BEN BjörkAmbient Works
This is a new series inspired by the West Coast Minimalism and Light & Space movements of 1960s and 70s L.A.
These pieces are designed to open up a room; to provide a window, a doorway, a portal into another space; an ocean, a horizon, the sky, or another dimension that perhaps only exists peripherally in the mind of the viewer.
Each work is digitally projected in a site-specific gallery context, as well as made permanent as a separate one-off archival pigment print on transparent acrylic plexiglass.
The transparency of the plexiglass allows each piece to remain at the whim of the setting where it’s exhibited due to shifting light that illuminates it in different ways throughout the day.
UltraGlow, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 92cm x 3cm.
Hydra Blue, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 92cm x 3cm.
SummerGlo, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 92cm x 3cm.
Troppo, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 92cm x 3cm.
Moroccan Sunset, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 84cm x 59cm x 3cm.
GTA, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 92cm x 3cm.
Oasis, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on transparent acrylic (plexiglass), 177cm x 177cm x 3cm.
Tangerine Dawn, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle cotton rad, 84cm x 59cm.
Yves Klein Blue Lagoon, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle cotton rad, 84cm x 59cm.
Deep Heat, 2025. Projection/Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle cotton rad, 84cm x 59cm.
Abstract Works
These pieces were created using mark-making techniques that combine oils, acrylic house paints, dyes, glue, wax, bleach and other solvents. The paint is applied using dying techniques, squeegees, palette knives, paint scrapers, rags, and directly by hand. This creates thick, viscous oceans of psychedelic colours - and within them, hidden worlds that evoke dreams, ghosts and memories.
The physicality of how the mixed media is applied combines elements of action painting and process art, invoking abstract expressionism and neo-Dadaism. The resulting fabrics are then stretched, collaged or draped onto other canvases and linens and hung in and around timber frames, often blurring the line between 2D painting and 3D sculpture.
I Dreamed A Dream (Within A Dream), 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 153x92x7cm.
Dripping Dream, 2025. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 177x92x5cm.
Holiday Ultra, 2024. Oil, acrylic, glue, dye, dirt, beer, surf wax on unstretched linen and cotton duck in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 180x123x14cm.
Dream House, 2024. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 177x92x7cm.
Nightmare Beach, 2022. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 152x101x7cm.
Zuma Beach Blaze ‘95, 2024. Oil, house paint, acrylic on unstretched linen in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 157x60x14cm.
Gelato Melt, 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 92cmx59cmx7cm.
Sweat Lodge Seance, 2024. Oil, house paint, glue, bleach, dye on unstretched linen in reclaimed artist’s timber frame, 274x192x14cm.
View of the Beach From a Destroyed Hotel Room, 2024. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 92cmx59cmx7cm.
Blur v. Oasis, 2024. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 123x82x5cm.
Dusk at White Palms, 2024. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 82x52x5cm.
Dark Lagoon, 2025. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 177x92x5cm.
Jungle Visions, 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 102cmx59cmx5cm.
Last Splash, 2024. Oil, acrylic, silicone, oil stick, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 105x84x9cm.
Blackout During the Heatwave, 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 177x92x5cm.
Burning Palms, 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 92cmx59cmx7cm.
Beach Blaze, 2023. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on stretched canvas, 177x92x5cm.