Whenever you think that the creative world has seen it all, someone new comes and surprises the public with a witty, genuine, and sometimes even a shocking approach to the craft. There are many artists that have caused a wow factor with their artistic creations, but a few managed to completely change the way art is seen. Often getting a mixed response from the viewers, the British artist Damien Hirst is one of the most prominent contemporary artists present on the current art scene. His unconventional artwork has drawn a lot of attention over the past couple of decades, making him the wealthiest living British artist today.

The Triangle of Life, Death, and Creation
The practice of Damien Hirst fuses any person’s biggest questions and concerns, exploring the idea of death, how it fits into life, and how both of these interact with art. The creation of such a triangle came in adolescent years of his life, as he often visited the anatomy department of Leeds Medical School as a part of making life drawings. The idea of death and its part in the life of those not yet consumed by it left a mark on Hirst that can be seen throughout his career. In the years during and following his students days at Goldsmiths college, Hirst’s artistic display was mostly concerned with such ideas, and they are obvious in pieces like With Dead Head (1991) and A Thousand Years (1990). The unusual piece that portrayed a dead cow’s head being consumed by maggots and flies in a tank was the first of its kind and it launched Hirst straight into the limelight of the artistic world of the 1990s. The fact that Charles Saatchi himself was amazed by the piece and bought it straight away definitely helped propel Hirst’s reputation; regardless, the boldness and the angle of viewing things that he displayed in his early days are the qualities that made him dominate the scene during the last decade of the 20th century.
A Thousand Years is an unusual piece which launched Damien Hirst into the limelight of the creative world of the 1990s

Relieving the Issue of Paint
During Hirst’s time at Goldsmiths college, he received a lot more than just the knowledge of painting. His perception of sculpture and painting had drastically changed in this period, leading to some of his most influential series of works. In the second year of studies, Hirst, along with several other colleagues, organized a group exhibition titled Freeze that would end up being a “springboard” for some of the now widely known British artists. The show consisted of three stages and in the last one, Hirst displayed his spot paintings. Painting literal spots of paint on the warehouse walls, the two pieces that were displayed at Freeze would turn into possibly his most prolific series, one which he can be recognized by even today. The paintings were more than just a success for the artist, as he felt a relief making them; Hirst stated that the form solved a lot of issues that he had with color by “pinning down the joy of color.”
Freeze exhibition would end up being a springboard for Hirst’s splendid career

Unconventional Zoo
Establishing his position in the eye of the public, Hirst continued to give the viewers something that they haven’t seen before. Starting a series in the early 1990s, Hirst set out to create a “zoo of dead animals,” and to a certain point, he’s realized his goal. The series titled Natural History is filled with notorious works generally following the form of preserved creatures placed in steel and glass tanks filled with formaldehyde solution. The piece that can be said to represent not only the series but the modern British art at the end of the 20th century is The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991). Displaying a shark in a vitrine immersed in formaldehyde, Hirst started digging deeper into the meaning of death, changing the perception of pop culture and truly tying together life, death, and art. As the name of the series implies, it wasn’t the only animal inhabiting this “unconventional zoo.” In the following years, Hirst put out several other similar works as part of different exhibitions; the most known ones include Mother and Child Divided featuring a cow and its calf cut in half and displayed in a tank filled with formaldehyde, and Away from the Flock that included a sheep displayed in the same conditions. Although these types of works had raised Hirst’s reputation in the world of painting, there have been quite a few controversies shrouding his practice and actions.
Hirst tied together life, death, and art in his artistic practice

Value of Hirst’s Artworks
Titled as the wealthiest British artist alive, Hirst’s work climbed the steps of monetary value with a seeming ease from the very start of his career. Enticed by his early “animal” installation works, Charles Saatchi bought a piece in 1992 titled The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living for no less than £50,000, which is an astonishing amount for someone just starting out in the art world. Naturally, the numbers only went up for Hirst’s artwork and the fact that speaks of just how rapidly his work has increased in value is that Saatchi had sold The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living a bit over a decade later for £6.5 million. Though it may be hinting towards why he’s the wealthiest British artist alive, this is far from his most expensive piece and the price of the materials used for some of them can tell you why. Presented in the Beyond Belief exhibition in 2007, the For the Love of God sculpture was comprised of a human skull recreated in platinum and decorated by 8,601 diamonds valued at approximately $30 million. Though there is no official record of its sale, Hirst’s initial asking price for this piece was $100 million, making it one of his most valued pieces. Making himself stand out in regards of monetary value of his artwork, even setting the records in the field, was the Beautiful Inside My Head Forever auction at Sotheby’s in 2008; selling a total of 218 items, Hirst managed to raise a total of $198 million, beating the former existing record for a single artist sale by more than 10 times.
