Damien Hirst is a British artist and the most prominent member of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the international art scene in the 1990s. While at Goldsmiths College he curated “Freeze” (1988), the exhibition that launched the movement. His work explores themes of death, mortality, and the tension between art and science through installations, painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
Hirst won the Turner Prize in 1995 and remains the UK’s wealthiest living artist. His work is held by the Tate, MoMA, the Hirshhorn, and major private collections worldwide.
