coloured scream Painting

Mike Shane was born in 1970 in Luxembourg. He studied graphic arts and illustration in Luxembourg at the Beaux-Arts, in Austria at the "Graphische" in Vienna and at the Design Studio in St. Pölten. Starting in 1993, he had several exhibitions in Vienna and Luxembourg, which were followed by several years as designer and decorator for Arcotel Hotels and Resorts. In Spring 1999, he founded "The Visualizer", a concept & event workshop. This work eventually led him to Bodypainting, which he has been exploring since October 1999. Mike Shane's homepage, at www.bodypainting.at constitutes the heart of his small enterprise, and can currently count on an average of about 10,000 visits per month. Mike's first international success came with winning the title of "Vice European Bodypainting Champion" in 2001 followed by the winning of the "Vice-World Bodypainting Champion 2010", as well as from several TV appearances on "RTL Luxembourg", "RTL Germany" "Kabel1", "ORF", "ATV", "TW1"," WNTV"," SAT1", "PRO7", and "VOX". His encounter with tomphoto in March 2002 initiated an intense artistic development process. tomphoto's new approach to photography encouraged Mike to take his first steps towards "Action-Painting", which has since resulted in several successful live events. In addition to the many independent art performances that Mike and tomphoto devote a lot of time to, highlights also include the CANON COLOUR CAMPAIGN a series of live action-painting events in six Austrian state capitals in 2003, an appearance at Interspot-Studios in 2002, an artist portrait on "TW1" in 2002, as well as an action-painting-special on the VOX TV channel in 2004. In 2003, Mike founded his own Model & Artist Agency, which is beginning to show first signs of success in Austria. 2009 and 2010 Mike cooperated with Austria's next Top Model. 2010 foundation of "CREACHIEFS" an International Artist Corporation for Bodypainting and Art featuring Bella Volen, Chris Obsn Oberheber, Lena Pock, Birgit Mörtl and Eva Brosch. Mike is constantly searching for cooperations with other artists. Projects like "de cecco-tv spot", "Austria tabak-Lifeball" have been realized together with Bella Volen, Lena Pock, Fredi Schmid and Chris Oberheber OBSN.com highlights: - jurymember for the first "beuaty-forum" bodypainting contest in munich 2010 - jurymember at international bodypainting-festival, germany 2010 - vice-worldchampion 2010 in team with chris oberheber OBSN.