Damien Hirst
illustrator
Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965 in Bristol, England) is a British artist and a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He emerged in the late 1980s and gained prominence in the 1990s with conceptual works including animals preserved in formaldehyde, pharmaceutical cabinets, spot paintings and spin paintings. Death, decay, life, and the limits of science and belief are the recurring themes of his work. He won the Turner Prize in 1995. His major solo exhibitions include No Sense of Absolute Corruption (Gagosian, New York, 1996), Romance in the Age of Uncertainty (White Cube, London, 2003), Beyond Belief (White Cube, London, 2007), No Love Lost (Wallace Collection, London, 2009) and Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable (Venice, 2017). ABC (Other Criteria, 2013) is an illustrated alphabet book that presents his artworks, from A is for Anatomy to Z is for Zebra, including dissected animals, butterflies and the diamond skull. In this book Hirst's existing artworks serve as the illustrations.[1,2]
- death and decay
- life and mortality
- science and medicine
- belief and religion
- preserved animals
- spot and spin paintings
Works by Damien Hirst
- 2013 Damien Hirst: ABC Book 56-page hardcover illustrated alphabet book, published 15 October 2013, A is for Anatomy to Z is for Zebra
- 1997 I Want To Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now Artist's book/autobiography
- 2014 The Complete Spot Paintings
Exhibitions
- 1996 No Sense of Absolute Corruption
- 2003 Romance in the Age of Uncertainty
- 2007 Beyond Belief
- 2009 No Love Lost
- 2017 Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable
Awards
- 1995 Turner Prize