Introduction Born on June 7, 1965, Damien Steven Hirst is a British entrepreneur known for his creative nature and love for collecting art. Most people who have an encounter with Damien describe him as a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination (Bradford 39). The global art scene holds Damien in high esteem for his exploits as a member of a group called the Young British Artists. He became a member of the group in 1992, during an exhibition they had organized at the Charles Saatchi arcade. This group helped Damien to acquire global prominence, as people came to know about his talent and love for art through it. His exploits with this group earned Damien the Turner prize, which he won in 1995 (Bradford 47). Damien is also known for the massive wealth he has acquired over the years for his love for art. A report released by Sunday Times in 2010, ranked Damien as the richest artist from the United Kingdom. An alumnus of Goldsmith’s College in London, Damien attracted public attention in the late 1980s, when he conceptualized and conducted an exhibition showing his artwork and that of his fellow college students. Damien named the exhibition Freeze and helped him to lay a strong foundation for a prolonged and successful career as an artist (Cahill 20). For most of the initial years of his career, Damien worked with a renowned collector called Charles Saatchi. However, a state of conflict between the two artists led to their work relationship falling apart a few years after the turn of the century. Discussion Throughout his life, Damien has demonstrated his passion for art. Even before he enrolled at Goldsmith’s College to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art, Damien had shown his passion with the numerous paintings he made during his childhood days in Leeds (Cahill 28). Ironically, Damien was an academically weak student and excelled only in drawing work. Damien was a rebellious child who gave his mother a hard time following the death of his father. Because of his poor academic grades, Damien had to do several foundation courses that would allow him to get college admission. His first experience of an exhibition happened in 1983 when he went to the Hayward Gallery organized by Julian Spalding (Barnbrook 160). Damien described the experience of the exhibition as mind-blowing and one that inspired him a lot. He used the inspiration from the experience to start his exhibition during his second year of study at Goldsmith’s College. Damien has been described as an artist who gets inspiration from nature and everyday experiences (Bradford 60). One of the things that have inspired the development of his artistic work was his experiences in mortuaries as a child and as a student. His experiences there influenced the theme developed through his work (Hirst and Burn 200). Damien’s works and themes developed Damien has developed numerous works throughout his career. Most of his work develops along the theme of death. This theme was inspired by his time as a worker in a mortuary. His artistic ideas focus on challenging the perception and ideas that people have regarding the concept of existence (Barnbrook 165). A close analysis of Damien’s works shows that he wants people to use his artistic impressions to assess their knowledge and beliefs about the relationship between existence and fatality, as well as aspiration and apprehension. He has developed a series of a