Hvar Bodypainting

29/03/2026

✨ Theme 2026: Stories in Wonderland

Step into a world where reality meets fantasy, compete in the Bodypainting Open Category. Transform your model into a living story full of imagination, color, and magic. Show your creativity, present your artwork to an international jury, and win prizes up to €1,000

How will you tell your story?

Artist Francesca Pellegrino
Photo .barendregt

27/03/2026

💫 Models – become a living artwork!

At Hvar, you are not just a model — you become part of the creation.🌟

Work with international artists, be part of unique concepts, and experience what it means to transform into art.
😍 If you love creativity, expression, and being part of something special — we would love to have you with us.

Artist Yuri Falzetti
Photo Alex Barendregt

25/03/2026

✨ Imagine creating art surrounded by crystal-clear water, pine forests, and Mediterranean vibes. You have an opportunity to join the comeptition or together with other artists create your artistic vision at specially organized Jam Session.

The Hvar Bodypainting Festival combines body art and nature in one of the most beautiful locations in Europe.
This is more than a competition - it’s an experience.
Register soon - places are very limited: hvar.wb-association.org

Artists: Yuri Falzetti, Linda Rohmen, Piera di Maio, M***a Jin, Francesca Pellegrino, Bella Volen, Lora Tulchinski
Photos by Daniel Janesch

05/03/2026

🎨 Hvar Bodypainting Festival 2026 is back!
Get ready for 2 unforgettable days of art, color, creativity, and community on the beautiful island of Hvar, Croatia! 🌞

📅 June 13–14, 2026
📍 A festival where the human body becomes living art, a vibrant fusion of imagination and Mediterranean vibes.

✨ Day 1: Bodypainting Competition
✨ Day 2: Jam Session by the sea: artists paint freely, models shine, photographers capture the magic!

Artists, models, photographers and art lovers: this is your moment to connect, create, and shine on an international stage! 🌊🎨
More info & registration at 👉 hvar.wb-association.org

02/07/2025

Amazing Bodypainting Documentary - See the full version on our YouTube Channel

In 2025, we proudly celebrated the 3rd edition of the Hvar Bodypainting Festival. Supported by the World Bodypainting Association (WBA), this documentary off...

26/05/2025

BIG NEWS

We are happy to welcome for the first time 10 international photographers who are excited and ready to capture the magic of bodypainting in a wonderful Croatian landscape.

Main Sponsors: Tourism Board & Professional Make-up Brand

Presented by
Esthetique by Lorena .hvar
Suncani Hvar Hotels
Carpe Diem

Supported by
Hotel Marinero
Pizzeria Kogo
Cafe bar Pjaca
Aroma ice cream

11/06/2024

Jučer je bio super, super dan na Bodypainting festivalu Hvar 2024 🤩 – dan natjecanja s temom "Svjetski dan oceana" 🌊. Umjetnici svjetskog glasa kreirali su istinski zadivljujuća djela i žiri je imao težak posao kako bi odlučio pobjednike.
U otvorenoj kategoriji nagrade su osvojili Houyam Hajlaoui 🤩 iz Belgije - 1. mjesto, Iris Pfeiffer iz Austrije 🤩 - 2. mjesto i talijanski umjetnik Yuri Falzetti 🤩 - 3. mjesto.
U Kist & spužva kategoriji najbolje, prema sudačkoj odluci, bile su Jinra Kim 🤩 iz Južne Koreje - 1. mjesto, Veronica Bottigliero 🤩 iz Italije - 2. mjesto i Nicole Aspradakis 🤩 iz Grčke na 3. mjestu.
Čestitamo svima 👏!!!

Yesterday was a great, great day at the Bodypainting Festival Hvar 2024 🤩 – day of the Competition with the theme "World Ocean Day" 🌊. World-class artists created truly amazing works, and the jury had a tough job deciding the winners.
In the Open Category, the prizes were awarded to Houyam Hajlaoui 🤩 from Belgium - 1st place, Iris Pfeiffer 🤩 from Austria - 2nd place, and Italian artist Yuri Falzetti 🤩 - 3rd place.
In the Brush & Sponge Category, the best, according to the jury's decision, were Jinra Kim 🤩 from South Korea - 1st place, Veronica Bottigliero 🤩 from Italy - 2nd place, and Nicole Aspradakis 🤩 from Greece - 3rd place.
Congratulations to all 👏!!!

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11/06/2024

Napokon 💪! Bodypainting Festival Hvar - ovaj vikend 🤩...

Finally 💪! Bodypainting Festival Hvar - this weekend 🤩...

Authors 🤩 of the painted models from poster are Silke Kirchhoff () and Ernst Wieser ().

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25/05/2024

[8. LIPNJA 🤩, PRVI DAN DOGAĐANJA 💪 NA BODYPAINTING FESTIVALU HVAR 2024. ❤]

8. lipnja u poznatoj hvarskoj Venerandi 🤩, vrhunski svjetski umjetnici bodypaintinga 💪 (dolazi čak 6 svjetskih prvaka 🥇!) natjecat će se u kategorijama spužva + kist ✔ kao i u otvorenoj kategoriji ✔ (airbrush, šablone, specijalni efekti, kamuflaža).

Pripremljeno je i Dječje popodne 👧🏼🧒 gdje će maleni moći uživati u društvu klauna, čovjeka na štulama, oslikavanju lica i otkrivanju što se nalazi u pinjati, kao i besplatnom sladoledu.

Navečer je proglašenje pobjednika 🥇🥈🥉 i veliki party "FISHING OLD SONGS" 🤩 uz DJ-a, u ritmu 80-ih i 90-ih. O drugom danu Festivala u sljedećem postu. Ulaz na sva Festivalska događanja - besplatan je 💪!

[JUNE 8 🤩: FIRST DAY OF EVENTS 💪 AT THE BODYPAINTING FESTIVAL HVAR 2024 ❤]

On June 8, at the famous Veneranda 🤩 in Hvar, top bodypainting artists from around the world 💪 (including 6 world champions 🥇!) will compete in the sponge + brush category ✔ as well as in the open category ✔ (airbrush, stencils, special effects, camouflage).

A Children's Afternoon 👧🏼🧒 is also prepared where the little ones can enjoy the company of clowns, a stilt walker, face painting, discovering what's inside the piñata, and free ice cream.

In the evening, there will be an announcement of the winners 🥇🥈🥉 and a big party "FISHING OLD SONGS" 🤩 with a DJ, playing hits from the 80s and 90s. Information about the second day of the Festival will be in the next post. Entrance to all festival events is free 💪!

Authors 🤩 of the painted models from photo are Silke Kirchhoff () and Ernst Wieser ().

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