Alex Barendregt
Founder and Director

Oswin Eder
Director of Photography

Karala Barendregt
Organizer &
W.B.P.A - Contact

Ernst Wieser
Artist Director / Judge

Marlies Pontasch
Organizer & Finance

Ulf Scherling
Organizer & Photographer

Peter Weissensteiner
Festival groundsman

Silvia Kabusch
Accomodation Service

Sabine Peharz
Catering Management

Amara Geiersberger
Finance

Wolfgang Baumann
Back Stage &
Set up

Ewald Harder
Technikum Kärnten
Festival TV

Philipp Pichler
Festival TV

Patrik Brandstätter
Festival TV

Peter Brandstätter
Result Admin

Christian Wallner
Press management

Ursula Fischl
Festival Academy

Michael Nagel
Festival Security

Melanie Lang
Information

Ronald Helmel
VIP Tent

Andrea Helmel
Jury & Model Support

Heli Käfer
Resident DJ

Markus Schenkeli
Moderator

DJ DNL
Resident DJ

Margarete Hintner
Information & Artists

Reinhard Klewein
Photo Documentary

Lil Klein
DJ Booking

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 Weiser 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.

Jinny is taking the world of fantasy art by storm.
With her Degree in Art and teaching hundreds of face painters and Make-Up Artists all over United-States, Overseas and in Canada, her native country, she travels the world sharing her face painting techniques in intensive classes and in specialized shows. She helped develop the Paradise makeup AQ line of make-up by Mehron.
She is President of Jinny, Make-Up Artiste Inc., Co-creator of Paradise Make-Up AQ, Mehron Advisor, Chief MakeUp Artist at Cirque du Soleil Special Events.

Filippo Ioco has a bodypainting career spanning twenty years. He has created some of the most recognised bodypainting images for advertising such as coors light and chupa chupa.
He paints an various styles varying from super realism, to illusion work and composing bodies into his canvas work.
His bodypainting is featured in music videos, on television, in magazines and books.
Filippo comes from a fine arts background and has exhibited his paintings and bodyart in many recognised galleries.

Carolyn Roper is one of the leading bodypainters working in the make-up industry. Winner of the 2007 World Bodypainting Championships, she is the founder of make-up company ‘getmadeup’.
Her beautiful art work is regularly featured in television advertisements, music videos, magazines and newspapers as well as CD and book covers. Some of her most famous works are the body paintings used on the covers of the CD album "Puzzle" and the two singles "Folding Stars" and "Machines" by Scottish rock group Biffy Clyro, produced by Storm Thorgerson.
As well as having painted many celebrities and having her work featured in the media, Carolyn has also produced her own make-up video and now travels extensively teaching bodypainting workshops internationally.

World Champion bodypater Birgit Mörtl has worked for over a decade as a master tailor in costume design. She has explored various techniques available in bodypainting. She has also studied and practiced the possibilities made available by special effects.
Birgit has worked for many theatre productions and musicals as well as creating costiumes for the lifeball style bible and painting on site for the event.
The final artworks created by Birgit are a combination or costume, paint and special effects that are uniquely balanced in beauty, mystery.

The principal of Make Up Institute Stockholm was certified as a professional make up artist in 1987  in Mula Art Of Make Up Center.
During the many years since then, Shaul Moalem worked as a freelance make up artist in several countries such as USA, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Israel. He was hired primarily for work within advertisement for big fashion magazines, newspapers, TV-companies, video and CD production, fashion shows, movies and theatre.
In 1997 Shaul Moalem established the Make Up Institute Stockholm.
He works as a senior master and, along with his co-workers; he educates the new talents within the makeup art.
Shaul Moalem is the general manager of MIST STOCKHOLM - professional cosmetics brand for makeup artists. He is one of Europe’s leading make-up artist working in Scandinavia and internationally.