Damien Hirst

* 1965 Bristol

Selected Works

5858. Say it ain't for me (The currency)
2016

Vita

1965
Born in Bristol, Great Britain. Hirst grew up in Leeds.
1983 - 1985
Jacob Kramer College of Art, Leeds
1986 - 1989
Goldsmiths College, London
1986
First "spot painting"
1988
Curated the legendary exhibition "Freeze", London
Develops the first Medicine Cabinets, "Sinner" and "Enemy", which use the aesthetics of minimalism to explore the phenomenon of "natural sciences as a new religion" (Hirst)
1991
First solo exhibition in London. "In and Out of Love" (White Paintings and Live Butterflies) opens in Woodstock Street, an installation in two rooms with butterflies; the installation "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" is created.
Start of the "Natural History" series: animals in glass and steel showcases with formaldehyde solution; in 1992 the shark piece "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" (1991) is exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery
1993
Receives a one-year DAAD scholarship for Berlin. 45th Biennale, Venice: is selected for the "Aperto" section, shows "Mother and Child Divided".
1994
Works intensively on the "Spin Paintings" in Berlin
1997
First "fly-painting"
1998
Founding member of the London artist movement "Young British Artists"
1999
Hirst's first graphic cycle, "Le Last Supper" (13 screen prints), is published by The Paragon Press, London
2007
"For the Love of God", a platinum cast of an 18th century human skull completely covered in pavé-set diamonds, will be shown alongside the new series "Biopsy Paintings" and "Birth Paintings" in the exhibition "Beyond Belief" at the White Cube locations in Hoxton Square and Mason's Yard, London. As before, Hirst's works are explorations of central themes of human existence
2012
"The Complete Spot Paintings" will open on 12 January at the Gargosian branches in Athens, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Rome
2015
Damian Hirst lives and works in London, Gloucestershire and Devon. He has had more than 80 solo exhibitions since 1987 and his work has been represented in over 260 group exhibitions worldwide.

Awards

1992
"Nomminierung für den Turner Prize", London, Great Britain
1993
"DAAD-Stipendium für Berlin",
1995
"Prix Eliette von Karajan",
1995
"Turner Prize", London, Great Britain
2001
"Großer Preis der 24. Internationalen Biennale für Grafische Künste", Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005
"Beaux Arts Magazine Award",

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2004
"Damien Hirst: The Agony and the Ecstasy. Selected Works from 1989-2004", Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Neapel, Italy
2010
"The Souls", Paul Stolper Gallery, London,
2010
"Poison + Remedies", Gagosian Gallery, London,
2010
"Cornucopia", Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Monte Carlo,
2011
"Daien Hirst: Artists Rooms", Tate Britain; Leeds City Gallery (weitere Stationen), London; Leeds (weitere Orte),
2011
"For the Love of God", Palazzo Vecchio, Florenz,
2012
"Damien Hirst", Tate Modern, London,
2012
"Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011", Gagosian Gallery, New York, London, Paris, Rom, Genf, Hong Kong u.a.,
2013
"Relics", ALRIWAQ, Qatar Museums Authority, Doha,
2013
"Entomology Cabinets and Paintings, Scalpel Blade Paintings and Colour Charts", White Cube Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
2015
"Damien Hirst", Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo,
2015
"New Religion", The Lightbox, Woking,
2017
"Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable", Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi, Venedig,
2018
"Colour Space Paintings and Outdoor Sculptures", Houghton Hall, Houghton,

Group exhibitions (selection)

1993
"45. Biennale von Venedig",
2003
"50. Biennale von Venedig",

Collections