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 DEEP DOwN, 2007 BODY PAINTINg LIMITED PHOTOgRAPHY, MODEL: kATHARINA
Bella Volen  BuLGARIAN SPIRIt 2009 BODY PAINTINg LIMITED PHOTOgRAPHY, MODEL: SANDRA
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Lives and works in Austria and The Netherlands
PriZe of eXCellenCe AWARD OF DISTINCTION
THE ARTIST ONLINE www.bella-volen.com ART NOW 3. 2008-2009 /artoteque.com Annual of Contemporary Art

Bella volen is a visual artist and has an MA in painting. Bella comes
from an established arts family in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and was
raised among painters, sculptors, dancers and poets. She supported her
natural talent with thirteen years of formal study in some of the most
prestigious art institutions, including the fine arts secondary school and
the Academy of Fine Art in Sofia, followed by six and half years painting
study in vienna and many private courses with well-known artists. She
has won many international body painting awards, was a judge at five art
competitions, had exhibitions in Europe, China and South America and
works worldwide as artist and art instructor. Focusing in canvas painting,
body painting transformations, and murals she also teaches body art
history, composition, color theory, painting and drawing after the old
masters. „As one of the leading artists in the Body Painting field, Bella has
created a collection of living art that has inspired and astounded viewers
internationally. These Body Paintings are a combination of life, color and
movement. Canvas that can dance and sculpture that can speak. This is
creation in the highest form.” (World Body Painting Festival)

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