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Blending into Spring Cherry Blossoms in NYC’s Central Park using
Trina Merry’s viral camouflage bodypaint style.
TRINA MERRY | BODY PAINT ARTIST
“WE ARE CAPTIVATED BY THIS ARTIST WHO WORKS WITH 'INVISIBLE MODELS'.
NEW YORK-BASED ARTIST TRINA MERRY MASTERFULLY USES PAINT TO TURN HER
MODELS INTO AMAZING HUMAN CHAMELEONS. MERRY'S ARTWORK IS SO DETAILED
YOU'LL FORGET THERE IS EVEN A PERSON IN HER PHOTOS AT ALL... THEY LOOK
EFFORTLESS.”
- _BUSINESS INSIDER_
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MEET TRINA MERRY
“WHEN TRINA MERRY PAINTS, SHE CONSIDERS COLOR, SHADOW—AND HOW LONG
HER CANVAS CAN STAND WITHOUT A BATHROOM BREAK. THAT’S BECAUSE
SHE’S A WORLD-CHAMPION BODY PAINTER AND PEOPLE ARE A TESTY MEDIUM.
SHE PAINTS FAST TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE HUMAN CIRCULATION AND
MUSCULAR SYSTEMS, WITH SESSIONS LASTING ANYWHERE FROM 30 MINUTES TO
THREE HOURS (THOUGH MORE ELABORATE SCENARIOS HAVE TAKEN 18). MERRY’S
AUDITIONS CAN ATTRACT AS MANY AS 600 MODELS, AND SHE HOLDS REGULAR
TRAINING SESSIONS TO REVIEW POSES AND STRETCHES. SHE DOESN’T
TYPICALLY RELY ON BACKDROPS AND PREFERS TO PAINT MODELS OUTSIDE IN
PUBLIC, OFTEN CAMOUFLAGING THEM INTO THE SETTING BY PAINTING FROM A
SINGLE PERSPECTIVE. MERRY BEGAN FIGURE PAINTING ON REGULAR CANVASES
BEFORE MIGRATING TO BODIES IN 2006. HER WORK HAS TAKEN HER TO THE
PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT, THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA AND EASTER ISLAND. THE
PRACTICE, SHE’S FOUND, BUILDS COMPASSION AND BODY ACCEPTANCE.”
_-AMERICAN WAY_
It all started when NYC Bodypainter Trina Merry was struck by
lightning in Hollywood, it altered the course of her life. Everything
turned white and there was a loud buzzing sound as the lighting filled
her car. The most incredible aching sensation shot through her
bones. Suffering from continuous a painful ache in her bones
whenever she was near power lines or any electrical wires, she escaped
to the sheltering forest of Yosemite National Park hoping for
reprieve. She spent a year painting by a little stream where she made
friends with the local deer.
It was during this time that she had a few glasses of absinthe with
Amanda Palmer (the Dresden Dolls, TED Talks). Palmer encouraged Trina
to stand onstage and get body painted with the Dolls opening act- an
Australian synesthesia art rock band called “The Red Paintings”.
While wearing a silver mask that shot laser beams out into the
audience, she experienced complete strangers painting her body with
brightly colored space toys. Something sparked: Art had a heart beat.
Art could be vulnerable. Art was… happening.
Trina Merry is a leading body painter in a generation that emerged in
the wake of the influence of Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, and Verushka.
Merry studied with Robert Wilson and Marina Abramovic as a Watermill
Center summer resident, creating five living bodypaint installations
on site. There she absorbed their unique attention to space, silence
in stillness and transported these applications in her work to the
chaotic neon streets of New York and subsequently, the world. She has
also studied with Alex and Allyson Grey on “Visionary Art and the
Light Body”. She has crafted her own visual and conceptual
vocabulary that emerged through her focus on the points of
juxtaposition between the organic human form and the phallic hard
lines of architecture. Merry has performed and exhibited at The
Whitney Biennial, Getty Villa, San Jose Museum of Art (with Andy
Goldsworthy), Attleboro Arts Museum, ESMoA, Museo De Bardini
(Florence), Edward Hopper House, Red Dot Miami, Superfine! Art Fair,
Satellite Art Show, WORKS San Jose & SOMArts alongside the Guerilla
Girls. Merry currently lives in New York City & Dallas & has a BFA in
film.
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TRINA MERRY PORTFOLIO
“BROOKLYN-BASED ARTIST TRINA MERRY UTILIZES AN UNCONVENTIONAL MEDIUM
FOR HER WORK: THE HUMAN BODY. COMBINING INTRICATE BODY PAINTING WITH
REAL-TIME PHOTOGRAPHY, MERRY PRODUCES SURREALIST PIECES THAT
SEAMLESSLY BLEND HER SUBJECTS WITH THEIR BACKGROUNDS, CREATING
RIVETING WORKS THAT LEAVE YOU WONDERING WHERE THE BODY STARTS AND THE
BUILDING ENDS.”