Hirst’s work climbed the steps of monetary value with a seeming ease from the very start, unlike the ordinary artists with their pieces

The Controversies of Hirst’s Art
Damien Hirst is, without a doubt, one of the biggest and most prominent figures on the scene of contemporary art. He has created not just monumental pieces, but whole settings, directions, and routes any artist might choose to follow in the future. However, with the moving of so many borders in a field of practice, there’s bound to be recoil coming out of certain directions and Hirst has seen his fair share of it. As much as he’s been praised on one side, there have been negative connotations and questions of the validity of “art” in his artwork. More than the way Hirst does art, there have been numerous issues of plagiarism following the works of the famous artist. From the pieces from his Natural History series to the acclaimed diamond-filled skull titled For the Love of God, Hirst has tackled the big issues of life and death while often confronting plagiarism claims from various artists. He is also known for bypassing his long-standing galleries on one occasion, selling a complete show at Sotheby’s auction that raised $198 million in 2008. Regardless of the way you might see his art, its intensity and extraordinary composition is hard to ignore. Pushing the boundaries with his ideas, the work of Damien Hirst deals with the notion of death both in its elegance and gruesome details by presenting forms and situations of equal emotional and striking value.
The artist is represented by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art, Puccio Fine Art, Weng Contemporary, Galerie Fluegel-Roncak, Hang-Up Gallery.
Damien Hirst lives and works in Devon, England.
Featured image: Damien Hirst’s Portrait – image via conversations.e-flux.com
All other images courtesy of the artist.
Year | Exhibition Title | Gallery/Museum | Solo/Group |
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2016 | Black Sun | Fondation Beyeler, Riehen | Group |
2016 | Flirting with Strangers: Encounters with Works from the Collection | 21ER Haus, Vienna | Group |
2016 | 2016 in with a POP! | Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale | Group |
2016 | Spring Goes Pop | Guy Hepner, New York | Group |
2016 | BLOOM | Andipa Spring Collection 2016 | Andippa Gallery, London | Group |
2016 | Spring Accrochage 2016 | Aurifer AG, Schaan / Liechtenstein | Group |
2016 | Trittico | Fondazione Prada, Milan | Solo |
2015 | Art Miami 2015 | Fine Art Mia, Miamy Beach | Group |
2015 | Damien Hirst LOVE | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2015 | Damien Hirst - New Religion | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2015 | History is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain | Hayward Gallery, London | Group |
2015 | Schlaflos | Das Bett in Geschichte und Gegenwartskunst - 21er Haus, Vienna | Group |
2015 | Printed Matter | Eleven Fine Art, London | Group |
2015 | Patron Artists Of Fgap: Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky And Takashi Murakami | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2014 | Damien Hirst - Black Scalpel Cityscapes | White Cube, São Paulo | Solo |
2014 | Schizophrenogenesis | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2014 | Damien Hirst - The Psalms | McCabe Fine Art, Stockholm | Solo |
2014 | Memento Mori – Damien Hirst | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | Solo |
2014 | Sculptors' Jewellery | Gallery Pangolin, Chalford | Group |
2014 | Horror Vacui | Gagosian Gallery, Athens | Group |
2014 | La Gioia Through the eyes of three Italian art collectors | Maison Particulière, Brussels | Group |
2014 | Late Harvest | Nevada Museum of Art NMA, Reno, NV | Group |
2014 | Mini-Crucible | Gallery Pangolin, Chalford | Group |
2014 | Liverpool Biennial - Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 | Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool | Group |
2014 | Beyond and Between - Leeum | Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul | Group |
2014 | Índex 4 | Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City | Group |
2014 | Summer Guests | Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich | Group |
2014 | The Shock Of The New | Mead Carney Fine Art, London | Group |
2014 | Superpop! | Gösta Serlachius Museum of Fine Arts, Mänttä | Group |
2014 | Damian Hirst: Elizabeth Peyton Peter Doig | Multiple - gallery A-zone, Okayama | Group |
2014 | Damien Hirst | James Verbicky | DTR Modern Galleries, Boston, MA | Group |
2014 | The Shaped Canvas, Revisited | Luxembourg & Dayan, New York City, NY | Group |
2014 | Body & Void: Echoes of Moore in Contemporary Art | Henry Moore Institute, Leeds | Group |
2014 | Corporeality and Sexuality | Kunstglaube, Vienna | Group |
2014 | Inquieto Novecento | Lu.C.C.A, Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, LU | Group |
2014 | Rot Von Farblichen Akzenten Zur Monochromie | Galerie Koch, Hannover | Group |
2014 | Sculpture Show | Patricia Low Contemporary, St. Moritz | Group |
2014 | Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2014 | The Traces of Time | Amy Li Gallery, Beijing | Group |
