Shepard Fairey Art

'Arab Woman Gold' by Shepard Fairey, 2007 18 x 24 inches (45 x 61 cm) Screen Print on Fine Art Paper. Limited edition of 300 (AP) Hand-signed and dat...

Obey Paint it Black 2, From Series of 3 - Shepard Fairey Contemporary Art Print. 18 x 24 inch dimensions. AP (Artist Proof)apart from the standard editi...

Hand signed and numbered by the artist in pencil, Shepard Fairey. Has hand-deckled edges. Obey publishing chop in lower left corner. War By Numbers Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition...

Artists: Shepard Fairey: Bands: David Byrne Talking Heads Edition Details: Year: 2024 Class: Art Print Status: Official Edition 153/550 Technique: Screen Print with Gold Metallic I...

TITLE: Shepard Fairey "Only The Finest Poison" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Street Art YEAR: 2023 CLASSIFICATION: Limited edition MEDIUM TYPE: Print MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Fine Art Cream Speckletone Paper with Gold Metallic Inks. CATEGORIES: Silkscreen / Graffiti and Street Art / Outsider Art / Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Cultural Commentary DIMENSIONS: 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm EDITIONS: Edition of 240/550 PROVENANCE: Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity provided by New Union Gallery...

This letterpress set in collaboration with photographer Dennis Morris commemorates the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s passing. The series represents the amazing breadth of Marley’s...

I started my sticker campaign in 1989 and I continue to value the power of a small but mighty source of disruption and expression. When I was younger and had few resources my strateg...

The Mojo poster was part of VIP ticket packages for the tour. Artists: Shepard Fairey Bands: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Edition Details Year: 2010 Class: Fine Art Print Status: Official Tour Print Run: 175/250 Paper: Holographic Fine Art Foil Paper Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Numbered by the artist in black felt marker. Print measures 18X24 and is in perfect condition with no visible flaws. Any questions please let us know. Thank you Frank Shepard Fairey was born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Fairey's adolescence was shaped by the influences of punk-rock and skateboarding. In his teens, he began creating his own bootlegged clothing and skateboard decals featuring bands and brands he liked. Fairey’s early bootlegs were created because his generally conservative parents would not purchase the clothing he wanted. In 1986, he stumbled upon the Andre the Giant image for which he has become famous for, in a local newspaper. The image was selected when Fairey demonstrated to a friend how to make a stencil; it was modified slightly to include the meaningless caption “Andre the Giant has a Posse” and made into a sticker. The sticker was reproduced en masse and began to appear around Charleston as it spread through the skateboarding community. While the sticker had no inherent meaning, the public response varied from disregard to curiosity to out-right fear. Civic groups editorialized and theorized that the Andre image was affiliated with everything from a band to a hate group. Nevertheless, the stickers were considered vandalism and in time, Fairey would face numerous charges for defacing public property. Fairey's record includes 15 arrests as of March 2009, for defacing property as a result of his so called bombing campaigns. Fairey affixed the stickers on municipal properties nearly everywhere he went, and the Andre sticker was being seen in Boston and New York City, soon others procured the image and were encouraged to spread the campaign worldwide in the form of stickers, stencils and wheat-paste posters. Following high school, Fairey was accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where, with an interest in screen printing, he majored in illustration. In 1992, while still attending RISD, Fairey started Alternate Graphics, a mail order catalog business through which he could merchandise his own t-shirts, skateboards, posters and stickers. He also took small commercial illustration jobs to help supplement his income. Shortly thereafter, the Andre the Giant Has a Posse logo was shortened simply to Obey Giant. The Obey, for which Fairey has also become synonymous, is derived from the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live. In the film, aliens who appear as human, rule the governments and economies of the world while the humans are reduced to an unwitting, hypnotized slave-class. Themes from the film continue to appear in Fairey’s work. Over time, the Andre the Giant face was modified into a more simplified and streamlined appearance, reminiscent of Russian Constructivist/Rodchenko style Soviet propaganda posters of the 20th Century. In 1994, filmmaker Helen Stickler featured Fairey and his sticker phenomenon in her documentary: Andre the Giant has a Posse. The following year, Fairey started Subliminal Projects with the late Blaize Blouin, his friend and pro-skateboarder. Subliminal Projects created and released several Obey-Giant themed posters and skateboard decks. Fairey directed a short skateboarding film featuring some of his friends through Subliminal Projects and Alternate Graphics titled A.D.D.(Attention Deficit Disorder). In 1996, Fairey moved to San Diego, California to create Giant Distribution with partner Andy Howell. Later, with Howell, Phillip De Wolff, Dave Kinsey, he formed First Bureau of Imagery (FBI), a branding, marketing and design firm established to focus on the increasingly lucrative sports market. FBI was closed in 1999 and Fairey, along with De Wolff and Kinsey created BLK/MRKT, similar to FBI. At this time, Fairey met and began working with Amanda Alaya, whom he would later marry. BLK/MRKT moved to Los Angeles in 2001. Here, they could expand and were able to incorporate a small gallery. Fairey and Kinsey eventually bought out De Wolff’s share of the partnership and by then had set up offices in the Pellissier Building (home of the historic Wiltern Theater), in the Koreatown section of Downtown Los Angeles. In December 2001, Fairey and Alaya were married in Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda has occasionally been the model for Fairey's prints (see: Commanda, 2007). Additionally, Amanda Fairey works in the capacity as publicist, agent and representative of her husband. In 2003, Kinsey and Fairey split. Kinsey retained the BLK/MRKT name and gallery, which he relocated to Culver City, California. Fairey retained the offices and most of the employees to create Studio Number One and the gallery was renamed Subliminal Projects. Studio No. 1 has since gone on to produce numerous memorable album covers, concert and film posters. In 2004, Fairey created the magazine Swindle with his old friend Roger Gastman. Swindle is a quarterly publication that features fashion, art, music and other pop-culture elements. During the 2004 presidential election, Fairey teamed up with artists Mear One...

