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Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina

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(19 reviews)
  • Miami, FL
  • Balloon Twister
  • Travels up to 90 miles
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Overview

I am the happiest Balloon Artist and Face Painter in Miami, Broward and West Palm Beach, 🌴 South Florida. I am also a Live Event Sketch Artist 🌺 a Mime, a Clown, a Costumed Character, Storyteller and a Glitter Tattoo Artist ❤️ Anything to do with events or media content, I do it! ❤️ Birthday parties, weddings, baby showers, fashion events, movies, commercials, social media content, advertising, corporate functions, company picnics, seminars, bar and bat mitzvahs, Christmas and July 4th! ❤️ Over 3,000 of bookings since 2004. ❤️ Reach out to me, text your questions. Even if I am not booked for your event, I will still help you out and make you smile. 💕


19 Reviews

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Dan G. • January 26, 2015

THE MOST ESPECTACULAR BALLOON TWISTER

She is THE MOST ESPECTACULAR BALLOON TWISTER. All kids where amazed. She even had to do monkeys for some adults that where impressed. She is very friendly and patience with the little ones. We hire her for our twins party, there where 150 people (50 kids) , and everybody love what she does. She can do anything with her balloons. Thanks Irina , for making our twins party special.

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Children’s Party Entertainment, Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Dan!

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Lee P. • March 2, 2025

Great experience

Great experience, she even stayed a little longer than booked to satisfy guest

Hired as:
Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Awwww! Thank you, Lee! It was my pleasure! Love 😍 your family, awesome kids! The birthday boy was so precious!!

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Melodie M. • October 23, 2024

Wonderful!

Irina has does it again. Another successful event! Her enthusiasm and joy for her crafts (so many!!!) are infectious. She is professional, organized, timely, and FUN! Last time she wowed an adult crowd, this time she charmed kids of all ages. Highly recommended!

Hired as:
Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Awwww! Melodie!!!! ❤️ It is always a pleasure working for you and with you 💕 Looking forward to our next event together. ❤️

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Fabiola C. • July 4, 2024

Irina for kids summer camp!

Our experience with Irina was amazing. The children and the summer camp staff all enjoyed sitting with Irina while she made magic with her art. Irina is very talented and painted all kids and staff (around 30 people) for our event. We would love to have this experience again. Thank you so much, Irina!

Hired as:
Children’s Party Entertainment, Face Painter, Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you so much, Fabiola! 😊 It makes me smile to know the children and staff enjoyed watching me paint. I would be thrilled to come back and paint for you again. Your kind words mean a lot to me. Thank you so much for having me! Love - Irina ❤️💖💕

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White .. C. L. • April 30, 2024

April 25th Event

She was wonderful and the kids love their face painting designs.

Hired as:
Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Margie! It was a pleasure to meet you and to entertain your kids! ❤️ Can't wait to do it again 😉😁😉

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Rosalyn L. • March 15, 2024

Great!!!

Irina was amazing! The children and teachers had a blast! 🚀

Hired as:
Costumed Character, Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

It was a pleasure! Thank you, Rosalyn for booking me. ❤️ Love your kids and enjoyed our time together. ❤️ 😊 🎉
Here are some images from this awesome event
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CJRaxKtAQui1hiyK8

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Roxana V. • April 28, 2023

Irina is Great!

Irina was very entertaining and engaging with the children. They all had a wonderful time. She delivers on her promise to entertain and make every child happy.

Hired as:
Arts & Crafts Party
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Roxana! Love your kids! ❤️ Love the Art work they created. We had a wonderful time. ❤️ 💜 ❤️

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Gabriela B. • April 24, 2023

Awesome

It was so great to have Irina at our party! She was funny and sweet and totally hyped the vibes. Thanks to her people were dancing way more. All different ages and types of people enjoyed her company. It was very cool to see.

Hired as:
Mime
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you for choosing me to entertain at your engagement party, Gabriela!!! I still makes me smile. I loved every minute of it. You are a wonderful client ❤️😍❤️😍❤️

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Roxana V. • April 28, 2022

Soooo Much Fun!!!! Highly Recommend!

