Ben Flynn (aka Ben Eine) first became notable for his alphabet lettering on London shop shutters. He has also taken his lettering to the streets of Paris, Stockholm, Hastings and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Eine first started to explore more commercial avenues in a workshop above the Dragon Bar in Leonard Street, London (since demolished). Eine produced a number of custom clothing designs notably as "VANDALS" sweatshirts and started to explore screen prints, eventually founding cult screen print company Pictures On Walls (POW) alongside Banksy. Eine produced many of the hand pulled prints for artists represented by POW including , Jamie Hewlett, Mode2, Modern Toss and David Shrigley. His natural talent for color combinations meant that he was able to enhance the work supplied by the artists. He left this position to continue to pursue his own solo career in 2008.
At this time Eine contributed to sticker graffiti and was prolific in East London with his neon and black EINE stickers.
Eine first came to prominence in the "commercial" graffiti scene through his symbiotic partnership with London graffiti artist Banksy; through Eine, Banksy was able to access the underground scene and through Banksy Eine accessed the commercial world.
In his commercial work he has produced numerous lettering styles including: Shutter, NewCircus, Neon, Elton, Vandalism, Tenderloin, and Wendy.
In May 2010 Ben Eine painted a complete alphabet on Middlesex Street in East London. The shutters and murals on which he painted his colors and typography can be seen in London's Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. Middlesex Street was re-christened Alphabet Street by the residents and described by The Times as “a street now internationally recognized as a living piece of art with direct links to The White House.”
In July 2010, President Barack Obama was presented with a painting by Eine, Twenty First Century City, as an official gift from the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
EINE's solo show (March 2011) at White Walls gallery in San Francisco sold out prior to opening. He was also included in the biggest exhibition of street art to date “Art in the Streets” at MOCA, Los Angeles (April 2011).
Eine's work was featured at Art Below's The Peace Project. His work at the show contained his graffiti typography. One of his pieces that simply spelled out the word love titled 'Circus Love' was displayed at Regent's Park this had previously being featured in Art Below's July 2012 show where it was placed on the wall of the Central line at Oxford Circus, where Eine joined a growing list of Street Artists who have exhibited with Art Below such as Banksy, Inkie, Mike Ballard, and Goldie.
In 2012, typographer Chank Diesel released Tenderloin, a free font designed in collaboration with Eine.
In 2013, edition house and gallery Nelly Duff released "Tenderloin A-Z", a 52-color silkscreen based on the Tenderloin font.
In January 2018, Ben Eine launched the debut collection for his clothing company EINE London, at London Fashion Week: Men's.
In August 2019 Ben Eine launched his creative studio OurTypes. To celebrate the launch of OurTypes he painted every letter of the alphabet on shutters in East London. OurTypes is a multidisciplinary creative studio focused on words. OurTypes collaborates with other artists on font releases and global brands on commercial projects. In the same month OurTypes launched Ben’s most notorious typeface, New Circus font for personal use.
In January 2020 Central St Martins University named a class room after Ben Eine.