Listen04 is a painter and illustrator living and working in the UK. Born: 1983. Education: BA Hons.

His work has been shown in Nottingham, Manchester, London, Amsterdam + L.A. His paintings and drawings belong in both national + international collections.

Artist Statement:

I find talking about my work extremely difficult. It is the act of trying to re-interpret something that has already been done. It seems, and ultimately is, pointless. I have no flowery words of explanation. If you dissect it, it dies.

Listen04

Selected publications:

YCN (Young Creative Network) Annual - 2006
Computer Arts Magazine - 2006
Hip Hop Connection Magazine - 2006 + 2007
For Love & Money (Laurence King Publishing) - 2010
125 Magazine (Escape issue - Photographer: Cat Garcia) - September 2011
Stop. Look. Listen (Some drawings by Listen04) - Plantation Books - 2012
Suspend Magazine - USA - July 2013

Selected exhibitions:

I Am Listen04 - Solo Exhibition (2007)
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester, UK.

Listen04: Some Old & New Paintings - Solo Exhibition (2009)
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester, UK.

Secret 7" - Group Exhibition for Teenage Cancer Trust (2012)
Idea Generation gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK.

Art Against Knives (2012)
AAK Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK.

Affordable Art Vol. 2 - Group Exhibition (2012)
Vibe Gallery, The Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK.

Studio Upstairs: One In four - Group Exhibition (2012)
Royal Academy Of Arts, London, UK.

International Open Show - Group Exhibition (2012)
Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK.

Wells Art Contemporary Prize - Group Exhibition (2012)
Wells And Mendip Museum, Somerset, UK.

Black + White Ball - Group Exhibition (2012)
Artpool Gallery, Florida, USA.

Art Below at The Other Art Fair - Group Exhibition (2012)
The Other Art Fair, London, UK.

Art Below (November/ December 2012)
Billboard in Regents Park Station, London Underground, London, UK.

Heartbreak - Permanent Group Exhibition (2012)
Smarty Pants Launderette, Bethnal Green, London, UK.

Regeneration - Group Exhibition (2013)
The BAR Gallery, Willesden, London, UK.

Secret 7" - Group Exhibition for Art Against Knives (2013)
Mother gallery, London, UK.

BLOG:
Not For Rental

A movie-inspired charity exhibition with a twist.
Dedicated to Macmillan Cancer Support and ART AGAINST KNIVES
4th JULY @ 71a Gallery, London EC2A 4QS.
Regents Park Station, London Underground, UK.

26 November - 10 December 2012.
The brand new video for Robert Raimon Roy (Dim Mak Records - L.A.) - Dookie:



Video by Listen04.

From Robert Raimon Roys forthcoming 3rd album, Le Tigre Blanc.
Produced by Luke Walker, with Robert Raimon Roy. Guitar solo by Jesse Owen Astin.
The brand new book Stop. Look. Listen (Some drawings by Listen04) is OUT NOW.

Stop. Look. Listen (some drawings by Listen04) contains 87 new illustrations in felt tip, pencil + crayon by British artist Listen04. His work is a surreal + child-like blend of contemporary illustration and humorous wordplay.

Available from Waterstones, Amazon, The Book Depository, WHSmith, Blackwells and all other good book shops + online retailers.

Highly recommended- Conor Harrington (Artist)

Very dark and funny - Mr. Bingo (Illustrator)

Seriously, I am your biggest fan - Robert Raimon Roy (Dim Mak recording artist)

I hate this... it makes me shudder! - Sarah Maple (Artist/ feminist)

*More Pics

Pop-up exhibition. 12 new drawings. 2012.
Los Angeles. USA.

Big shouts to Robert Raimon Roy
Pop-up exhibition. 12 new drawings. 2012.
Los Angeles. USA.

Big thanks to Robert Raimon Roy.
Acrylic on maple skate deck. 2012.
Mexico. 2011.

Buck 65. Pum Pum Fox.
Featured in For Love and Money: New Illustration by Liz Farrelly/ Olivia Triggs and published by Laurence King Publishing. You can buy it HERE and HERE and HERE