2013 | Damien Hirst : Relics | Alriwaq Doha, Doha | Solo |
2013 | Damien Hirst: He Tried to Internalise Everything, 1992-1994 | The New Art Gallery Walsall,Walsall, West Midlands | Solo |
2013 | Damien Hirst: Entomology Cabinets and Paintings, Scalpel Blade | Paintings and Colour Charts -White Cube, Hong Kong | Solo |
2013 | Damien Hirst | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC | Solo |
2013 | Summer in Gstaad | Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad | Group |
2013 | Artists of the Colony Room | England & Co, London | Group |
2013 | Edition # I | Contemporary Prints | EOA.Projects, Abingdon, Oxfordshire | Group |
2013 | Piston Head: Artists Engage the Automobile | Venus Over Manhattan, New York City, NY | Group |
2013 | konnektor #23 Kunstperlen | Forum für Künste, Hannover | Group |
2013 | Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2013 | Ausweitung der Kampfzone. Die Sammlung. 1968-2000 | Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin | Group |
2013 | Bal Harbour | Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL | Group |
2013 | Théâtre du monde | La Maison Rouge, Paris | Group |
2013 | Candy | Blain|Southern, London | Group |
2013 | De leur Temps 4: Nantes | Centre d’art Le hangar à Bananes - Le Hab, Nantes | Group |
2013 | The anatomy lesson | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | Group |
2013 | Ruhe-Störung - Streifzüge durch die Welten der Collage | MARTa Herford, Herford | Group |
2013 | British British Polish Polish: Art From Europe's Edges In The Long '90s And Today | Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw | Group |
2013 | Der schein | glanz, glamour, illusion | Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover | Group |
2013 | Summer Exhibition | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Group |
2013 | Colección Juan Yarur: Un Relato Personal | MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago | Group |
2013 | Modern Print Masters Stock | The Watermill, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland | Group |
2013 | Critique and Crises. Art in Europe Since 1945 | Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn | Group |
2013 | Computer Aided | Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA | Group |
2013 | In alle staten | Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent | Group |
2013 | Die Sammlung #3 | 21er Haus, Vienna | Group |
2013 | Pink | The Columns, Seoul | Group |
2013 | Stocked: Contemporary Art From The Grocery Aisles | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ | Group |
2013 | Collection Platform 4: Emotion and Technology | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2013 | All You Need IS LOVE | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo | Group |
2013 | First Show | McCabe Fine Art, Stockholm | Group |
2013 | Poesia - Werke Sammlung Rik Reinking | Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst | Group |
2013 | 13 Rooms | Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, NSW | Group |
2013 | The Gesture and the Sign | White Cube, São Paulo | Group |
2013 | From Page to Space (Vom Blatt zum Raum) | Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren | Group |
2013 | Contemporary Edition Prints | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Group |
2013 | Group Show | Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong | Group |
2013 | The Desire for Freedom | Arte in Europa dal 1945 - Palazzo Reale, Milan | Group |
2013 | Große Gefühle | Kunsthalle Krems, Krems | Group |
2013 | Arario Collection Exhibition | Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan-si | Group |
2013 | Sculptors' Prints and Drawings 2013 | Gallery Pangolin, Chalford | Group |
2013 | Sous influences - arts plastiques et psychotropes | La Maison Rouge, Paris | Group |
2013 | Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles | Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS | Group |
2013 | INSTRUCTIONS - TILT TO AND FRO | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Group |
2012 | Damien Hirst - Two weeks one summer | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst: Metal Souls | Modern Art Gallery Sofia, Sofia | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst: Editions 2000 - 2012 | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - Contemporary Editions | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst – New Religion | Asian Art Works, Beijing | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - Two Weeks One Summer | White Cube, London | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst | IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - Gallery One | Grayshott, East Hampshire | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst | Tate Modern, London | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst: Utopia | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2012 | Postcard From... Damien Hirst Nucleohistone | Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome | Solo |
