Where Monochrome Becomes Mastery
Andrey Poletaev is an internationally published fine artist and one of the founding figures of ballpoint pen art as a modern fine art direction. Working exclusively by hand in ballpoint pen, graphite pencil, and mixed media, he creates large-format monochrome works of extraordinary technical complexity — with individual pieces incorporating up to twenty layers of ink and requiring hundreds of hours to complete. His originals have been exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, published by Gingko Press, and acquired by private collectors across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Audrey Hepburn — Holly Golightly | Ballpoint pen and mixed techniques | Whatman paper | 2017 | Available — Every eyelash, every expression line — Hollywood's most beloved icon rendered in extraordinary detail.
Dance in Red II | Ballpoint pen | Whatman paper | 2017 | Available — Back cover of Above Art Magazine Issue No. 1. Exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, 2018.
Moment in Prague — Tram 22 | Ballpoint pen | Whatman paper | 2014 | Available — Exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, 2018. One of the finest European cityscapes rendered in ballpoint pen.
Flight of Whimsy | Mixed media | Whatman paper | 2018 | Available — Pure imaginative freedom rendered with obsessive precision — the Art Mechanica series at its most ambitious.