Member W.B.P.A

	Bodypainter
Name:	Bella Volen
Country:	Austria, Place of birth:  Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail:	bella_paint@yahoo.com
Link:	www.bella-volen.com
Notice:	Art is my life— My dreams, my hopes, my escape route, my breath, my gift, my sweetest everything. Beginning and end, chaos and harmony All that I need, all that I want The only thing always with me, the only thing which can`t hurt me. Art can`t make me suffer, it only makes me happy Art—it is in me and I am in it. World Fluoro Champion 2006- 1 place Swiss body painting day 2006- 1 place Swiss body painting day 2007- 2 place Many exhibitions in Europe and China. Bella Volen does paintings, body painting, videos, murals, installations, theater art, book illustrations. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria Education: 2003-2008 Painting study in the University for Applied Arts, Vienna, ( Prof. Wolfgang Herzig, Johanna Kandl, Heribert Just) 2002-2003 National Academy for Fine Arts, specialty in prints/ Sofia/ Bulgaria 2001-2002 Art course- „Drawing as the old masters“ (Prof. Katja Kostova and Prof. Peter Chuklev) April 2000 Art exchange in City of Bath Collage, England. Project and exhibition, entitled "The lighthouse and the storm" 1996-2001 National High School for Fine Arts "Ilia Petrov", specializing painting/ Sofia, Bulgaria/ 1995-1996 Fine art course for drawing, painting and composition ( Prof. Ganovski)
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