Thank you, Irina!
You were fabulous! You were engaging from the moment you walked into the room. The kids really enjoyed it. Your face painting and balloon twisting didn't disappoint.
You're the best!!
Roxana

Hired as:
Face Painter, Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thanks you, Roxana. It was my pleasure! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ---- Love, Irina

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Kirk W. • February 28, 2021

Brava Irina!

We needed a mime for a video shoot on short notice and found Irina. She was fantastic! She showed up in Marcel Marceau Make up and costume and delivered brilliantly. We cannot wait to work with Irina again!

Hired as:
Corporate Comedian
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Stephanie J. • August 16, 2015

Amazing work!!

Irina was excellent! This was my first time having a face painter at my kids' birthday party and no regrets whatsoever. We had about 20 kids and for an hour they were all taken care of and then some. We had children going on for three rounds with her. She even stayed an extra 15 minutes to finish a child who wanted a balloon animal for the third time! Yes, Irina is also a balloon twister!! I will definitely use her again.

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Stephanie ;) Your kids are awesome! It was my pleasure. Irina

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Juliana • July 29, 2015

Happy to meet Irina

Irina came to the birthday party of my daughter last Sunday and we all loved her, she makes beautiful paintings and fun balloons, our family is very happy to have met her

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Juliana!

It was my pleasure!

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Kathy S. • April 16, 2015

Irina!

She was absolutely amazing. We had an event at school for the kindergarten class. And she was so well engaged with them and kept them laughing and entertained!

Hired as:
Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

:) Thanks, Kathy. Your kids are wonderful! It was my pleasure.

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Juliana M. • February 22, 2015

Thank you Irina!

Thank you Irina for the amazing work at my son's birthday party! Everyone made a comment about how great you were with the kids and how beautiful your art was. I will be contacting you again in the future! THANK YOU!

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Juliana! It was my pleasure to entertain at your party.

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Chaya S. • October 30, 2014

great

Irina came to my son's 3 year old birthday party on time! She adapted quickly to the crowd and automatically captured the children's attention ( and adults were in awe too.. watching from the corner of their eye). She worked quickly which made the kids very happy so they didn't have to wait a long time to get their balloon. Her balloon art was very neat and creative and professional looking! She was very soft and patient with the children. All communication with her was quick response, respectful and helpful. I have recommended her to many of my friends. A+ I really enjoyed working with her. Thank you Irina. <3 <3 <3

Hired as:
Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Chaya!

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Mari M. • April 16, 2014

Best Ballon Art & Face Painting :)

Irina is so sweet and caring with the kids! I booked her for my daughter's bday party at school and was amazed how she managed to entertain a group of 21 kids, ballon art and face painting for everyone :) even the teachers said it was the best party the've had at school!!

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Children’s Party Entertainment, Face Painter, Princess Party
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Mari!

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Joanne C. • April 1, 2014

Very Creative and Great Energy!

For my daughter's 6th birthday party at her school. Irina helped in giving her kindergarten class a memory they'll never forget!
She's a creative master at balloon twisting! All the kids were having so much fun and were super excited to receive their own balloon-work-of-art. I was very pleased with her creativity and great energy. Thank you for a job well done and helping to make my daughter's birthday party so special.

Hired as:
Balloon Twister
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Thank you, Joanne!

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Rabbi Y. E. • March 20, 2014

What a great entertainer!!! Irina really MADE the party!

We made a Purim party for families and kids at our local synagogue in Miami Beach, and Irina provided the most wonderful entertainment possible, and always with a huge smile even when there were tens of curious kids crowding around her....
She was extremely sensitive to our ultra-orthodox Jewish dress code and laws, and she was excellent.
We definitely will use her again.

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Face Painter
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Response from Balloon Art and Face Painting by Irina:

Hi Yisroel,

The pleasure was mine. You have amazing kids and we had so much fun together! Thank you for making me a part of your Purim celebration!

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Sandra T. • March 15, 2014

Great energy and fun. Very professional!

