Week 5 Graphic Designer - Shepard Fairey

Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator, and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design, which appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News.

He became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Insitute of Contemporary Art, Boston has described him as one of the best known and most influential stret artists. His work included is in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles COunty Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., the Virginia Muserum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victorian and Albert Museum in London.