Artist: Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey was born on February 15, 1970. Coming up in the scateboard scene of the 80's and 90's, he is now a world famous graphic designer and illustrator. He first became know for a campaign of stickers featuring Andre the Giant, but it was in 2008 when he really became known throughout the world.

For the 2008 presidental campaign, Fairey made a series of posters for now president Barack Obama, one of which was the iconic "hope" portrait. the poster got much attention, even being called "the most efficacious American political illustration since 'Uncle Sam wants You'". Fairey distributed 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during the campaign. He was quoted saying, "I just put all the money back into making more stuff, so I didnt keep any of the Obama money." Fairey received a letter of thanks in February 2008 from Obama for his contribution to the campaign.

Currently Shepard Fairey sits on the advisory board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts. The non-profit organization provides art supplies to schools and students who cannot afford them. He is also a board member of the Music Is Revolution Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting music education in public schools. Shepard Fairey lives in Los Angeles with his wife Amanda and daughters Vivienne and Madeline.