Invader

IN THE LATE NINETIES, ANONYMOUS FRENCH ARTIST INVADER BEGAN CEMENTING AND GLUING CERAMIC MOSAIC SPACE INVADERS — PIXELATED CHARACTERS FROM THE EPONYMOUS 1978 VIDEO GAME — ACROSS THE STREETS OF PARIS. HE EXPANDED HIS WORKS TO ADORN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, FROM LOS ANGELES TO KATHMANDU. IN ADDITION TO THESE CLADESTINE WORKS OF STREET ART, INVADER HAS PRODUCED AND SOLD PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND SCREEN PRINTS IN HIS SIGNATURE PIXELATED STYLE. IN 2019, ASTRONAUT SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI BROUGHT ONE OF INVADER'S WORKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, MAKING INVADER AN INTERNATIONALLY AND COSMICALLY EXHIBITED ARTIST.