The Melbourne-based body artist has taken out the Fluoro Award at the World Bodypainting Festival in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Melbourne-based body artist Andra Budaie has brought home first prize in the UV category at the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria this year. For the self-taught St Kilda artist, who runs her studio Inner Colour Body Art and performs under the name Andra Cadabra, this was her first time competing internationally and only her second competition to date. Budaie began competing last year, when she took out the title of UV Artist of the Year at the Australian Body Art Awards.

The World Bodypainting Festival, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017, offers professional body artists the opportunity to compete for world championship titles in several techniques such as brush and sponge, airbrush or special effects. In addition to elaborate, often surrealistic body art, the finished creation often involves latex make-up and startling costumes or headdresses.

^{Andra Budaie’s winning artwork at the World Bodypainting Festival. Photo © Andra Budaie}

The World Fluoro Award is in a category all its own, for the use of body paints which fluoresce...