2012 | Nucleohistone. Manifesto di Damien Hirst | MACRO Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Rome | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Athens | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 January 12 - February 18, 2012 | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Geneva | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA | Solo |
2012 | Damien Hirst - The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 | Gagosian Gallery, Paris | Solo |
2012 | Painting without Paint | David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen | Group |
2012 | Don't Be Shy, Don't Hold Back - The Logan Collection At Sfmoma | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA | Group |
2012 | A Selection of Pop Art | Galerie Leu, Munich | Group |
2012 | Untitled (Giotto's O) | Sperone Westwater Gallery, Lugano | Group |
2012 | Living Loss: The Experience of Illness in Art | Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork | Group |
2012 | Die Sammlung #2 | 21er Haus, Vienna | Group |
2012 | In Search of Time | Broad Art Museum, East Lansing | Group |
2012 | Life is Sweet, Death is Sweeter | Skot Foreman Gallery, Dania Beach, FL | Group |
2012 | To Hope, To Tremble, To Live | The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Group |
2012 | XXX. Europaratsausstellung - Verführung Freiheit. Kunst In Europa Seit 1945 | Deutsches Historisches Museum - DHM, Berlin | Group |
2012 | Private corporate VII | Daimler Contemporary, Berlin | Group |
2012 | From Page to Space | Galerija Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota | Group |
2012 | Testing Testing 1.2.3 : SongEun Collection | SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul | Group |
2012 | Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE | Group |
2012 | Contemporary British Sculpture | Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY | Group |
2012 | Beyond Reality | Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague | Group |
2012 | To Be With Art Is All We Ask | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo | Group |
2012 | Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY | Group |
2012 | Artandpress Kunst. Wahrheit. Wirklichkeit | ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe | Group |
2012 | The Art Of Chess | The Saatchi Gallery, London | Group |
2012 | A Collection of Prominent Works | Collectors Contemporary, Singapore | Group |
2012 | This is Britain | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Group |
2012 | Chamberlain, Gursky, Hirst, Kusama, Prince | Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA | Group |
2012 | Cheer Up! It’s not the end of the world… | Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland | Group |
2012 | Off The Wall: Established Contemporary Emin, Goldin, Hirst, Smith, Walker, Warhol | Contemporary Wing, Washington, DC | Group |
2012 | Summer Exhibition | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Group |
2012 | OFF THE WALL: STREET ART | Contemporary Wing, Washington, DC | Group |
2012 | Luxe : Mode D'emploi | Passage de Retz, Paris | Group |
2012 | Best of British | GalleryOne, Grayshott, East Hampshire | Group |
2012 | The Big Ones! Works from the collection of the International Centre of Graphic Arts | International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana | Group |
2012 | Sir Peter Blake and Pop Art | Wetpaint Gallery, Cirencester | Group |
2012 | Contemporary Print Making | Jealous Gallery, London | Group |
2012 | Controversy: the power of art | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC | Group |
2012 | Punkt.Systeme - Vom Pointillismus zum Pixel | Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen | Group |
2012 | Who's Paying You? | Galerie Donald Browne, Montreal, QC | Group |
2012 | Die Sammlung: The Collection | 21er Haus, Vienna | Group |
2012 | Made In Britain - Contemporary Art From The British Council Collection 1980 - 2010 | National Gallery of Arts, Tirana | Group |
2012 | À rebours | Venus Over Manhattan, New York City, NY | Group |
2012 | Beyond the Paramount | Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin | Group |
2012 | Zeitlos | Positionen der Malerei, Hilger modern - Hilger modern, Vienna | Group |
2012 | Women | Kimhyunjoo Gallery, Seoul | Group |
2012 | The Artists’ Postcard Show | Spike Island, Bristol | Group |
2012 | At Home Living with Art & Design | The Columns, Seoul | Group |
2012 | Eleven | Eleven Fine Art, London | Group |
2012 | Artandpress | Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin | Group |
2012 | Inauguration - 2 Avenue Matignon | Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris | Group |
2012 | Brucennial 2012 - Harder. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer | Brucennial, New York City, NY | Group |
2012 | Friends & Family - Kenny Schachter | ROVE Projects LLP, London | Group |
2012 | Print Out | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY | Group |
2012 | Contemporary masters | Opera Gallery, London | Group |
2012 | Living Legends | Olyvia Fine Art, London | Group |
2012 | Accrochage | Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong | Group |
2012 | Domination, Hegemony and The Panopticon | Traffic, Dubai | Group |
