World Bodypainting Festival
The World Bodypainting Festival is a bodypainting festival and competition which is held annually in Austria, since 2017 in Klagenfurt. It is attended by artists from 50 nations and attracts many thousands of spectators.
Alex Barendregt (left), the main organiser of the festival, with Markus Schenkeli, the host of the festival, in 2015
Artist Karen Chi Kwan Yiu, photo by Ann Charlsworth (2012)
Artists J. Fusilier and L. Hammel, photo by Michael Genswaider (2011)
Artist Kristina Elizarova, photo by Alexandr Senchuck (2011)
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting. Body painting is also referred to as "temporary tattoo". Large scale or full-body painting is more commonly referred to as body painting, while smaller or more detailed work can sometimes be referred to as temporary tattoos.
Indigenous American body painting
Indigenous body painting
A painted orca design on a forearm
Body-painted women in a PETA protest against fur