Irina was a great addition to our son's 2nd birthday party, promt to arrive and engage kids with fun balloon creations...dancing with them, painting their little faces with cute designs. Adults and kids alike enjoyed her company. We will happily refer her to our friends!

Hired as:
Balloon Twister, Face Painter

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Languages: English, Russian

What to Expect

Balloon Art:

My balloon art is not your common balloon animals. "Wow" is a usual reaction I have from grown-ups:)
But small kids just happy to participate and usually run crazy with my balloon creation and try to pump balloons themselves which I happily let them. At any time, I want to ensure happiness of every little soul at every party!
Your kids holding balloons or wearing balloon crowns will be incredibly cute and I am sure everyone will cherish those moments forever!

Face Painting:

Kids are always excited to be a princess or a superhero for a day! And my face painting let them be!
I use only approved for kids face paints in beautiful rainbow colors and truly enjoy creating work of art on those little faces!
And I also know that those cutest pictures and memories will be treasured forever!

Recently, I am getting a lot of requests for costumed character of queen Elsa from Disney's FROZEN. I am happy to come to your party as Elsa. But usually, I come as an original stylish balloon art princess. Kids often say, "Love your dress!" or "Love your shoes!"

EVENT SOLUTIONS Magazine: Profile: Balloon Redux: Event Planners are Taking a Second Look at Balloon Art.

Norma Jean Abraham, a philanthropist with more than 20 years of event planning experience, says Patterson’s creations blow people away. “She’s amazing and so quick,” says Abraham. “At Alonzo Mourning's annual Christmas party last year, she made top hats, ladybug bracelets and dozen of swords for about 300 kids.”

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Some stories written about my party entertainment work:

July 2007. EVENT SOLUTIONS Magazine: Profile: Balloon Redux: Event Planners are Taking a Second Look at Balloon Art. By Sue Arrowsmith

“When people think about balloon art, they think clowns and balloon dogs,” she says. “I want people to see that it really is an art suitable for upscale events.”
Norma Jean Abraham, a philanthropist with more than 20 years of event planning experience, says Patterson’s creations blow people away
“She’s amazing and so quick,” says Abraham. “At Alonzo Mourning's annual Christmas party last year, she made top hats, ladybug bracelets and dozen of swords for about 300 kids.”

December 2004. COCONUT GROVE Magazine: The Balloon Lady

If you have been to Coconut Grove recently, you have likely seen Irina Patterson, the Balloon Lady, at least once. Wearing her trademark whimsical balloon crown, she has become a familiar face as she twists and turns balloons into a wide range of characters from monkeys and dragons to lizards and ladies. The Russian-born entertainer, who is many ways embodies the fun spirit of Coconut Grove, is available for events and parties.

August 9, 2004. THE MIAMI HERALD. By Wendy Doscher-Smith.
Irina Patterson turns balloons into works of art, creating everything from dachshunds ad dragons to monkeys and ballerinas.

In Irina Patterson's world, dragons don't breathe fire and dogs don't bite. Then again ballerinas aren't human and lady bugs don't crawl. Patterson, a balloon sculptor, uses her imagination and a felt-tipped pen, some latex and lots of hot air to get a smile. And she gets lots of them.

A former model and public relations consultant, Coral-Gables-based Patterson moved from Russia to Miami in 1992 after earning a four-year art degree in Russia. She worked as a model and computer graphics technician before setting in at a technology-oriented public relations firm. But last year she didn't feel challenged and lacked an outlet for her creativity.

While attending a children's party, she became fascinated with the balloon creatures.
'I thought, 'Oh, I can do that,' "says Patterson, "and it was so much fun I didn't stop."

Although there aren't any classes required to hone the skill, a balloon sculptor still must learn the trade, starting with the simple "basic dog" that requires one balloon to the more complex varieties, such as a monkey sitting on a tree, which consists of several balloons once it's completed. The best way to lean is through practice. Patterson estimates that she blows up 500 balloons a week during her regular digs.