2012 | Theatre Of The World | Mona - Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, TAS | Group |
2012 | Space I, II | Gana Art Gallery, Seoul | Group |
2011 | Death or Glory | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2011 | Damien Hirst: Prints and Works on Papers | Hilger modern, Vienna | Solo |
2011 | Damien Hirst - Donation | ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj | Solo |
2011 | Skateboards: Art on the Ply | Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT | Solo |
2011 | The Dead and The Souls | Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland | Solo |
2011 | Do it yourself | Fundacion Canal, Madrid | Solo |
2011 | New Religion At Thessaloniki Mmca | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2011 | New Religion | Art Box, Thessaloniki | Solo |
2011 | Damien Hirst - Forgotten Promises | Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong | Solo |
2011 | Very British | Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt | Group |
2011 | What Made Us Famous | Olyvia Fine Art, London | Group |
2011 | Moderne: Selbstmord der Kunst? | Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz | Group |
2011 | Notes Towards a Supreme Fiction | Ceri Hand Gallery, London | Group |
2011 | Relate | 34FineArt, Cape Town | Group |
2011 | Collection Platform 2: Circulation | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2011 | Fresh Cream | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Group |
2011 | Mémoires du futur - la collection Olbricht | La Maison Rouge, Paris | Group |
2011 | Structure & Absence | White Cube, London | Group |
2011 | Faith | Sims Reed Gallery, London | Group |
2011 | The Best Of Fabrik | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Group |
2011 | In the Name of the Artists | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo | Group |
2011 | A JOURNEY IN CONTEMPORARY ART PALACE HOTEL GUISCARDO | Galleria Cardi - Milano,Milan | Group |
2011 | The Art Must Go On | Galleria Cardi, Pietrasanta, LU | Group |
2011 | Traffic | Traffic, Dubai | Group |
2011 | #40 Ideal Home | Chelsea space, London | Group |
2011 | Circa 1986 | HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | Group |
2011 | Francois Pinault Collection: Agony and Ecstasy | SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul | Group |
2011 | Bite: Artists Making Prints | Mall Galleries, London | Group |
2011 | Pasiones Contemporáneas | Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce | Group |
2011 | Yokohama Triennale 2011 | Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama | Group |
2011 | Selected works - August 2011 | Stalke Galleri, Stalke Out Of Space, Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby | Group |
2011 | Taguchi Art Collection - Global New Art | Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo | Group |
2011 | Made in Britain: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection 1980–2010 | Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong | Group |
2011 | ALBERTINA CONTEMPORARY | GERHARD RICHTER BIS KIKI SMITH - Albertina, Vienna | Group |
2011 | Kunstkörperlich-Körperkünstlich 3, Bodies | Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck | Group |
2011 | Adventures In Wonderland | MdM Museum, Porto Cervo | Group |
2011 | Made in Italy | Gagosian Gallery, Rome | Group |
2011 | El intervalo luminoso: The D.Daskalopoulos Collection | Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao | Group |
2011 | Pop Art Heavyweights | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Group |
2011 | Fraternise | Beaconsfield | Group |
2011 | Scream Collection Part II | Scream London, London | Group |
2011 | Artists for Kettle's Yard | Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | Group |
2011 | Gallery Selections | Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY | Group |
2011 | The Art of Chess | University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD | Group |
2011 | The Abstract Autograph | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO | Group |
2011 | Collection Platform 1: Circulation | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Group |
2011 | After Paradise | Jason McCoy Gallery, New York City, NY | Group |
2011 | I promise to love you - Caldic Collectie | Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam | Group |
2011 | Monanism | Mona - Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, TAS | Group |
2011 | Modern British Sculpture | Royal Academy of Arts, London | Group |
2011 | New Art - Formerly Known As: New Art | Circleculture Gallery, Berlin | Group |
2011 | Rhythm in Art | Gaain Gallery, Seoul | Group |
2010 | Damien Hirst: Print Maker | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham | Solo |
2010 | Medicine Cabinets | Mnuchin Gallery, New York City, NY | Solo |
2010 | Damien Hirst - Poisons + Remedies | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2010 | Damien Hirst - The Souls | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2010 | Unique | Editions | Works On Paper | Andipa Gallery, London | Solo |
2010 | The Best | Gallery Mano, Seoul | Solo |
2010 | Dark Trees | Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig | Solo |
