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- Richmond Hill, NY
- Children’s Party Entertainment
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Julia H. said “Joolie was amazing, all of the kids and adults loved her creative face painting and balloons! Highly recommend.”
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The same wonderful face painters and body painters you've seen at the world-famous Bronx Zoo and major events all around New York City are available for any special event. Christopher Agostino's company of fifteen professional facepainters has painted tens of thousands of adults and children, setting a standard within the New York entertainment industry and transforming the idea of what a painted face can be. Every face is a unique and creative work of art! Featuring the amazing "Transformation! Show" -storytelling and facepainting performances. Plus "World Masks" -special designs inspired by traditional mask and makeup art from around the world.
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Christopher Agostino's Transformation! Facepainting
Christopher Agostino is a performer and visual artist who began painting faces in 1976 and never stopped (Why would he? It's too much fun!). From his training in theatrical makeup and graphic arts he developed a technique for quickly transforming a human face. Drawing inspiration from cultural sources  from the Amazon to Africa to the Chinese Opera ÂÂÂ Christopher paints in a unique mask-like style with bold designs that capture the essential quality of traditional body art. As a modern practitioner of this profound and ancient art, he creates faces that are more than decorations, fulfilling the traditional function of the mask-maker to give the wearer a subjective experience of being transformed into a new identity. The faces are painted so quickly, in three minutes or less, that this becomes a true performance art  as exciting to watch as to be painted.
Along the way he founded Transformation! Facepainting, a dedicated company of artists that bring the art of transformation to about two hundred events annually throughout the New York tri-state region. At a Transformation! Facepainting event every face is different, every face is a creative work of art. In thirteen years of public events at the world-famous Bronx Zoo they have painted tens of thousands of adults and children, setting a standard within the New York entertainment industry and transforming the idea of what a painted face can be.
Christopher has turned facepainting into a stage performance in "The Transformation! Show", combining his art with storytelling to bring folktales and his original stories to life on the faces of the audience for festivals, theaters and schools. His performance/lecture, "The World History of Masks and Facepainting", was the opening presentation at the 2003 Face and Body Art International Convention, where he has also been a featured instructor. Christopher, and/or his work, has appeared on the NBC Today Show, the CBS Early Show and the cover of the Abercrombie & Fitch Spring Quarterly 2000. His thirty year adventure in this unconventional art is chronicled in his book "Transformations! The Story Behind the Painted Faces", published internationally by Kryolan.
He lives in Baldwin, NY with his wife and performing partner, Lorraine, and their two children. He and Lorraine are the directors of Agostino Arts, a theater and event company presenting their amazing facepainting and original theatrical productions, including their bonafide hit arts-in education program: "The Bodacious Book Show".
Julia H. said “Joolie was amazing, all of the kids and adults loved her creative face painting and balloons! Highly recommend.”
Marissa K. said “We contacted them for one camp event and are now using them for three camp events! Responsive, responsible and a PLEASURE to work with.”
Alicia S. said “Dear Ruby: Thanks so much for your great job at my daughter's party. She liked Elmo so much that she did not want him to leave.... Your face painting…”
Jessica M. said “Alyssa was amazing!!! The girls were in their glory. Such a trooper the weather was not the warmest and the pool was cold and she went in like it was…”