Wendy Fantasia



Competitions/Awards
2009
April: MBAC, Melbourne, competed
August: Tim Gratton’s SA Body Painting Champs, equal third place
2010
February:

Australian Body Art Awards

(ABAA’s), Melb, Encouragement Award
March: Tim Gratton’s first ever

World Speed Painting Competition

, Adelaide;
first in heat and won the Grand Final
April:

Melbourne Body Art Competition

(MBAC’s), Melbourne, Supreme Award (prize being a trip to NZ to compete in Oct)
October: NZ Body Art Awards, unplaced, amazing experience!
October: Tim Gratton's Australasian Body Painting Competition as part of the Double Bay (NSW) Food, Wine & Art Festival, First Place

Events/Media/Press
‘

Enchanted Winterland

’,

Face & Body Painting Exhibition

, SALA Festival, Aug 2009 (creator & co-director)
‘Brilliant Creatures from Planet Fringe’,

Body Painting Open Studio

by

The Imagineers

, Adelaide Fringe Festival, March 2010 (co-creator and co-organiser, with Toni Anne Smallman)

Richmond Hotel

’s Red Carpet Fridays –  The Imagineers as the featured business, Fri 9 April (co-organiser with Toni Anne Smallman)
www.kryztoff.com online magazine
Cover, issue 12
Interview, issue 13 , & images in most subsequent issues - thank you Kryztoff!
Radio - interviews on 5AA (Amanda Blair) on face & body painting, plus ABC (Peter Goers and Carole Whitelock) for 'Spirit' photo shoot with Deb Edwards and award winning photographer Leanne King.
Finger - cover image by Leanne of Deb 'Spirit' plus article and images in first issue, due out Jan 2011.

Workshops
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria;

Face Painting workshop leader

since 1996.
Theatre Costume Shop, Adelaide; holding beginner to intermediate

face painting classes

 as required, plus independent courses
Workshops for private clients, groups and community centres.
For information on a tailored course for your OSHC staff please contact me for information.
Workshop leader and face & body painting competitor for the Australian Body Art Awards, Feb 2011, Daylesford, Victoria

Arts Training
Certificate in Commercial Art;
Courses in watercolour, life drawing;
Face & body painting classes with world-wide leaders in the field including:
Mark Reid, Jinny, Wolfe Brothers, Lynne Jamieson, Tim Gratton, Ambah O’Brien, Marcella Maurad, Heather Banks, and more;
Attendance at ‘Wonder Down Under’, Australia’s first Face Painting Conference, Melbourne, September 2008

Professional membership
Member of FACE, the UK Face Painting Association, since late 2008, also an area Representative. This is a competency-based membership; members also abide by strict codes of conduct and practice.

Insurance
With Duck for Cover Performers Insurance.
$20 million public liability cover, plus Personal Accident Cover.

Police Check
Updated on a regular basis, National and Catholic Schools are both current.