2010 | Damien Hirst: Death In Venice | Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice | Solo |
2010 | Damien Hirst - End of an Era | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY | Solo |
2010 | Damien Hirst - Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, Justice | Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich | Solo |
2010 | Dark Trees (Preview) | Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig | Solo |
2010 | 21st Century: Art in the First Decade | Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art,Brisbane, QLD | Group |
2010 | Plus Ultra - Opere dalla Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo | MACRO Testaccio (MACRO Future), Rome | Group |
2010 | Gagosian Pop-Up! | Gagosian Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | Christmas with Coriander | Jill George Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | Christmas Rodeo | Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan | Group |
2010 | Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando? | Museo MAGA, Gallarte, VA | Group |
2010 | Then : Now | 34FineArt, Cape Town | Group |
2010 | Heavenly Creatures | Aubin Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | Covering the wall. Contemporary wallpapers | Musée de Pully, Pully | Group |
2010 | Covering the wall. Contemporary wallpapers | MUDAC - Musée de design es d`arts appliques contemporains, Lausanne | Group |
2010 | Out of the Office Ruhr 2010 | Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany | Group |
2010 | Scream Collection | Scream London, London | Group |
2010 | Contemporary Eye: Crossovers | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex | Group |
2010 | Multiple Visions | NICC - New International Cultural Centre, Antwerp | Group |
2010 | Decadence Now! Visions of Excess | Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague | Group |
2010 | Keeping it Real: An Exhibition in 4 Acts: Act 2: Subversive Abstraction | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | Young British Art | Johyun Gallery, Busan | Group |
2010 | Abstractions | Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris | Group |
2010 | Cream - Kiasma | Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki | Group |
2010 | HOles | Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City, NY | Group |
2010 | Sothebys - Beyond Limits | Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire | Group |
2010 | Crucible 2010 | Crucible, Gloucester | Group |
2010 | Summer Exhibition | Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Group |
2010 | NEW : Group Exhibition | 34FineArt, Cape Town | Group |
2010 | Summer Show | Andipa Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | The Esprit of Gestures. Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact | Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin | Group |
2010 | Lebenslust und Totentanz | Kunsthalle Krems, Krems | Group |
2010 | Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action | White Cube, London | Group |
2010 | Systematic | Zabludowicz Collection London, London | Group |
2010 | Summer Sale: Drawings, Paintings and Objects | Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY | Group |
2010 | The Facebook Show | Museum of New Art, MONA, Pontiac, MI | Group |
2010 | Contemporary British Artists | Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group |
2010 | Hope! | Palais des Arts Dinard, Dinard | Group |
2010 | Pop Life: Art in a Material World | National Gallery of Canada, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON | Group |
2010 | Modern Master Print Show, Part One | Foss Fine Art, London | Group |
2010 | Heart | Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris | Group |
2010 | Efecto Drácula comunidades en transformación | Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City | Group |
2010 | Damien Hirst Michael Joo | Haunch of Venison, Berlin | Group |
2010 | Art (Magenta) | Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin | Group |
2010 | Vulnerability | Flatland Gallery, Utrecht | Group |
2010 | Dead or Alive | Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, NY | Group |
2010 | Works from the Gallery Collection | Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | Group |
2010 | The Art of Chess | ProjectB Contemporary Art, Milan | Group |
2010 | Global Art Show | The Columns, Seoul | Group |
2010 | The Art of chess | DOX - Centre for contemporary art, Prague | Group |
2010 | I love you | ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus | Group |
2010 | The Great British Show | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Group |
2010 | Ybas Retrospective | Jealous Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | Visual Conceptual | National Center For Contemporary Art (NCCA) - Moscow Branch, Moscow | Group |
2010 | Conversations II | Travesia Cuatro, Madrid | Group |
2010 | Pop Life - Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst, … | Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg | Group |
2010 | Crash | Gagosian Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | The Future Demands Your Participation: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection | Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai | Group |
