The worlds of high art and classic arcade gaming have collided as artist Damien Hirst collaborates with the elusive street artist Invader on a new limited-edition print.
The piece, titled InvadHirst, reinterprets Invader’s iconic Space Invader motif through the lens of Hirst’s famous Spot Paintings.
The artwork is available as a timed release from HENI Editions, starting 30 October and closing at 17:00 GMT on 10 November. The demand within this window will determine the final print run of the edition.
The InvadHirst print is priced at $3,000 (plus applicable taxes). For that, buyers will receive a 21-colour silkscreen print on Somerset Satin White cotton paper, presented in a white aluminium frame. Each work will be hand-numbered and hand-signed by both Hirst and Invader. The final framed piece measures 86.2 x 108.7 cm.
The design merges the signature styles of both artists. It features twenty of Invader’s pixelated alien motifs arranged in the strict grid characteristic of Hirst’s Spot Paintings. The press release notes the grid structure evokes both Hirst’s ordered geometry and the formation of aliens in the original Space Invaders arcade game. Continuing the Spot Painting theme, each of the twenty invaders is a unique colour, with no two being the same.
This print is the second in a series of releases by HENI Editions featuring Hirst, Invader, and Shepard Fairey. The works are based on new collaborative pieces currently on display at the Triple Trouble exhibition at London’s Newport Street Gallery. The exhibition, which is free to enter, runs until 29 March 2026.
While Damien Hirst is a household name in the art world, winning the Turner Prize in 1995, his collaborator remains famously elusive. Invader is a self-described “Unidentified Free Artist (UFA)” who hides his identity behind masks and pixelation.
Since 1998, his work has involved “invading” public spaces with his tile mosaics. According to his bio, he has installed works in nearly 90 territories, including the International Space Station and the seabed. He has also developed a free app, Flashinvaders, which turns finding his mosaics into an international treasure hunt for over 482,000 players.
