Born 1965, Bristol. He grew up in Leeds with his mother, May Bennan, and his stepfather. He took a foundation course at Leeds School of Art before applying for college. He was rejected by St. Martin's but moved to London in 1986 when he was accepted onto the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1989.  He said he chose this course as it was not specifically based to just painting, or just sculpture.  While at Goldsmith's he curated the Freeze exhibition in 1988. This show had other young artists, but Hirst was the main drive. He converted an abandoned London Docklands warehouse into an exhibition. People thought he was too big for his boots, he was curating with his own work and he was still a student. However he managed to pull it off, and this impressive action made him noteworthy. It was from exhibitions like this that he started to establish himself in the art world. Hirst was thrust into fame with events such as when "Away Form The Flock" was vandalised when someone poured ink into the formaldehyde preserving a sheep. This turned it into one of the most famous contemporary works in Britain. This took place in 1994 in an exhibition Hirst helped set up, "Some Went Mad, Some an Away". He is recognised as part of the Contemporary 'Brit' art scene, but he has had art shown throughout Europe and America.

Liberty - In a Spin, The Action of the World on Things, Vol I Original Etching
2002
91.4 x 71.1
signed
edition of 68
£2,700
SOLD