2010 | Augenschmaus - Vom Essen im Stilllebben | Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna | Group |
2010 | Shelf Life | Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa | Group |
2010 | C'est La Vie! Vanites De Caravage A Damien Hirst | Vanites Du Xv Au Xxi Siecle - Argos,Brussels | Group |
2010 | C'est la vie ! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst | Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris | Group |
2010 | Dopplereffekt - Bilder in Kunst und Wissenschaft | Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel | Group |
2010 | Michael Landy : Art Bin | SLG South London Gallery, London | Group |
2010 | FYI – The Reflected Gaze Self Portraiture Today | Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA | Group |
2010 | Art for You | Leeahn Gallery, Daegu | Group |
2009 | The Dead | Triumph Gallery, Moscow | Solo |
2009 | Damien Hirst - Pharmacy | BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead | Solo |
2009 | The Dead | Other Criteria, London | Solo |
2009 | Damien Hirst - Works on Paper | Coskun Fine Art, London | Solo |
2009 | Damien Hirst: Life, Death and Love | Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague | Solo |
2009 | Requiem. Damien Hirst | Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | Solo |
2009 | Damien Hirst | Leeahn Gallery, Daegu | Solo |
2009 | Damien Hirst Cathedral Prints | Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY | Solo |
2009 | Spot Etchings and Unique Prints | Andipa Gallery, London | Solo |
2008 | Damien Hirst | Fabrik Contemporary Art, Hong Kong | Solo |
2008 | Damien Hirst | Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO | Solo |
2008 | Damien Hirst - Les Estampes | Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris | Solo |
2008 | Focus: Damien Hirst | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO | Solo |
2008 | Damien Hirst : New Religion | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst : New Religion | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst - Life, Death and Love | Kunsthuset Kabuso, Oystese | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst: Beyond Belief | White Cube, London | Solo |
2007 | The five aspeccts of god | Kulturforum in Herz Jesu e.V., Cologne | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst: New Religion | Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst : New Religion, at Wallspace | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst - Superstition | Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst - Superstition | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2007 | Damien Hirst - Four Works from The Broad Art Foundation | Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst | Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City | Solo |
2006 | Visitaciones | Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - Corpus: Drawings 1981 - 2006 | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - The Last Supper | 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - A Thousand Years & Triptychs | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - New Religion | Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger | Solo |
2006 | En un giro, la acción del mundo sobre las cosas | C5 Colección, Santiago de Compostela | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - La Muerte de Dios | Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City | Solo |
2006 | La muerte de Dios | Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig | Solo |
2006 | Damien Hirst - The Bilotti Paintings: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | Norton Museum of Art,West Palm Beach, FL | Solo |
2005 | Damien Hirst : New Religion | Paul Stolper Gallery, London | Solo |
2005 | Damien Hirst | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo | Solo |
2005 | Damien Hirst - The Last Supper | Upstairs berlin, Berlin | Solo |
2005 | Damien Hirst - The Elusive Truth | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY | Solo |
2005 | Damien Hirst - The Bilotti Paintings | Gagosian Gallery, London | Solo |
2005 | A Selection of Works by Damien Hirst | MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Solo |
2003 | Demian Herst - From the Cradle to the Grave | The State Russian Museum - Marble Palace, St. Petersburg | Solo |
2003 | Damien Hirst - Romance in the Age of Uncertainty | White Cube, London | Solo |
2003 | The Last Supper | Rudolf Budja Galerie, Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg | Solo |
2003 | Damien Hirst - In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things | Galerie Aurel Scheibler,Cologne | Solo |
2003 | The Last Supper | Rudolf Budja Galerie, Artmosphere Graz, Graz | Solo |
2003 | Damien Hirst Retrospective | The Saatchi Gallery, London | Solo |
2003 | Demian Hirst. The last supper | MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile,Santiago | Solo |
2002 | Focus on Damien Hirst | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo | Solo |
2000 | Damien Hirst - Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY | Solo |