Born in 1970 Shepard Fairey is a contemporary American street artist and activist who has blurred the lines between commercial and traditional art. He first came to prominence in the late 1980s ...

Based on the true story of Shepard Fairey's first act of street art, OBEY THE GIANT tells the story of a young skate punk challenging a big-city mayor and the powers-that-be at art school. Frustrated ...

You don’t have to know a damn thing about art to know the work of Shepard Fairey. The street artist’s ubiquitous poster of former President Barack Obama in red and blue, with the word “Hope” stamped ...

Shepard Fairey: circulations / Carlo McCormick -- [I] Early work : Stickers rule / Shepard Fairey -- Welcome to the jungle ramp / Kevin Taylor -- Andre the Giant has a posse / Helen Stickler -- [II] ...

Shepard Fairey is leaving his OBEY mark on Louisville. The internationally-known artist, famous for the "Hope" portrait used in Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, painted an OBEY sticker ...

The Obey Giant art campaign founded by Shepard Fairey RISD '92 started by accident. When he was a sophomore, Fairey was looking at a magazine for stencil ideas for a T-shirt when he stumbled upon a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Shepard Fairey has had a roller-coaster year. The Echo Park-based street ...

The artivist — that’s activist and artist — Shepard Fairey has been adorning buildings around the world with his powerful, politically charged murals for more than decade, though his career as a ...

Shepard Fairey has immortalized the likenesses of wrestling icon André the Giant and President Barack Obama in paint. It's safe to say we've all seen the artist's red, white and blue “Hope” image on T ...

OBEY‘s Shepard Fairey is making his NFT debut, with proceeds of the sale going towards Amnesty International. Participating in Versiart‘s 10×10 auction, the renowned artist will be selling an NFT of ...

Hip-hop hitmaker Mike Dean (pictured at right) and noted street artist Shepard Fairey (left) have teamed for “OBEY 4:22,” a series of open edition NFTs created with blockchain technology company ...