Shepard Fairey (b. 1970)

+ Bio

Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News.

He became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts. In 1992 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. (via Wikipedia)

+ Artworks

Richard Nixon, Original Screenprint on Wood (2001) 

Bad Brains, Original Screenprint on Metal (2009)

 

+ Exhibitions

2014

Shepard Fairey X Power&Glory X The Halsey Institute

May 22 - July 12, 2014

 

Shepard Fairey: 50 Shades of Black

April 16 – May 17, 2014

2013

Sid: Superman Is Dead X Shepard Fairey X Dennis Morris

December 13 - January 11, 2014

2012

Sound & Vision X Shepard Fairey X London

October 19 - November 04, 2012

Printed Mattters: Dallas

September 15 - October 20, 2012

Americana

August 25 - September 7, 2012

Harmony & Discord

May 5 - June 16, 2012

2011

Your Ad Here

August 6 - September 3, 2011

2010

Printed Matters

September 16 - October 9, 2010

May Day

May 01, 2010 - May 29, 2010

Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati X Supply and Demand

February 20, 2010 - August 22, 2010

2009

Warhol Museum X Supply and Demand

Oct 18, 2009 - Jan 31, 2010

ICA Boston X Supply and Demand: 20 Year Retrospective

FEB. 6 - AUG. 16, 2009

2008

Duality of Humanity

September 13th - October 4th 2008

2007

Imperfect Union

December 1, 2007 - January 9, 2008

NineteenEightyFouria

Friday 02 - November 25, 2007

 

E Pluribus Venom

June 23rd - July 23rd 2007

 

+ Photos

The artist and his ubiquitous Obama "Hope" image.

(left to right) Artists Shepard Fairey, Lil Jon, and Andy Howell reminiscing at Jon's studio in Los Angeles, 2008.

 

 

Shepard Fairey, aka DJ Diabetic, spinning old school punk.

(left to right) Dave Kinsey, Shepard Fairey, and Andy Howell at their birthday celebration in 2013.