_-REFINERY 29_
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URBAN CAMOUFLAGE
PERFORMANCE ART
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
GRAFFITI & STREET ART
HUMAN SCULPTURES
NETFLIX BOB ROSS SERIES
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TRINA MERRY X JASON MRAZ X FORD
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JASON MRAZ WAS BODY PAINTED BY TRINA MERRY FOR FORD’S GO GREEN
CAMPAIGN. THE CONCEPT WAS INSPIRED BY TRINA’S CAMOUFLAGE SERIES.
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“A CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHTING FORD’S ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES
RECRUITED SINGER-SONGWRITER JASON MRAZ, ACTRESS FELICIA DAY AND HEALTH
GURU RAINBEAU MARS. “LARGE COMPANIES LIKE OURS ARE MUCH MORE
COMFORTABLE BEING EVOLUTIONARY RATHER THAN REVOLUTIONARY,” SAYS TOBY
BARLOW, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER FOR TEAM
DETROIT, FORD’S AD AGENCY. “WE NEEDED TO REACH A NEW
AUDIENCE—ONE THAT HADN’T CONNECTED WITH FORD, PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T
KNOW WE HAD A GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE PLATFORM.”
_-ENTREPRENEUR_
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BODYPAINT ART
“EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT THE ARTSY TYPE, YOU'LL BE WOWED BY THESE AWESOME
IMAGES. TRINA MERRY, A BODY PAINTER, BLENDED NAKED PEOPLE SEAMLESSLY
INTO THEIR SURROUNDINGS. WE, QUITE FRANKLY, CAN'T EVOKE HOW AMAZING IT
IS MORE THAN THE PICTURES THEMSELVES. THIS IS AS IMMERSIVE AS ARTWORK
GETS, AND THE RESULTS ARE SERIOUSLY STUNNING. MERRY USES SKIN-SAFE
PAINTS TO CREATE LANDSCAPES WITH THE HUMAN BODY, APPLYING THE COLOR
WITH A BRUSH OR AIRBRUSH TO BLEND HER SUBJECTS IN WITH THEIR
BACKGROUND.”
_-COSMOPOLITAN _
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“MESS WITH YOUR MIND”
REFINERY 29
“MASTERPIECES”
BUZZFEED
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“TRANSFORMATIVE”
TIME MAGAZINE
“NEO-CONTEMPORARY”
HYPERALLERGIC
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“STUNNING”
VICE
“INNOVATIVE”
BUSTLE
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NEW YORK CITY’S STREETS ARE TRINA MERRY’S STUDIO, AND THE NAKED
BODY IS HER CANVAS. SHE CREATES REMARKABLE IMAGES THAT SEAMLESSLY
CAMOUFLAGE HER MOSTLY NUDE MODELS INTO NEW YORK CITY’S SKYLINE,
BLENDING THEM INTO THE DETAILS OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, THE
MANHATTAN BRIDGE, CENTRAL PARK AND OTHER FAMOUS LANDMARKS. THE ART
FORM, PRESERVED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, IS THE RESULT OF A METICULOUS PROCESS
THAT RELIES ON MODELS WHO MUST HOLD THEIR POSE PERFECTLY STILL FOR
HOURS AND OF NEW YORK CITY’S RELATIVELY LIBERAL LAWS THAT HAVE NO
PROBLEM WITH A WOMAN STANDING TOPLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET.
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“THESE MOTORBIKES LOOK LIKE PRETTY RACEY, BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY GO
VERY FAST - THEY'RE ACTUALLY MADE UP FROM MULTIPLE NAKED ATHLETIC
MODELS. THE DIRT BIKE, CRUISER AND SPORTS BIKE ARE THE CREATIONS OF
BODY PAINT ARTIST TRINA MERRY WHOSE AMAZING WORK BLURS THE LINES OF
REALITY.”
_ -HUFFINGTON POST_
BODYPAINT HUMAN MOTORCYCLES
THE QUADRUPLE VIRAL “HUMAN MOTORCYCLES” BRINGS TOGETHER TRINA
MERRY’S PAINTING STYLE WITH THE BRAND INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOWS
AND THE AGENCY I.D.E.A TO TELL AN UNFORGETTABLE WOW-FACTOR IMAGERY
STORY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MOTORCYCLES AND STRENGTH OF WOMEN IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY. TRINA SPENT UP TO 18 HOURS CREATING EACH BODY
PAINTED HUMAN SCULPTURE FOR THIS AD CAMPAIGN, “RIDDEN” BY MOTOR
CROSS CELEB ERIN BATES, AND THIS CAMPAIGN WAS HONORED WITH THE
ADDY’S “BEST IN SHOW” AWARD.
Learn more
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CONTACT
PROJECT PROPOSALS, PRESS REQUESTS, GENERAL INQUIRIES
TRINAMERRY@GMAIL.COM
PRICING FOR LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS
YOUTUBE: TRINA MERRY
INSTAGRAM: @TRINAMERRYART
FACEBOOK: @MERRYBODYPAINTINGS
LINKEDIN, TWITTER, TIKTOK & TUMBLR: @TRINAMERRY
