Welcome to the official website of the
"World Body Painting Association"

 

News:
5 May We published a new interview in the section "artist in focus" from the boys Ludwig Decarli and Andreas Boldt.
4 May The photo of the month in May was picked from many submissions. Rouge from Canada supplied the photo.
3 May The artist and also the photo information for the Asia World Bodypainting Festival is available on the festivals website www.bodypainting-festival.com
10 April The photo of the month in April is provided by the Australian Make up Artist Sarah Bull. She won the World Award title in Seeboden, Austria in the category Brush/Sponge in 2005.
7 April A new year started and our community grows. We are happy to welcome the new members:
Marion Oberlerchner - Österreich
Karen Purser - Australien
Bianca Morello - Kanada
Hartmut-Matthias von Matuschka - Deutschland
Lars Twent - Deutschland
Daniela Cavatoni - I BARBATRUCCHI - Italien
Ineke Blokland - Netherlands
Shahid Baig - Pakistan
Julia Vlasova - Russland
Raquel Guirro - Spanien
Chan-hee Park - Korea
Claire Pick - UK
Julie Oliver - UK
Rita Barnes - UK
Wendy Grace Mehner - USA
17 March

We are happy to finally announce that the World Bodypainting Festival will hold a second event in Asia. This event with the same structure as Seeboden, Austria will be held from 25 - 31 August in Daegu, South Korea. Find here a small report about the process. Soon we will have finished the artist, photo and general information on the festivals website www.bodypainting-festival.com

Note the date and we hope to see you there.

15 March We published in the section "artist in focus"a new interview with the Chinese make up artist Karen Yiu, who has developed an amazing collection called ‘Body embroidery.

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5 March The photo of the month March is a slightly different interpretation of a pregnant woman.
28 Feb. The new WBPA brochure is printed. You can download a PDF version here.
22 Feb.

We fixed a partnership with the new WBPA member "Grime Atelier Reobijn" from the Netherlands. Members will get a 10 % discount on all orders in the shop and online. Overview.

aus den Niederlanden wurde auch eine Partnerschaft fixiert, um allen Mitgliedern im Shop und Online eine Ermässigung von 10% zu gewähren. Zur Übersicht

11 Feb. The photo of the month February is presented by Karen Yiu from Hong Kong.
1 Feb. We published a small review of the members get together during the IMATS in London.
31 Jan. The new membership cards 2008 are already posted with a copy of the fantastic Body- and Facepainting Magazine Illusion.
23 Jan. The next members get together will be organized on the upcoming Saturday, January 26th, 7.00 pm. within the IMATS in London. Details here.
9 Jan. Illusion is the new magazine driving the body art world. In our section "Artist in Focus" we take a look at the faces behind the pages.
8 Jan.

The photo of the month January is presented by the UV bodypainting specialist Wolf Reicherter who will also present a class at the Festival-Academy during the World Bodypainting Festival Week 2008.

4 Jan. A new year started and our community grows. We are happy to welcome the new members:
Nadja Hluchovsky - Austria
Kerstin Fuchsjäger - Austria
Robyn Stevens - Australien
Dawn Tyndall - Canada
Riina Laine - Finland
Armin Baumann - Germany
Oliver K - Germany
Evgeny Koval - Russia
Melanie Rodel - Switzerland
Jenifer Tregarthen - UK
Alex Saunders - UK
Abbas Asghar - UK
Rosey Jones - UK
Angela  Kirking - USA
Rachel Deboer - USA, Hawaii
27 December

The photo of the month December from the Art Color Ballet Poland is one of the most beautiful bodypainting poses ever published.

23 December Merry Christmas and wishing you a wonderful holiday time.
14 December The new issue of Illusion Magzine is out now. The 4th issue of the magazine about body and facepainting containts:
  • Stunning airbrush artwork from Pashur created exclusively for
  • More step-by-step designs than ever before
  • New Smart Marketing business column by Katie Hunt
  • Two page special on the 10th World Bodypainting Festival
  • Articles on reigning World Facepainting Champion Bibi Freeman
  • Marcela 'Mama Clown' Murad, anime expert Felisa Massey,
    and much much more...
30 November The WBPA office is closed till 13th December.
29 November The Photo of the month November is the winning photo of the World Bodypainting Photo Award 2008 in the category "Digital ART". The bodypainting work was done by the world champions Udo Schurr and Patrick McCann at this years World Bodypainting Festival.
11 November

The Baltic Beauty World took place on the last weekend with a national bodypainting contest that was organized by the Latvian Stilist Association.

23 October The next WBPA Contest will start soon in Riga, Latvia. The Bodypainting contest within the Baltic Beauty Week is organized by the WBPA Partner "International Stylist School of Biruta Magele" Details
16 October We published In the section "artist in focus"a new interview with the Bulgarian artist Bella Volen.
9 October We would like to welcome the new members who have joined our association recently:

Desmond Sweeney - Australia
Eve Monnier - Canada
Gabi von der Linnepe - Germany
Anja Remke - Germany
Christy George - Italy
Alessandro Piva - Italy
Radmila Radman - Serbia
Bibi Freeman - England
8 October Halloween is abroaching and the bodypainting aritsts are already working on the theme. This time we present a work of Anja Pürkel.
28 Sept. Details for the body and stylists competition in Riga, Latvia published.
20 Sept. The photo of the month in September was done by World Champion Carolyn Roper. It was a painting for Biffy Clyro's top selling CD Album "Puzzle".

 

 

 

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