Ben Eine
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on Hackney Road, London
Ben Eine - real name Ben Flynn [1] (born 23 August 1970) is a prolific street artist based in London, UK.
He is most notable for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters in London's Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. Some of these letters have been mapped for ease of finding.[2] He has also taken his lettering to the streets of Paris, Stockholm and Newcastle upon Tyne.[3]
He has produced numerous lettering styles including: shutter, circus, neon, elton, vandalism and wendy.
In 2007, the Tower Hamlets Partnership began to survey residents of Brick Lane to ask whether they considered his graffiti offensive and should be removed.[4]
Eine's work has been shown by Catherine Hodgkinson at various art fairs including the 20/21 British Art Fair and the London Art Fair.
Ben Eine is the in house printer for London based Pictures on Walls. He is the one responsible for the prints of such artists as Banksy, Jamie Hewlett and Anthony Micallef.
Eine was featured in an article in Time Out magazine as one of the six best new street artists working in the capital.[5]
He had a chapter on him in Street Renegades New Underground Art[6]and is also featured in The Art Of Rebellion 2: World Of Urban Art Activism[7]
[edit] Gallery Shows
Solo Shows
2007:
Vandalism - Kemistry Gallery, London, UK
Portobello Film Festival - Westbourne Studios, London, UK
Group Shows
2007:
Santa's Ghetto - Bethlehem
Open Studio - 19 Kingland Road, London, UK
Urban Sprawl - Leonard Street Gallery, London, UK
Nuart - Stavanger, Norway
Eleven - Leonard Street Gallery, London, UK
2006:
Santa's Ghetto - London, UK
Collette, Paris, France
Electrik Sheep, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2005:
Santa's Ghetto - London, UK
POW Group Show - Allmänna Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
2004:
Santa's Ghetto - London, UK
2003:
Banksy vs Eine - Gallery V1, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002:
Artomatic - London, UK
[edit] References
- ^ "'Eine' and the letters he paints on east London shop shutters", ishotthedeputy.
- ^ "Map of EINE letters", Google Maps.
- ^ "Eine: Typographic Vandal", Creative Review.
- ^ "Tower Hamlets Polling The Public On Their Opinions On Street Art", Wooster Collective.
- ^ "London's New Street Artists", Time Out.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Street-Renegades-New-Underground-Art/dp/1856695298 Street Renegades New Underground Art ISBN 9781856695299
- ^ The Art Of Rebellion 2– World of Urban Art Activism by Christian Hundertmark. Gingko Press (2006). ISBN 9783980990943
