Beaudelere Karl  b19?? (FR)  

<<

>>

She

47 x 50 cm

Chinese ink on paper

The Descent from the Cross, after Rubens

120 x 80 cm 

Ballpoint on paper 

Wolverine

47 x 50 cm

Ballpoint on paper

Green Portrait

47 x 50 cm

Ballpoint on paper

           About

After discovering Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire in 1977, I adopted the pseudonym Karl Beaudelere and embarked on a self-taught artistic journey shaped by introspection, poetic influence, and a fascination with humble materials. Growing up in a working-class district of Marseille, I developed an instinctive need to create, outside of academic systems and traditional norms.

Ballpoint pens became my primary tool—not for their convenience, but for their honesty. With hundreds of pens in over forty colors, I build my images through repetition, layering, and intense focus. Each stroke is deliberate, each mark a whisper of time and identity. Over months of careful labor, portraits emerge from networks of circles and lines—always self-reflective, often born from direct observation in the mirror.

My work lives between the worlds of Art Brut and contemporary art, and has been recognized by institutions such as the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, the Museum of Contemporary Western Art in China, and various exhibitions across Europe. I am deeply drawn to the tension between fragility and endurance, the ephemeral and the eternal—a contrast I try to capture with every penstroke.

Today, my collaboration with MPC ART & NFT Gallery allows me to expand the dialogue between traditional techniques and digital formats. Without ever abandoning the pen or the paper, I explore new ways of presenting my work in physical and virtual spaces—connecting analog labor with XR, NFT, and immersive storytelling.

In every drawing, I hope to reveal something honest—something you don’t see at first glance, but that lingers long after. My art is a search for self, for structure in chaos, and for meaning in the simplest of materials.