Shepard Fairey

American | 1970

Shepard Fairey is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1970. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Ki Smith Gallery in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have featured Shepard Fairey's work in the past.Shepard Fairey's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 950,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 950,000 USD for HOPE, sold at Santa Monica Auctions in 2023. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 13,699 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 3,609 USD.Shepard Fairey has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for My Modern Met in April 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Frank Shepard Fairey, Obey, Obey Giant

Featured for Sale

Time To Move On ,2015

By Shepard Fairey

Gallery Art

Obey Records ,2015

By Shepard Fairey

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

Rise Above Rebel, 2012

By Shepard Fairey

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Notable Lots

Panther Power ,2007

By Shepard Fairey

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HOPE ,2008

By Shepard Fairey

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Duality of humanity 2 Mural - Shepard Fairey

Duality of humanity 2 Mural ,2008

By Shepard Fairey

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Rise Above Rebel, 2012

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Peace Guard 2, 2016

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Shepard Fairey Poster

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Natural Springs ,2015

By Shepard Fairey

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Obey 3-Face Collage ,2023

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Public Enemy / Flavor Flav - Chuck D - Shepard Fairey

Public Enemy / Flavor Flav - Chuck D ,2002

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Past Exhibitions

Shepard Fairey: Golden Compass

Over the Influence, Bangkok

Bangkok | Thailand

Feb 27,2025 - Apr 27,2025

Bobby Grossman: Corn Flakes & More

Ki Smith Gallery

New York | USA

Mar 08,2025 - Apr 13,2025

Visual Language: Vistas

Subliminal Projects Gallery

Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 22,2025 - Apr 05,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 22/04/2025

Casa Alberobello is currently hosting a dynamic exhibition, "Banksy and Other Stories of Rebel Artists," showcasing over 50 works from the most irreverent and counter-current voices in the contemporary art world.

My Modern Met 02/04/2025

Whether it be his 2008 Hope portrait of Barack Obama or the 1989 OBEY GIANT art campaign, artist Shepard Fairey has created some of the world鈥檚 most instantly recognizable visuals.

JUXTAPOZ 14/03/2025

"My newest exhibition, Golden Compass, explores the human struggle to find balance and harmony while combatting injustice and managing righteous rage and grief," Shepard Fairey mentioned at the opening of his new exhibition at Over the Influence Bangkok. "

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Coverage

鈥� ..Fairey is one of today鈥檚 best known and most influential street artists... 鈥�
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Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston

鈥� ..Known for his iconic designed President Obama HOPE poster, Fairey has worked as an artist creating works on the streets and globally in public spaces using posters, stickers, wheat paste and painted murals... 鈥�
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Dallas Contemporary

鈥� ..Fairey's multi-layered renderings of counter-cultural revolutionaries and rap, punk and rock stars, as well as updated and re-imagined propaganda-style posters, carry his signature graphic style, marked... 鈥�
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Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston

鈥� ..Additionally, these cityscape paintings contextualize Fairey鈥檚 street art as an element integrated in an intentional composition... 鈥�
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V1 Gallery

鈥� ..Fairey is known for using a highly defined range of colours based on black, red and white and inspired by Russian propaganda posters, as well as for his ironic critique of present-day issues... 鈥�
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Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Málaga