Ben’s work focuses on street art, graffiti, abstraction, graphic design, pop culture, modernism and comic strips. It is a mix which is best described as Contemporary Pop Art. Ben uses a array of materials including but not limited to acrylic, household paints, spray paint, screen printing, markers, comic books, digital print, billboard papers and US currency.
Ben's artwork has been used 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.
“I DON’T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING AT, I WANT THEM TO FIND SOMETHING THEY CONNECT WITH - VISUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.” — BEN ALLEN
Ben’s work has been featured on Grand Designs, Four Rooms and is in private collections throughout the UK, in Australia, New York, Las Vegas, Barcelona, Korea, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Ibiza and has been featured in Huck, Design Week, The Observer, The Times, Elle Déco, Plus1, Time Out, Loaded and GQ magazines to name but a few. 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.