How can I buy a work by Ben Brough?

Bruno David Gallery handles the sale of available works by Ben Brough. For prices and availability, email info@brunodavidgallery.com or call +1 314 696 2377.

Where can I see work by Ben Brough in person?

At Bruno David Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, during public hours or by appointment. His work is also in the collections of the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH).

What does Ben Brough make?

Paintings and works on paper between figuration and abstraction in a loose, cubist-inflected style, built up in layers with collage, stenciling and passages that are scraped back and repainted. Recent subjects include musicians, pin-up figures and references to the American West.

Where is Ben Brough based?

Ben Brough lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Has Ben Brough had an exhibition at Bruno David Gallery?

Yes. Hours of Forever (20 January to 4 March 2023); Femmes Fatales (16 February to 7 April 2018) are among his exhibitions at the gallery. Catalogues can be read in the gallery’s Publications library at brunodavidgallery.com/publications.

Ben Brough

Ben Brough (born 1978) is a Los Angeles-based painter who works between figuration and abstraction in a loose, cubist-inflected style. Born in California, he moved with his family to Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii, at the age of six and lived there until 2002.

Brough grew up in a surfing family. From his late teens to his mid-twenties he was paid to surf and travel, including as a member of the Volcom team, keeping journals and painting along the way. He has no formal art training and describes himself as largely self-taught, through travel, museums, and art history books.

His paintings and works on paper are built up in layers, combining collage, stenciling, and passages that are scraped back and repainted. Recurring subjects in recent work include musicians, pin-up figures, and references to the American West. He signs his work with the number 33, a stylized form of his initials.

Brough has collaborated with brands and publications including Volcom, Dogtown Skateboards, Völkl, and Surfer Magazine, worked as a marketing art director for O’Neill, and is the artist for the band Pepper, also from Kona. His painting Boy of Summer (2021) is in the collection of the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in California. He has had two solo exhibitions at Bruno David Gallery, Femmes Fatales (2018) and Hours of Forever (2023). In 2026 he opened the solo exhibition Good Manners Don’t Cost a Thing at House of Danger Gallery in Costa Mesa, California.

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