RPBLIK

A British artist focused on pop culture combining urban art and expressive influences with a punk rock visual ethos.

Painting under the pseudonym RPBL!K, Benjamin works primarily with acrylic on canvas, creating works inspired by movies, music, video games and cultural icons that influenced him and many of his generation.

Discovering an early love for both art and music, and growing up in the culturally rich city of Nottingham, England, Benjamin immersed himself in the local art and music scenes. Playing in a multitude of punk rock bands through his 20’s and early 30’s, (Spoonfed, Vasey, Flatliner, Noise Republic – the latter of which his RPBL!K pseudonym is drawn from), Benjamin found solace from depression though writing music and creating artwork that visually represented the songs he was were recording.

Relocating to Haugesund, Norway in 2014, painting became his primary creative outlet, turning to pop culture imagery as his main source of inspiration.

His street art works incorporate traditional stencil techniques whilst his canvas pieces lean towards a more vivid colour range, with expressive and often care free brush or palette knife strokes. Thematically, his work carries subtle ´pixillation´ nods, representative of both the 8-bit video games era he grew up playing and the existential questions he often finds himself pondering…