Ben Allen lives and works in Brighton, UK.

He has worked with Levis, Virgin, Channel 5, The Hoxton Hotel and has exhibited his paintings in venues and galleries internationally as well as selling to celebrities such as Richard Branson.

Ben's work is inspired by textures found in everyday life, surrounding us on the streets and buildings, the rusting metals and corroded weather swept posters of the streets and billboards, peeling and fading, revealing layers that create a new image, unplanned and unpredicted.

These notions bare comparison to Ben's working technique, as his works are largely unplanned, he describes his work as a visual ether of thought and suggestion, a silent dialogue of past, present and future.

Working in a multitude of media and materials, some of his influences include comic book art, Japanese graphics, typography, physical communication, nature and the human condition.

His work is in private collections throughout the UK, in Australia, New York, Barcelona, Japan and has featured in The Observer, Elle Déco and GQ magazines to name but a few.

CURRENTLY SHOWING AT
THE OLD CINEMA
Originals + Framed prints.

NEXT GROUP SHOW
Saints + Sinners at The St Martins Lane Hotel. Group show put on by Art Republic.
Artists include Nick Walker, DFace and Blek Le Rat. 11th-21st November.
ST MARTINS LANE HOTEL
ART REPUBLIC

UPCOMING EXHIBITS
APART GALLERY - Yamake Dolls. Details to follow.

ART-EL GALLERY - Street Art Awards 08. Charity show of artists producing works on "12" vinyl records. Charity raffle/auction and party on 4th December at Rough Trade East all monies are being donated to the Single Homeless Project

THE ONE TON SHOW - Shoreditch Town Hall. London. 100 of the most talented artists, illustrators, graphic designers and photographers produce a one off piece/print based on the theme of ‘London Lyrics’. More at THE ONE TON SHOW

RECENT EXHIBITS
Ben Allen at The Naked Eye Gallery
NEW PAINTINGS
1st October - 1st November 2008
Private View Friday 3rd October
NAKED EYE GALLERY

Apart Gallery - Las Vegas
10th - 21st October 2008
APART GALLERY

M.A.F. - Manchester with POPCHOC GALLERY
A.A.F. - London with RICHARD GOODALL GALLERY and BIP
Hip Art Gallery - Brick Lane London
Brighton Art Fair - Brighton
Richard Goodall Gallery - Manchester
Apart Gallery - London
Apart Gallery - LA
Artfile Gallery - Bristol Art Fair
Dirty Pilot - Boston USA