In the early ’90s, I fell in love with ’60s psychedelic posters from artists like San Francisco’s Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, and Rick Griffin...

Original photo by Naomi Petersen. "I'd always wanted to make a Kurt Cobain tribute portrait, but I did not want to use one of the many well-known photographs as the reference for my...

Shepard Fairey Marcos Diagram (Viva la posse), 2003 Seriograph24 x 18 in SKU: 415.499.696bg gallery

Features renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer, Valarie Kaur of the Revolutionary Love Project. "Valarie's portrait is the first in our year long series of artw...

Diptych Screen Print Set – Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Golden Future for Some Shepard Fairey Screen print on Cream Speckle Tone fine art paper Metallic gold ink Limited editio...

By Any Means Necessary (Red)

I have been a fan of the Ramones since I got into punk rock in 1984. The Ramones always impressed me with their style, blending a sense of humor with aggression and pop melody. I did...

I'm honored to be a part of the Adopt the Arts’ 7th annual gala and fundraiser tonight honoring my good friend @moby and benefitting programs for kids! I created this Adopt the Arts Lotus print...

"Based on the Peace Dove, a motif I’ve used in several iterations over the years, because as an icon, the dove is internationally recognized as a symbol of peace, making it ideal as ...

"As I develop the work for my 30th anniversary, I'm revisiting some classic images from throughout my career and exploring alternate compositions. I felt that this reconfiguration of...

Joan Jett is one of the most prolific, bad-ass women in music. I was honored when Joan asked me to recreate the cover of her 1981 album "I Love Rock & Roll" for its 33 1/3 Anniversar...

This image is based on a photo by Daniel Kramer, who shot Dylan regularly during his rapid mid-60s ascent to stardom and audience projection of Dylan as the voice of a generation… a ...

TITLE: Wide Awakes Campaign 2020 Shepard Fairey Stay Woke Print Street Art YEAR: 2020 Silkscreen on Fine Art paper with Gold Metallic Inks DIMENSIONS: 2...

Interpol NYC Calling on True White Speckle Tone paper. 18 x 24 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition 550. - Shepard Fairey Obey C...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2014 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 08/12/14 Run: 98/450 Technique: Screen Print Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbere...

A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” cam...

I’ve enjoyed bringing some of the spray paint textures from my fine art into my screen prints. I like the subtle color shifts and ethereal gradients that can be achieved with spray p...

