Art is my life—
My dreams, my hopes, my escape route, my breath, my gift, my sweetest everything.
Beginning and end, chaos and harmony
All that I need, all that I want
The only thing always with me, the only thing which can`t hurt me.
Art can`t make me suffer, it only makes me happy
Art—it is in me and I am in it.

Bella Volen
Born in 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Working and living in Vienna, Austria

Contact: www.bella-volen.com
e-mail: bella_paint@yahoo.com

World Body Painting Fluoro Champion 2006 – 1st prize
Swiss Body Painting Day 2006 – 1st prize
Swiss Body Painting Day 2007 – 2nd prize

Many exhibitions in Europe and China.

Teacher at the Body Painting Academy - body painting, composition and colour theory

Bella Volen does paintings, body painting, videos, installations, murals, theatre art and
book illustrations.

Member of the World Body Painting Association and IG Bildende Kunst

Jury Member: Asian Bodypainting Awards - World Bodypainting Festival
Daegu / South Korea 25 - 31 August 2008

Jury Member: Milan Body Art Contest
Italy, 20 March 2008


Education:

2003-2008 Study of painting at the University for Applied Arts, Vienna (Prof. Wolfgang
Herzig, Prof. Johanna Kandl, Prof. Heribert Just)

2002-2003 Study of graphic arts and printmaking techniques at the National Academy for
Fine Arts , Sofia, Bulgaria

2001-2002 Art course in drawing after the old masters (Prof. Katja Kostova and
Prof. Peter Chuklev)

April 2000 Art exchange at the City of Bath College, UK.

1996-2001 Ilia Petrov National High School for Fine Arts (special subject: painting),
Sofia, Bulgaria

1995-1996 Fine arts courses for drawing, painting and composition (Prof. Ganovski and
Reggio )