The Jury
We are proud to present you these iconic artists
for the jury of the World Bodypainting Festival 2011:
- Ernst Wieser [Austria]
Ernst Wieser is a master airbrush artist who has defined his skill and style for more than two decades since he first tried his hand at bodypainting 23 years ago. For the passed ten years Enrst has been the head of the Jury for the "World Bodypaitning Festival" with the "World Bodypainting Awards" in Austria. He has worked together with the organization of the festival to raise standards and push bodypainting around the world.Ernst Wieser works closely with many photographers and studios with his art making and he owns a major painting company working on interiors and exteriors. A recent artistic project of his that has and continues to received a lot of attention is his airbrush bodypainting work in connection with Natural History Museum of Carinthia. With an airbrush in his hand Ernst can achieve anything and he is happy to pass on his techniques to both beginners and professionals in the art world.
- Mike Shane [Luxembourg]
Mike Shane's style of bodypainting is exhilarating and potent. His creation of the 'action painting' style is an innovation and a breakthrough. The technique remains his alone, as he works in the 'now' to colour moments of space and time. His work brings together all the necessary aspects of bodypainting - painter, performer, photographer, with such clarity of vision that his artwork is unforgettable. Mike has studied fine arts and in his performances work with athletic and balletic models whose movements are elegant and intriguing. Mike's radical liquid splashes of colours contrast with each other on ever changing levels as he composes, changes and destroys his fluid orchestral artworks. His works also celebrate the movement of paint with gravity, how fast, where and why it will move a certain way over the shapes it reaches. Mike has created an impressive portfolio of work for advertising and promotion. Some of these works are carried out in his action painting style but many of them show a separate angle to his work that is equally creative. Mike is able to take the logo or idea of the company he is contracted by and to design it into a bold pattern of colours that lives on the body. These bodypaintings are equally important as they show that it is possible to create a commercial bodypainting and still have an artwork as a finished product. After 10 years of experience on the commercial side of bodypainting, creating concepts, leading teams as an art director, Mike now shares this knowledge in his "commercial bodypainting-workshops" In 2010 Mike created the artist-group "CREACHIEFS".
- Craig Tracy [USA]
"My paintings are like songs that I sing only once but that I listen to for a lifetime." Craig Tracy Craig Tracy is a master airbrush artist, painter and sometimes even finger painter. He combines his work with both the living form and traditional canvas art to create illusions in fine detail. His compositions demand a perfect placement of the body that harmonises with the natural shapes present and reflects his appreciation of human beauty. Craig Tracy became an important part of the bodypainting community when he joined the World Bodypainting Festival in 2004. He immediately found a place among an artistic circle of friends that has encouraged communication between artistic styles. He also further earned the respect of fellow artists and bodypainting appreciators by becoming world champion in the category of airbrush bodypainting. Craig helps spread understanding for the art of bodypainting to its viewers by bringing together artists with varying styles and techniques. Some of his most interesting work is in collaboration with fellow bodypainting artists. One of Craig’s greatest achievements has been the creation of the ‘Painted Alive Gallery’ in New Orleans. This is an innovation for the bodypainting world as it is a space dedicated purely to bodypainting.
- Jinny [Canada]
Genevieve Houle, who the world has come to know as Jinny, is a renowned face and body painting artist who has captured the hearts of fellow artists and fans around the globe. She continues to travel the world sharing her techniques and passion with them. Her vibrant abstract designs and clever use of color, combined with her amazing brush control make Jinny one of the most sought after artists in her field. Her creative and breathtaking work has been featured in international media, magazines and books, in addition to TV, movies, commercials, conventions, shows, and corporate events. Bilingual in both French and English, Jinny's outgoing personality and great sense of humor makes her much more than a just revered artist to her peers and students. Jinny has been widely recognized for her ability to objectively critique and advise artists of all talent levels. Since their inception, she has been an esteemed judge at the World Body Painting Festival in Austria as well as at the Face and Body Art International Convention in the United States. In addition, Jinny has been the artistically creative influence behind such Cirque du Soleil special event productions as "Love", "Delirium", "Corteo", "Ovo" and "Totem". Jinny is also the only artist to have contributed to the development of a name-sake line of face and body makeup. As co-creator of Paradise Makeup AQ™, manufactured by Mehron, Inc. in the U.S., Jinny works tirelessly to help create makeup that is not only natural in its ingredients but also healthy for the skin. Thanks to Jinny's efforts Paradise Makeup AQ™ has become a market-leading brand worldwide
- Filippo Ioco [USA]
Filippo Ioco is one of the most outstanding bodypainting artists alive. His groundbreaking work covers an extraordinary range of styles and ideas. His combination of experience, understanding, inspiration, innovation and courage has kept his work at the top for almost two decades. Filippo’s work explores gender roles, sexuality, and perceptions of male and female shapes. He has placed the painted human body in every imaginable environment from natural to artificially created environments to frame his ideas.
His advertising portfolio contains some of the most successful combinations of body art for the media. His work has been featured in music videos, on book covers, on television commercials and in the printed media. Filippo also dedicates a large amount of his artistic energy to charity work.
For those lucky enough to get the chance, watching Filippo paint live is like connecting with creation itself. His performances and models are spontaneous and alive. The documentation of his artwork through photography and video is lasting evidence of a long career of talent that continues to evolve today.
- Patrick Mc Cann [USA/Germany]
Patrick McCann, Born and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, has been living in southern Germany since 1983. Since then he has learned to enjoy the culture of the German and European way of life. Still he has America in his heart and will never lose the free spirit and creativity given to him at birth. That brought him to airbrush. Growing up in the USA Patrick was fasinated by custom paint jobs on vehicles and motorcycles. This brought him to try painting with the airbrush. Since then Patrick has been experimenting with different airbrush technics and bringing each to a perfection. He has won many international prizes with his artwork. In 2004 and 2007 together with Udo Schurr in "The Brushers" team and in 2010 together with Kris Bülow he was crowned World Champion Bodypainter in the catagory airbrush
- Dennis Penkov [Germany]
Dennis Penkov has a traditional training in mask making and works in the direction of special effects.For seven years he was responsible for the creation and application of special effects and make up in Bablsberg.
To further his experience of effects he founded and directs Skinart - MakeUp-FX Academy. Along side working for film and television productions the studion offeres seminars for mask making and special effects interested people all over Germany. Since 2004 he is directing the first school for make up and special effects in Germany.
