HARI REN is a working-class artist from the North of England, shaped by the industrial weight of Manchester, punk spirit, and the half-buried folklore of forgotten towns. His work draws on crumbling council estates, soot-blackened mills, and those pushed to the edges of society, blending myth, memory, and raw emotion into something vivid, jagged, and real.
He creates art that’s unpolished and unafraid, born from the backstreets, the misted moors, and the strange beauty in places most overlook. Influenced by punk, folklore, and DIY culture, Hari’s work blends eerie storytelling with social grit, where the ghosts of the working class still rattle through viaducts and half-demolished terraces.
Recurring themes include defiance, decay, and survival, whether it’s a black-eyed cat watching from a rainpipe, a tribe of feral orphans in the bogs, or a brutalist tower humming with strange machinery. His projects often spill across formats, from paintings and zines to installations and short animation.