Biography
Ben Eine, born in 1970 in London, is one of the most recognisable typographers of the British street art scene. Coming up through 1980s tag graffiti — under the names Krak Eine, then Eine — he reoriented his practice towards XXL lettering in the early 2000s.
His style — circus alphabets, drop-shadow letters, acid palettes — declines slogan-words (SCARY, ANTI, NEONATAL, MESMERISING, EXTORTION) at the scale of full façades and shopfront shutters. His A-Z series, painted on the shutters of Shoreditch and Hackney, profoundly renewed the typographic status of urban tagging.
British diplomacy confirmed his international stature in 2010 when Prime Minister David Cameron gave his painting Twenty First Century City to President Barack Obama, placing it in the White House's official collection. He shows regularly in London, Los Angeles, São Paulo and Bangkok.
His style — circus alphabets, drop-shadow letters, acid palettes — declines slogan-words (SCARY, ANTI, NEONATAL, MESMERISING, EXTORTION) at the scale of full façades and shopfront shutters. His A-Z series, painted on the shutters of Shoreditch and Hackney, profoundly renewed the typographic status of urban tagging.
British diplomacy confirmed his international stature in 2010 when Prime Minister David Cameron gave his painting Twenty First Century City to President Barack Obama, placing it in the White House's official collection. He shows regularly in London, Los Angeles, São Paulo and Bangkok.
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