Biography
French artist, Ben Arpéa lives and works in Paris.
Ben Arpéa gained recognition in 2020 with a series of paintings in which he developed a singular artistic language made of geometric abstraction evolving towards the semi-figurative, using flat areas of color and texture. He pays tribute to the figures of modern and contemporary art that he admires – Tom Wesselmann, David Hockney, Jonas Wood, André Breton – and is fully part of a new generation of creators from art, design and fashion, celebrating color and material in a simple and immediate relationship with the times.
Ben Arpéa always draws his inspiration from suspended moments, gleaned from his travels. The Mediterranean, in particular, through its culture and aesthetics, is a continuous source of inspiration, and becomes an element of reference in a fundamental research around color and matter. Color is central in his painting. Vivid flat tints, finely textured, offer a dream-like vision, ideal, inviting us to reflect on our relationship with our environment, notably through the prism of social networks.
Arpéa creates and paints in a singular atmosphere where the manual and sensory approach is of essential importance. He chooses the fabric – jute or linen canvas, which allows for a better distribution of the material – and stretches the canvas on the frame himself. From sketches, he works the material and the color, mixes the paint with mineral elements, sand, pebbles, then deploys his pictorial language on a large scale, the minimalism of the motifs confronting the large format of the canvas. Beyond their pictorial immediacy, the works of Ben Arpéa are imbued with mystery: from minimal geometric forms, the artist lets us glimpse the trace of a human passage, and shows moments inhabited by the man who has now disappeared, suggested but never present.
Ben Arpéa’s artworks have been exhibited internationally in cities such as Hong Kong, Dubai, Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York, Geneva, Brussels, Venice and Paris, and are part of prominent collections such as the LVMH collection. Arpéa has recently collaborated with renowned international brands such as Acqua di Parma and Hermès.
Works
  • Ben Arpéa, Early day, 2025
    Early day, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, Early in the Night, 2025
    Early in the Night, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, Everything is Pink, 2025
    Everything is Pink, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, Lights Out, 2025
    Lights Out, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, Summer Table, 2025
    Summer Table, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, The Hills, 2025
    The Hills, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, The Lemon Hour, 2025
    The Lemon Hour, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, The Pink Mountain, 2025
    The Pink Mountain, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, Under the Tropics, 2025
    Under the Tropics, 2025
  • Ben Arpéa, From the House, 2024
    From the House, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Untitled, 2024
    Untitled, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Here comes the sun 6, 2024
    Here comes the sun 6, 2024
  • Ben Arpea, Here Comes the Sun 1, 2024
    Here Comes the Sun 1, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Here Comes the Sun 2, 2024
    Here Comes the Sun 2, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Palm Trees and Mountains, 2024
    Palm Trees and Mountains, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Coffee table with a bouquet of sunflowers, 2024
    Coffee table with a bouquet of sunflowers, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Arches, 2023
    Arches, 2023
  • Ben Arpéa, Summer House, 2023
    Summer House, 2023
  • Ben Arpéa, Wild plants 3, 2024
    Wild plants 3, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Untitled, 2024
    Untitled, 2024
  • Ben Arpéa, Sunflower at Sunset, 2023
    Sunflower at Sunset, 2023
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