Original Illustration based on photograph by Karen Bystedt. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Karen Bystedt. "I’ve been a fan of Andy Warhol’s art since high school. At first, his works’...

These Flower Power prints are a symbolic urge for a concerted effort to transition off of fossil fuels and to sustainable energy sources. Life, as we know it on Earth, will depend on...

Edition Details: Year: 2020 Class: Art Print Status: Official Run: 195/200 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Cream Speckletone Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered Co-autographed b...

"This Church of Consumption print deals with themes I've addressed pretty consistently over the years material obsession, patterns around social currency and status signifiers, and c...

Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena Power and Glory Skull Red Gold Black Large Format Edition Signed and Numbered by Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena 30" x 40" Print Fine Art Silk Sc...

Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2018 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 12/10/18 Run: 409/450 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Fine Art Cream Speckle Tone With Gold Metallic...

Medium: Silk Screen Print Condition: Print is in pristine condition and has been stored flat since purchase. Four sharp corners and the print is breathtaking in person. Cheers ...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details Year: 2024 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 11/15/24 Run: 26/175 Technique: Letterpress on fine cream cotton paper. Size: 11 X 14 ...

"References the language used by the powerful fuel industry lobby to soften political and public resistance to fracking. Fracking is a form of gas extraction which beyond the carbon ...

"I made this art because I'm incredibly inspired by Father Greg Boyle who's spirit and dedication have helped to build an ecosystem that gives opportunities to people who frequently find doors closed elsewhere. Homeboy provides a second chance to people who never had a first chance. In this painting, I wanted to convey Father Greg's vision, as well as the love, trust, and camaraderie that exemplify the culture of Homeboy. The pride people feel at Homeboy is palpable and the art I created is meant to illustrate the power of support, healing, and redemption. When I showed the art to Father Greg, he seemed genuinely moved, but he seemed far more excited to call Cesar, the homeboy he is embracing in the image, into the room to share the art with him. Cesar's reaction to the art was enthusiastic his eyes lit up, and he said: "wow, that looks like it was done by the guy who did the Obama poster...

A portion of the proceeds from this print will go to a, yet to be determined, common sense gun law advocacy group. We need to put pressure on the politicians! -Shepard Fairey This GOD SAVES & SATAN INVESTS print was inspired by the multiple school and mass shootings that have occurred in recent months. As many of you know from my 2nd Amendment...

Shepard Fairey
 Rise from the Ashes (Red), 2020
 Screenprint in two colours with ash from Iraqi Kurdistan on paper
 Signed by the artist and numbered, on verso
 106.5 x 74 cm
 Editio...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2014 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 08/12/14 Run: 184/450 Technique: Screen Print Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Number...

The “Welcome Visitor” diptych is a thought-provoking exploration of the contradictions inherent in America's tourism industry and its immigration policies. Through this striking artwork, Shepard Fairey delves into the uncomfortable collision of economic opportunism and xenophobia. The piece reflects on the historical context of America as a melting pot, symbolized by the Ellis Island narrative and the hope of embracing diversity. However, it also draws attention to the contemporary climate of fear and scapegoating faced by Latino and Muslim communities. The diptych specifically highlights past events like the immigration ban and internment of Japanese individuals, including Japanese-American citizens during World War II, when unfounded fear led to prejudiced policies against them. Shepard Fairey skillfully uses this historical reference to shed light on the irrational and disproportionate fear. By contrasting the past with the present, Fairey aims to inspire contemplation and empathy, urging viewers to consider the humanity and dignity of all people as a paramount factor in shaping immigration and tourism policies. Shepard Fairey is a renowned contemporary artist and graphic designer whose work often explores political and social themes. Born on February 15, 1970, in Charleston, South Carolina, Fairey gained widespread recognition for his iconic "Hope" poster created during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. His art has since become synonymous with activism and social commentary. Fairey's unique style combines elements of street art, pop culture, and political messaging, earning him a prominent place in the world of contemporary art. In addition to his prolific career as a visual artist, Shepard Fairey co-founded the design studio Studio Number One and the art collective BLK/MRKT Inc. He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums around the globe, leaving a lasting impact on the art world and beyond. Fairey's art continues to inspire dialogue and challenge societal norms, urging viewers to question and engage with the issues he addresses. Shepard Fairey's art is influenced by various sources, including street art, punk rock aesthetics, propaganda imagery, and political movements. He credits the DIY ethos of punk culture and the rebellious spirit of street art for shaping his artistic vision. Fairey's fascination with propaganda and political art from historical movements, such as Soviet Constructivism and Chinese Cultural Revolution...

