Ben is a freelance illustrator from the UK. His detailed, colourful illustration celebrates the small adventures of daily life.
Harking back to many prior years working in analogue paint media, Ben’s digital illustration mostly omits linework, allowing colour, tone and texture to take charge.
Favourite subjects include people and their stories, childhood, urban environments, landscapes and travel.
Ben studied illustration at the University of Brighton, and currently splits his time between London and Bangkok.
Clients include:
1888 Centre, Boston Globe, Black Hill Press, Courier magazine, Court House Care, Diplomat magazine, Like the Wind magazine, Politico, Times Higher Education, Silent Night Beds, SCHOTT, Spaceboy Books, Waterfront magazine
Awards & Exhibitions:
The Tokyoiter Exhibition, The Japan Foundation, Malaysia, 2024-25
Lullabies in Lockdown, Sunnybank Mills, Yorkshire, 2022
Plein April Showcase, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra USA, 2021
World Roulette, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, 2020
Artists from the Forest, Beulah Road Studios, London, 2020
PIN 5, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra USA, 2019/20
Small Art for a Big Cause, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, Dec 2018
Foodies, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, Apr 2018
To Be You, 5th Anniversary exhibition, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, 2017
Covering the Classics, 1888 Center, Orange USA, Nov 2017
Turner on the Terrace, The Porterhouse, London, 2014
Images 36, Best of British Illustration, Selected, 2012
Serco Prize for Illustration 2012, London Transport Museum
Serco Prize for Illustration 2011, London Transport Museum
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, Kings Place Gallery, London, 2011
Lloyds TSB Art of Nurture Competition Exhibition, Delfina Art Gallery, London, 2009