also: ボディーアート
noun
body art
Refers to artistic practices using the human body as a canvas, including tattoos, piercings, body painting, and sometimes performance art.
彼女はボディアートの展覧会に行った。
She went to a body art exhibition.
タトゥーはボディアートの一種だ。
Tattoos are a form of body art.
タトゥー specifically means tattoo, while ボディアート is a broader term covering various body modifications and artistic expressions.
ボディペインティング refers specifically to body painting, a subset of ボディアート.
Loanword from English 'body art'.