Ben Allen

Ben’s paintings, murals and screen prints occupy a space between street art, graffiti, abstraction, graphic design, pop culture, modernism and comic strips. It’s an oeuvre which is best described as Contemporary Pop Art. Using a range of materials including acrylic, household paints, spray paint, screen printing, markers, comic books, digital print, billboard papers and US currency, he makes diverse, intuitive and boldly subversive imagery.

Ben’s work is built on a foundation of experience, freedom of thought, experimentation and an ‘emotional synesthesia’. Music is vital to the creative process and the vibrant colours and abstracted forms of his evocative paintings.

Bens artwork has been commissioned by a wide following of clients and high-end brands including N.M.E. Magazine, Vans, Converse, Amy Winehouse Foundation, Levis, Virgin, Jamie Oliver, Channel 5, Nokia, Estrella Galicia and Subliminal Records.

Collectors of Allen’s work include the likes of Jade Jagger, Stephen Dorff, Sophie Ellis Bexter, Gordon Ramsay, Horace Panter (The Specials) and Richard Branson.

Current Shows 2021

'Formal Rebellion' London Westbank x Miart Gallery. Mayfair. London

ACE Club London. Group Show. London

Print Club London. Group Show. London

Selected Solo Shows

2018 Popaganda, Drang Gallery. Padstow & Salcombe

2017 Meditations, Circle Contemporary. Hawksfield. Cornwall. UK

2016 Filthy & Faded, London Westbank Gallery. London. UK

2015 Sex. Pop. Vandal, London Westbank Gallery. London. UK

2009 Life, Death and Other Colours, Ink_d Gallery. Brighton. UK

Selected Group Shows

2019 Art Catto Gallery - 3 man show. Ben Allen. DAIN. Dom Pattinson. - PORTUGAL
2019 The Drang Gallery - Manchester Art Fair - Manchester. UK.
2019 Reload Gallery - AAF Battersea. London. UK
2019 ACE Club - East Art Fair. London. UK
2019 The Originals. The Drang Gallery. UK
2019 Learn + Skate. Musee Les Abattoirs. Toulouse. France.
2019 High Contrast: Vibrant Neon. Saatchi Gallery Curated Collection Online.
2019 The Art Of Protest. Art Of Protest Gallery. York
2018 The Boys Are Back In Town, Art Of Protest Gallery. York.
2018 Urban In Ibiza 10, London Westbank Gallery. Ibiza
2018 The House Of Artists, Circle Gallery. Cornwall
2018 X Gotland, The Scarlett Gallery. Gotland
2017 Group Show, Next Street ...