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Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He first came to public attention in 1988 when he conceived and curated ‘Freeze’, an exhibition of his own work and that of his contemporaries at Goldsmiths college, staged in a disused London warehouse. Since this time Hirst has become widely recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Through a varied practice of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing Hirst has sought to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Alongside over 80 solo exhibitions he has worked on numerous curatorial projects. In 2008, Hirst took the unprecedented step of bypassing gallery involvement in selling 244 new works at a Sotheby’s, London auction entitled ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’. Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 and his contribution to British art over the last two and a half decades has been acknowledged in a major solo retrospective currently being exhibited at Tate Modern, London. He lives in Devon and has studios in Gloucester and London. For more information on the artist, please visit damienhirst.com. Text © Damien Hirst & Science Ltd., All rights reserved, 2012

Other Criteria is an arts-based publishing company co-founded by Damien Hirst. With a gallery on New Bond Street and a shop in Marylebone, Other Criteria has established itself as an eclectic company producing an array of unique artworks, art publications and limited editions in a variety of media. Working directly with a number of established and emerging artists, we strive to create a tangible, everlasting presence with each artist we collaborate with. We source artisans, printers and fabricators worldwide to make books, prints and a wide range of desirable items of great originality, including photographs, clothing, sculptural works and jewellery.