BEN ASHTON-BELL IS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO WORKS ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES FROM HIS HOME STUDIO. HIS MAIN LOVE IS IMAGE CREATION, WHERE HIS STYLE RANGES FROM LOOSE COLOUR AND DETAILED DRAWN LINE THROUGH TO PRECISE VECTOR CREATED IMAGERY. TYPOGRAPHY IS ALSO A BIG PART IN HIS WORK. RUNNING PARALLEL TO BEN’S CAREER IN ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN IS HIS WORK AS A PRACTICING VISUAL ARTIST. HE WORKS MAINLY WITH PENCIL, AIRBRUSH AND GOUACHE AND REGULARLY EXHIBITS HIS WORK IN GROUP AND SOLO SHOWS.

HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES WITH OLIVER SYKES.

EDUCATION
BRIGHTON BAY SCHOOL OF ART, DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY / 2002
BACHELOR OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION
MONASH UNIVERSITY / 2005

EXHIBITIONS
2012
RITUALS / KOSKELA / THE HUNGRY WORKSHOP
RISOGRAPHICA 2 / LAMINGTON DRIVE
LIVE DRAWING EXHIBITION / DROP DEAD STORE / LONDON
TRUE SELF / MELBOURNE GPO
IF THE WORLD MADE SENSE / LAMINGTON DRIVE / SOLO SHOW
LITTLE DIETIES / NO VACANCY

2011
YARRR X THE WOODS / THE WOODS OF WINDSOR
BOARD / NGV STUDIO
FYF APPAREL LAUNCH / DARLINGHURST
K.W. DOGGETT CALANDER LAUNCH / LAMINGTON DRIVE

2010
CALENDYARRR! / KINGS OF CARNABY
SWEET STREETS / 1000 POUND BEND
KINDERSPIEL / THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT GALLERY
URBAN ART EXHIBITION / BRUNSWICK STREET GALLERY

2009
COLABOYARRRATION / INSIDE OUT GALLERY
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD / THE COMMISSION GALLERY
FROM A DISTANCE WE ALL LOOK THE SAME /
THE COMMISSION GALLERY / SOLO SHOW

2008
PORTRAITS SHOW / FAMOUS WHEN DEAD GALLERY
WAKES ME INTO / THE COMMISSION GALLERY
THE LIKHER PUSSY PORTRAITS / GALLERY 696

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
LOST AT E MINOR ONLINE
MELBOURNE BROADSHEET ONLINE
TIME OUT MELBOURNE ONLINE
EMPTY MAG ISSUE 21
POST MODERN INK MAGAZINE ISSUE 9
POST MODERN INK SPECIAL EDITION NO.2
ROCKSOUND MAGAZINE ISSUE 148 JUNE
SEMI-PERMANENT BOOK NO.1
SEMI-PERMANENT BOOK NO.2
T-SQUAT ONLINE
NEW WEB PICK ONLINE ZINE ISSUE 29
SPOOK MAGAZINE ISSUE 1
SEMI-PERMANENT BOOK

AWARDS
MADC BRONZE AWARD – BEST PACKAGING – JAMES SQUIRES