Karl Lagasse

French artist born in Paris on April 4, 1981, Karl Lagasse created several works that marked his career.

In 1996, at the age of 15, he sold his first work in Antwerp, which marked the start of his artistic career. A few years later, in 2003, he organized his first exhibition in Paris where he exhibited his works which combine collages and painting, as suggested by Yvaral Vasarely, son of the Hungarian visual artist Victor Vasarely, during their meeting in 1998.

In 2004, after finding inspiration by watching Les Nuits Blanches, he began searching for his style and began the series of “Buildings”, “totem” works composed of different materials. The same year, he left Paris to settle in Normandy.

In 2006, an exhibition at the famous Brussels gallery Isy Brachot was dedicated to him. On this occasion, he offered one of his works to an amateur who was unable to acquire it. In 2008, he returned to Paris to exhibit at the Espace Pierre Cardin where his paintings, sculptures and photographs are presented, as well as a film on the creation of the works.

In 2009, Karl Lagasse created one of his most emblematic works, the One Dollar, which results from his admiration for the United States but also symbolizes what it is possible to do with a single dollar; “Make art with $1”.