Silkscreen / Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Graffiti and Street Art / Cultural Commentary DIMENSIONS 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm EDITIONS Edition 476/600 "I grew up at a time when women's rights were on the rise...

"RFK is a hero of mine for his positions on racial equality during the Civil Rights movement. His speech after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination is one of the greatest speeches ever delivered. The opportunity to do this RFK mural at a high school that focuses on art and social justice is great for many reasons, especially because it demonstrates to the kids the power of large-scale artwork." -Shepard Fairey...

I've collaborated with Henry many times in the past and of course, I'm constantly in awe and impressed by him. Just as much as I love Henry's musical contributions, he is the hardest...

Obey Paint it Black 1, From Series of 3 - Shepard Fairey Contemporary Art Print. 18 x 24 inch dimensions. AP (Artist Proof) apart from the standard edit...

In the early ’90s, I fell in love with ’60s psychedelic posters from artists like San Francisco’s Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, and Rick Griffin, as well as LA’s John ...

In the early ’90s, I fell in love with ’60s psychedelic posters from artists like San Francisco’s Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, and Rick Griffin...

"World Water Day is Monday and is a fitting day to precede the release of these Wave of Distress prints. World Water Day not only focuses attention on the water crisis and drinking w...

"For Peace Guard 2 I used the motif of the flower in the gun, a peace symbol inspired by war protesters putting flowers in the barrels of the National Guard...

Hand-deckled edges. "Aims to promote peace, equality, and humanity. I’d like to see a fundamental assumption that ALL people deserve respect and human dignity. This applies to the u...

"Fan the Flames is about the unfortunate truth that unchecked capitalism and a livable planet will soon be incompatible. Capitalism is predicated on exp...

“This piece is based on a painting I did for my ‘Earth Crisis’ show in Paris. The entire body of work for that show used these shades of blue/turquoise as a connection to the air and...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2021 Run: 151 out of 300 Technique: Screen Print Paper: 80lb Cream French Speckletone Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered Publis...

"Inspired by the aesthetics of 'live fast - die young' rock 'n' roll, is a critique of some harmful habits we are addicted to. Not just the harmful effects of burning fossil fuels, b...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2019 Class: Fine Art Print Status: Official Released: 01/08/19 Run: 417/450 Technique: Letterpress Paper: Cream Cotton Size: 10 X 13 M...

"I’ve made several images over the years addressing police brutality, and I think humor and absurdity help make such a heavy topic more digestible. There is a violent history of poli...

TITLE Shepard Fairey Peace Tree Golden Edition Artist Proof YEAR 2007 CLASSIFICATION Limited edition MEDIUM TYPE Print MEDIUM/MATERIALS Silkscreen...

Silkscreen on White Cotton Fine Art paper with Silver Metallic Inks 20 × 16 in 50.8 × 40.6 cm Edition of 19/50 3 colors with deckled edges Published by Subliminal Projects. A port...

Hand Signed & Numbered by the artist himself Shepard Fairey, in pencil dated 2016. Benefit Silkscreen Print from 2016. YEAR: 2016 CLASSIFICATION: Limited edition MEDIUM TYPE: Fine ...

OBEY PRINTING PRESS Title: Letterpress Dimensions: 10 x 13 inches Edition: 340/450 Release Date: January 23, 2018 Experience the timeless artistry of "Obey Printing Press", a lette...

Materials: Fine Art Cream Speckletone Paper with Gold Metallic Inks Size: 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm Medium: Fine Art Screenprint Signature: Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed and numb...

NØISE – State Violence State Control Obey Records – OBR-003 Second pressing, 2021 Vinyl 7" 45 RPM, released, remastered NØISE: Joe Cassidy, John Goff, Shepard Fairey Cover art credit...