Space Invader

Space Invader is the pseudonym of a French street artist born in Paris in 1969, who has built one of the most recognizable and globally expansive bodies of work in contemporary urban art. Taking his name and visual vocabulary from the classic 1978 Taito arcade game 'Space Invaders,' the artist creates mosaic tile installations modeled on pixelated 8-bit video game characters, placing them in public spaces across cities worldwide. His identity remains strictly anonymous, a deliberate choice that places the focus entirely on his work and its relationship to urban environments rather than on personal celebrity. Each installation is documented and catalogued, and the artist has developed a rigorous system of mapping and scoring his own invasions, assigning point values to cities based on the number and quality of pieces placed there.