Frank Shepard Fairey

Frank Shepard Fairey who was born on February 15, 1970 is an American contemporary artist, illustrator and graphic designer.  He was born and raised in Charlestone, South Carolina and became involved in art 1984 by drawing on skateboards and T-shirts.  He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. His “André the Giant Has a Posse” (…OBEY…) was how he became known. He became more widely known for his Barack Obama “HOPE” poster in 2008. He has been arrested several times for “tagging”. Although he continues “tagging”, his work now shifts towards a political side. Alongside his book, his first art museum exhibition was in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art in the summer of 2009. He created t-shirts and sticker silkscreens when he founded a small printing business in Providence, Rhode Island after graduation. His business was called Alternate Graphics. His work was documented by American filmmaker Helen Sickler, premiering in the 1995 New York Underground Film Festival, the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and seen internationally in more that 70 festivals and museums. Along side Dave Kinsey and Phillip DeWolff, Fairey was a founding partner of the design studion BLK/MRK Inc. from 1997-2003. He developed a series of “anti-war, anti-Bush” posters alongside Robbie Conal and Mear One. He continued to collaborate with others and producing t-shirts, stickers, prints, CDs, posters, cover art and graphics. In June 2007, he opened his show, “E Pluribus Venom, at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. It was featured in the New York Times. Fairey’s work has become an influential part of our lives.

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