Ben Heine
is a Belgian artist who has produced through the years a huge number of
artworks. He is currently best known for his original series "Pencil Vs
Camera", "Digital Circlism" and "Flesh and Acrylic".
He has a degree in Journalism and is a self-taught person in drawing, digital
photography and music (piano and drums). His graphic creations have
been exhibited widely in Europe and more recently in Asia. His favorite art
movements are Surrealism, Pop Art, Geometric Abstraction, Expressionism and
Social Realism. He started creating electronic music in 2011.
A documentary about his work was released in 2012. Ben is married
to Marta and their son Theodor was born in August 2012. Hundreds of
millions of people have seen Heine’s creations. He has exhibited and
published his artworks all over the world since 2006. The artist presented
his pieces of art in countless fairs and galleries in Belgium, South Korea,
the UK, Romania, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, the US,
Turkey, Brazil, and Spain.
Ben's pictorial works have been published in some of
the most famous newspapers and magazines (see "Press" and
"Exhibitions" for more info). Moreover, Heine has a huge presence
on the Internet as well, and his works continually pop here and there on
social media and online news outlets, making him one of the most watched
artists on the web today. Ben is an enthusiastic traveller, he has visited
hundreds of cities and countries, each one of them being a huge source of
inspiration for his creative projects.