NZ Body Art Showcase Winners Announced!
EMBARGOED UNTIL 10.30PM Saturday 1
October
NZ Body Art Showcase Winners Announced!
The ASB Theatre in the Aotea Centre was
brought to life tonight with the 6th NZ Body Art
Showcase, out-of-this-world creatures and incredible
creations themed to Aoteroa Land of Long White Cloud.
The 54 artists involved this year came from all over New
Zealand as well as from Australia, the Netherlands and
Belgium. J Geeks and the Geeks who were painted by
the Cut Above hair and makeup team for the show; and
performed their songs ‘Maori Boy and Icky Sticky Love’.
Joining them on the ASB Stage and hosting the event was MC
Jo Holley, formerly of TV2 children’s show
Squirt.
Te Oranga Kapahaka wore
costumes from the New Zealand Movie ‘River Queen’; they
performed with Fluoro poi’s to the famous Maori song
‘Poi I E’ and also performed a Maori Haka dedicated to
the ‘Mighty All Blacks’.
List of winners
below:
Auckland Council Supreme
Award
Magdalena O’Connor (World of Fluorescent
Illusion)
Youthtown Youth Award
Melina
Pruden (Special Effects Creatures)
Cutabove
Academy Best Emerging Artist
Sofia Bue Pedersen
(Hand Painted Novice)
ASB Community Trust Academy
Award
Kate Donaldson (Special Effects
Creatures)
Youthtown Hand Painted Novice
Sofia Bue
Pedersen
Youthtown Hand Painting Emerging
Ghislaine
Gascoine
Snazaroo Hand Painted Professional
Myrtha
Heydenrijk
TopMark SPFX Creatures
Melina Pruden
Weta Workshop SPFX Fantasy
Andrea Hows
Te Puni
Kokiri Masquerade
Kelly Zhong-Ni-Ren
Thin Lizzy World
of Fluorescent Illusion
Magdalena O’Connor
Weta
Workshop Open Category
Anna Anderson
Bebe Bourke
Audience participation prize
“Maori Girl and the
Taniwha”
ends