SHEPARD FAIRY By Alfredo Mascorro 5515 INFO ABOUT

SHEPARD FAIRY By: Alfredo Mascorro 5/5/15

INFO ABOUT SHEPARD FAIRY Shepard Fairey is now 45 years old. He was born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina. Fairey got his education at Rhode Island School of Design. Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts. Fairey’s first art museum exhibition, entitled “Supply & Demand” was held in Boston in 2009.

CAREER In 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency with his wife Amanda Fairey. In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti -Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution“. In 2007, Fairey opened his one man show. He has his own brand named “OBEY” which started in 1989. His brand all started with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” poster.

BEST ARTWORK Fairey created a series of posters supporting Barack Obama's 2008 candidacy for President of the United States, including the iconic "HOPE" portrait. Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989

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REFLECTION I enjoyed making this power point because I really like Shepard Fairy’s artwork. I found out many interesting facts about his life and about this artwork. I learned about the many struggles he had to face throughout his life and how he became a successful artist. http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey