creativity into a powerful voice for healing and empowerment.

The campaign’s central theme, the elephant, symbolizes strength, wisdom, and care. A simple continuous-line elephant silhouette represented resilience, simplicity, and life’s unstoppable flow. Each participating artist offered a unique interpretation through color, texture, and symbolism, transforming the silhouette into personal narratives of hope and bravery. The live painting event, “The Elephant of Strength”, became a profound demonstration of empathy, solidarity, and unity.

Eighteen talented artists from around the world—including Asjad Elsayed (Australia), Shakiba Rabiei (Iran), Perihan Marwan (Egypt), Christina Leonard, Jeevan Oroolu Veettil, Imaan Owais Qureshi, Neetu George, Jesno Jackson, Shaf Beypore, Afshan Khan, Thomas Antony (India), Svetlana Kreventsova, Nataliia Venerova, Vasilisa Eliseeva, Anastassia Novokreshchenova, Sophie Bekmurzaeva, Zara Bekmurzaeva, Reem Al Subiae, and Dahana Salem (Saudi Arabia)—participated, creating stunning artworks on eco-friendly wooden elephant-shaped panels. These were later assembled into a massive installation titled “The Herd of Hope”, symbolizing collective power, solidarity, and the multiplying force of hope.

Adding educational depth, the “Strength in Pink” session featured a panel of experts including Dr. Heike Lieb-Wilson, Dr. Sandra Cristina Isidro Martinho, Fatma Yamen, and young speaker Kiara Kaur. This session highlighted emotional healing, wellness, early diagnosis, breast cancer prevention, and the crucial role of community awareness and mental health support for survivors and their families.

The “Pink Canvas Showcase” spotlighted unique artworks by Neethu George and Vasilisa Eliseeva, celebrating femininity, inner strength, and resilience. Their pieces exemplified how artistic storytelling can be both transformative and restorative. Dignitaries Ahmed Al Mahmood and Lara Tabet, alongside art enthusiasts and media representatives, joined the occasion to honor the initiative. “Art possesses the deepest power to unite and heal,” Jesno Jackson said. Rengi Cherian, co-founder of Art4you Gallery, added, “Every story told and every brushstroke conveyed a message of empathy and bravery.”

Key partners, including Breast Cancer Now, Andean Naturals, Dreamy Handicraft, Pamela’s Cakes, Antique Museum, and Paper Fig, amplified the event’s impact, reinforcing its message of hope and awareness.

Since 2016, Art4you Gallery has curated over 400 exhibitions, consistently championing cultural conversations that fuse art with purpose, using creativity as a universal language to inspire understanding, optimism, and social change.