Ben Young is an Anglo-American abstract painter working mainly with oils, spray paint, and collage. He draws his inspiration from multi-layered, graffiti-covered city walls and other urban surfaces. Born in 1973 in England, he works in London and Umbria, Italy. Young earned his MFA at Central Saint Martins, London, in 2007 and has exhibited internationally with over forty group shows and four solo shows. Young's work is held in public and private collections worldwide.