Most requested are the monkey in the tree, dragons, flowers, ballerinas, dogs, cats and cartoon characters such as Scooby Doo and the dog Blue from Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues animated show. Patterson also creates specific canine breeds such as poodles (in pink, of course!), cocker spaniels and dachshunds and makes fancy multitiered hats for adults. Patterson inflates the balloon with a pump and rarely has one snap back at her, as she buys professional latex balloons that have more elasticity.

Busy times for Patterson include weekends from morning until evening and October through December. Patterson also is quite busy on Holidays such as Halloween, when she sculpts full-sized goblins, witches and ghouls. When she is not entertaining, Patterson makes full floral balloon bouquets, and yes, vase is made from a balloon.

Patterson considers her work a serious artistic endeavor. In fact, when she works at parties, she does not dress-up like a clown, since she believes that would detract from her sculptures. All of Patterson's creations last about five days, and that short life span is part of the beauty of balloons sculpture, she says.

"I love balloons" Patterson says. "They are like flowers, as their life expectancy is about five days and then they die. Balloons make beautiful photos. There should be a director in Hollywood who would build an entire movie around balloons because they are so photogenic. There should be balloon fashion shows. People who never saw balloon art, just don't know what thy have been missing.

READER'S DIGEST: Pop Artist:The Start of a Magical Life. By Gail Cameron Wescott. June 2006.
Irina Patterson has a job that’s full of hot air.

The balloons on top of her head stop people in their tracks. They're not your ordinary birthday balloons, but spheres twisted into multicolored, outlandish towering crowns. Irina Patterson, known in South Florida as the balloon lady, also fashions bubble flower sculptures, mermaids, even monkeys hanging from trees.

Growing up in the bleak Cold War landscape of Soviet Russia, Irina, never imagined she'd one day make a living as a balloon artist. The daugher of an engineer and a teacher, she won top academic awards in high school, went on to medical school and became an emergency room physician in Izhevsk, the small city where she was raised.

"I loved the science of medicine," she says today, "but being a doctor was very hard. I saw things people don't normally see -- women giving birth in the street, people getting drunk and killing someone." Medications were scarce, making it very difficult to treat those in need. In 1992, when Irina was 33, a girlfriend showed her a correspondence magazine photo of an American psychologist named Wes Patterson. "He was gorgeous," Irina says. They began exchanging letters, and six months later the divorced Patterson invited Irina to visit him in Miami. "He said he knew by the way I expressed myself that he wanted to marry me," says Irina. "If someone had told me this story, I wouldn't have believed it."

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The couple wed that December and settled in Patterson's Coral Gables apartment. Irina, a willowy blonde just under six feet tall, chose not to complete the extensive retraining needed to continue her medical career in the United States. After briefly pursuing modeling -- she was Cindy Crawford's body double in Fair Game -- she took a public relations job. Then, a few years ago, she watched a man at a party twist a skinny balloon into the shape of a dog. Kismet!

Irina was soon hooked. She purchased a tiny pump and a supply of balloons and began practicing on the sidewalks of Coconut Grove, experiencing a surge of creative energy she hadn't felt since childhood art class. Observers challenged her to create all kinds of figures -- alligators, butterflies, horses, ballerinas. And with each piece, she improved her technique. Now, Irina says, "There's nothing I can't make," including a huge likeness of Shaquille O'Neal that requires 50 balloons.

"Irina's a wonder," says Marlene Berg, chief development officer for the Florida Heart Research Institute, where the artist recently donated her services for a black-tie benefit. "She created these phenomenal sculptures, one after the other, and turned the evening into magic." "My whole life has become magic," Irina says, "and it's all come from a balloon."

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Influences & Inspiration

I credit my Russian ancestors for my creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. My grandma Ksusha succeeded as a true entrepreneur in Soviet Russia all through Lenin’s, Stalin’s and long lasting Brezhnev’s regimes.

My grandma earned her living primarily by raising greens in her small vegetable garden and selling them at a local farmer market aka agricultural bazaar, as it’s called in Russia. She also was a talented healer, handcrafter, accordion player and a folk singer.

My mom, who is her daughter, inherited some of grandma's Ksusha's talents and passed on some to me. So, I always remember that I came from a line of these talented and awesome Russian women and try to carry on accordingly.

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