What if you could literally 'dive into a painting'? 🎨
For this second episode of the podcast, I am delighted to welcome artist Ben Arpea. Ben didn't just paint walls; he created an open window to the Mediterranean and geometric abstraction at the bottom of a 12 by 5 meter swimming pool.
Behind the sunny colors lies a more complex reality. In this unfiltered episode, we discuss:
• Immersion: How his creative process adapted to the hotel’s architecture.
• His meteoric rise and the weight of imposter syndrome.
• Perpetual creation: The challenge of constantly reinventing oneself in a creative profession.
Listen to the full story in Episode 2 of Art World Residence.
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Et si vous pouviez littéralement "plonger dans un tableau"? 🎨
Pour ce 2ème épisode du podcast, j'ai le plaisir de recevoir l'artiste Ben Arpea. Ben n'a pas seulement peint des murs, il a créé une fenêtre ouverte sur la Méditerranée et l'abstraction géométrique dans le fond d'une piscine de 12 par 5 mètres.
Derrière les couleurs solaires se cache une réalité plus complexe. Dans cet épisode sans filtre, nous discutons :
• De l'immersion : Comment son processus créatif s'est adapté à l'architecture de l'hôtel.
• De son ascension fulgurante et du syndrome de l'imposteur.
• De la création perpétuelle : Le défi de se renouveler sans cesse dans un métier créatif.
Découvrez l’épisode 2 du podcast Art World Residence.
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De la toile à l’objet : l'art vibrant de Ben Arpéa s’invite chez Monoprix 🎨 ✨
Une collection de décoration qui apporte de la couleur aux objets du quotidien.
Disponible le 14 avril dès 18h sur monoprix.fr et le 15 avril en magasin
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🔛 Art Paris 2026 ⎮ April 9 - 12, 2026⎮Booth E14
Ben Arpéa unveils news paintings, specially created for Art Paris, where he continues and affirms his emblematic techniques. Through his compositions, the artist explores a singular visual language, between geometric abstraction and semi-figurative forms, playing with flat areas of colors and textures to create images that are both immediate and evocative. From sketches, he works the material and the color, mixes the paint with mineral elements, sand, pebbles, then deploys his pictorial language on a large scale, the minimalism of the motifs confronting the large format of the canvas.
🗓 Art Paris, April 9th - 12th, 2026, Booth E14
📍Grand Palais, 7 avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Step inside Ben Arpéa’s studio.
Ahead of Art Paris 2026, we visited the artist as he worked on the pieces that will be presented in our booth. In his studio, material leads the process —linen, pigments, sand, pebbles— shaping vivid flat tints and finely textured surfaces. The result is a dreamlike vision that draws us into questions of perception and material presence.
➡️Find his new works at Art Paris 2026, Booth E14, April 8–12.
Very happy to have participated in Where the Landscape Dreams in Dubai with @galerie_camillepouyfaucon , alongside Etel Adnan, Tess Dumon, Sarine Semerjian and George Stamatakis.
Grateful for the invitation and for this beautiful dialogue around landscape.
I will have a painting at @artgeneve with @fabiennelevygallery in Booth C46.
Deep Blue Landscape
Acrylic, oil and sand on linen
81 × 65 cm
January 29 – February 1, 2026
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In spring 2025, I had the honor of taking part in In Conversation with Salvo at F2T Gallery in Milan.
Salvo is an artist who has accompanied me for a long time. His landscapes, his use of color, and his sense of stillness have deeply influenced the way I approach painting.
Being part of this exhibition felt like entering a respectful dialogue with an artist who shaped my way of seeing.
Grateful for this experience and for everyone involved.
From December 18, I opened the Project Room, a new creative space located at 📍 21 rue Béranger, Paris 3rd.
Formerly my studio, I imagined this place as a space to be lived in, not just observed. A fresco painted directly onto the walls, furniture I designed and painted, forms that inhabit the space. Painting moves beyond the canvas and becomes an environment.
The Project Room is a carte blanche space, dedicated to experimentation, special projects, and collaborations. It brings together frescoes, furniture, lithographs, and evolving projects throughout the year.
For this first chapter, An Ode to the Horizon, I explored the idea of the horizon, light, and that feeling of summer that stays with us, even in the middle of winter. Arches structure the space and open the gaze, like windows onto an inner landscape.
A place to create, share, and meet.
🕒 Thursday–Saturday 3pm–7pm 📩 Tuesday–Wednesday by appointment
À partir du 18 décembre, j’ai ouvert la Project Room, un nouvel espace créatif au 📍 21 rue Béranger, Paris 3e.
Anciennement mon atelier, j’ai pensé ce lieu comme un espace à vivre, pas seulement à regarder. Une fresque peinte directement sur les murs, du mobilier que j’ai conçu et peint, des formes qui occupent l’espace. La peinture sort du cadre et devient environnement.
La Project Room est un espace carte blanche, dédié à l’expérimentation, aux projets spéciaux et aux collaborations. On y retrouve des fresques, du mobilier, des lithographies, et des projets qui évolueront au fil de l’année.
Pour ce premier chapitre, An Ode to the Horizon, j’ai travaillé autour de l’idée de l’horizon, de la lumière et de cette sensation d’été qui reste, même en plein hiver. Des arches structurent l’espace et ouvrent le regard, comme des fenêtres vers un paysage intérieur.
Un lieu pensé pour créer, partager et se rencontrer.
🕒 Jeudi–samedi 15h–19h 📩 Mardi–mercredi sur rendez-vous
I am thrilled to present my works with @stems_gallery at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025.
It’s an honour to be showing alongside such an incredible group of artists: Isaac Andrews, Michael Bühler-Rose, Jane Dickson, Aryo Toh Djojo, Nick Doyle, Nick Farhi, Léo Luccioni, Pauline Guerrier, Marguerite Piard, Paul Rouphail, Olivier Souffrant, and Jess Valice.
*Booth B51*
Ocean Drive & 12th Street, Miami Beach, FL
December 3–7
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Very happy to have collaborated with @lafantaisieparis during Art Basel
I reimagined one of the rooms in the spirit of my work, for a temporary installation.
Thank you to @lafantaisieparis for this beautiful collaboration! ✨
Very happy to be part of the exhibition “Grand Écart” organized by Laurence Dreyfus and Galerie Aveline – Jean-Marie Rossi, as part of the 23rd edition of Chambres à Part.
The exhibition brings together 44 artists, bridging modern and contemporary art in a unique dialogue at Galerie Aveline, Place Beauvau in Paris.
📍 Galerie Aveline – 94 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris
🗓️ October 1–31, 2025
Many thanks to @laurencedreyfus
✨ Currently exhibited at 193 Gallery Paris, with his solo show “De Mémoire”, French artist Ben Arpéa opens the doors to his universe in this intimate portrait by @zoe_stene
In this video, he reflects on his inspirations, his childhood, and his lifelong drive to paint. Since 2020, he has developed a singular artistic language, between geometric abstraction and semi-figurative forms, where color and material play an essential role.
Through this new body of work, the artist explores the boundary between memory and perception, landscapes and still life, texture and feeling. His canvases become open windows onto consciousness, like “photographic paintings” that both freeze and transform lived moments.
🗓Ben Arpéa, “De Mémoire”, 04.09 - 25.10.2025
📍193 Gallery Paris, 24 rue Béranger 75003
🎥 @zoe_stene
