The art of body painting

The human body has been a realm of fascination for many artists throughout time. If the renaissance artists paid homage to the naked body in their sculptures and paints, the modern artists have gone one step further and made human body itself into a canvas.


Emma Hack is a body illustrator that takes the body art form to another level in her wallpaper collection. Her collection presents beautifully painted female forms that blend perfectly with the wallpaper patterns bringing her works of art to life. 

Hack's 20 years of body painting body painting started over 20 years ago when she was practicing as a hairstylist, painted children's faces or worked as make-up artist in Australian city Adelaide. Although her vision was still in it's infancy she began to see it gradually coming to life through face-paintings and high fashion make-up. 

In 1999, Emma Hack revealed her vision to the world by introducing a new form of live art, a highly stylized version of body painting combined with fine painting which brought her instant acclaim in the world of art.

Trendhunter magazine writes about Emma: ‘Artist Emma Hack, who lives in Australia, creates really gorgeous designs utilizing female models that she successfully blends in with their surroundings. The effect is beautifully crisp, vibrant, living three dimensional wallpaper.’ 



Visit Emma's website to purchase prints or to see her upcoming exhibitions and more of her body painting and photography artworks: www.emmahackartist.com