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About Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst first came to public attention in London in 1988 when he conceived and curated "Freeze," an exhibition in a disused warehouse that showed his work and that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths College. In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show (which would come to define the Young British Artists), Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation. His groundbreaking works include The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), a shark in formaldehyde; Mother and Child Divided (1993) a four-part sculpture of a bisected cow and calf; and For the Love of God (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds. In addition to his installations and sculptures, Hirst’s Spot paintings and Butterfly paintings have become universally recognized.
British, b. 1965, Bristol, United Kingdom, based in London, United Kingdom
Exhibition Highlights On Artsy
2016
A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
2015
Trittico, Fondazione Prada, Milan
2013
New Entomology Cabinets and Paintings, Scalpel Blade Paintings and Colour Charts, White Cube, Hong Kong
2012
2010
Damien Hirst: Poisons and Remedies, Gagosian, London
Solo Shows on Artsy
2015
Trittico, Fondazione Prada, Milan
2013
New Entomology Cabinets and Paintings, Scalpel Blade Paintings and Colour Charts, White Cube, Hong Kong
2012
2010
Damien Hirst: Poisons and Remedies, Gagosian, London
Group Shows on Artsy
2016
britARTnia, Opera Gallery, London
2016
Reflections, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
2016
A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
2015
Cool Britannia, Opera Gallery, Seoul
2015
Black Sun, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
2015
Flirting with Strangers – Encounters with Works from the Collection, 21er Haus, Vienna
2015
British Contemporary, Opera Gallery, Singapore
2014
2014
14 Rooms, Fondation Beyeler
2013
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
2013
Collection Platform 4: Emotion and Technology, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
