BIO: There is nothing static about Brittney Pelloquin’s art. Her preferred canvas – the human body – is living, breathing, and as much a part of the work as the brushstrokes themselves. The human bodies she illuminates exist, change, and move in their environment; her imagery is sometimes rendered so realistically one cannot tell them apart from their surroundings. It is where she paints, and how she paints – her process and her subject, really – that make her art so dynamic and profound. There is tension between her and her canvases, tension that translates into powerful and immersive works of art. She facilitates transformation through her body painting, renders hyper realistic likenesses through her portraiture, and reinvents spaces both public and private through her murals. Body painting is Brittney’s preferred practice, a lengthy and intimate process akin to alchemy in its transformative process. The hours she spends with her subject yield an experience where internal states fuel and mingle with the eventual bodyscape that reveals itself on the skin. Through trust with her subject, the soft essence of the human body is allowed space to speak of inner processes, breaking through the armor we all tend to wear. Conversation and collaboration between Brittney and her subject guide the eventual result, which always proves itself profound to both participants. This process symbolizes reflection, communication, and finally expression – the painter and the subject both stewards of this intimate transformation. While marathon sessions of painting complex imagery onto another person present their own inherent challenges both physically and energetically, Brittney welcomes the exchange that comes with it. For her, it all symbolizes a deep process of change and at the same time expresses something mysterious – and often ineffable – in a language that everyone can access and understand and be inspired by. In this way, body painting is a very rewarding practice for Brittney and a welcome way to use her training for healing purposes. Besides body painting, Brittney applies her fine arts practice to site-specific murals, portraits, and live event paintings. She continues to explore different ways of making art and ways of connecting with the world around her and within herself and others. Her works are all marked by depth, intuitive process, and a hyper realistic tone.