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About Dutch
Dutch Bihary is more than an artist/painter. He is a father, a friend, an educator, and an inspiration to artists around the globe.
Meet Dutch Bihary, renowned face and body artist and international instructor.
From modest beginnings, Dutch Bihary was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and had a turbulent childhood. Life was rough, fraught with freezing winters cut off from the closest town, running out of food before the thaw, and living with his whole family in a converted chicken coupe. Dutch escaped the sordid reality of lawlessness and abuse by making art. He attributes his resilience to his trust in God, hard work, and the greater good of art in all of its wondrous forms.
Dutch is always eager to share his knowledge, techniques and experience in all sorts of art mediums and has become an educator who travels and teaches worldwide. He also welcomes the challenge to create something amazing as per your request, and loves making custom work.
Dutch brings a broad and diverse breadth of knowledge to his teachings. With experience in tattoo art, comic book illustration, face and body art, fine art, special effects makeup, sculpting and prosthetic's, practical effects work for film, large-scale murals, 3D chromadepth attractions, infrared thermography and elite fitness training.
His film experience is highlighted by work on Geico Commercials, and includes make up and effects in several music videos including "The Giving Tree" by the Plain White T's and several indie films including "Zombies of Mass Destruction" and "The Houses October Built."
Dutch is best known for his appearance as a contestant on the first season of Skin Wars, a competition elimination reality TV series, and its subsequent spin off series "Fresh Paint" where he was a returning celebrity mentor.
Dutch has a reputation as a highly skilled teacher and is requested globally for his teachings at beauty colleges, art academies, and special effects schools where he enjoys sharing his knowledge with up and coming, curious like-minded artists, creators and innovators.
He offers master classes and workshops, beginner boot camps, week-long seminars, long term specialized tuition based academy courses. He is also periodically available for one-on-one tutoring.
Explore Dutch's Portfolio
Dutch Bihary is capable of running away with just about any artistic medium, look below for some prime examples of his commissioned and subcontracted work!
Body Painting
The face isn't the limit to what an artist can use as a canvas, as the human body takes artistic prowess to a whole new level.
Theme Sculpting
Foam is a fickle mistress, but out of giant geometric bricks comes an octopus, a kings throne, a giant ice cream cone!
Special Effects Makeup
Creatures come to life in three dimensions when human hands transform man into beast with practical effects!
Canvas
If it 'aint broke, don't fix it. Traditional canvas painting that harkens to original and tasteful sensibilities.
Mural
All the worlds a stage, and empty brick walls are the backdrops. Elevated two dimensional artistry at it's largest!