Shepard Fairey

Born 1970 (50 years old)

Contemporary street artist, graphic design, illustrator, founder, activist.

Started making art in 1984 with skate culture.

He went to Rhode Island School of Deign in 1992. where he got a Bachelor degree in Illustration.

OBEY/Andre the Giant was his first big design and one of the things he is known for as well as the founder of the clothing brand.

After graduating he started working for a small print shop doing graphics, tshirts, silk screen.

Him and 2 other people came up with a design studio called BLK/MRKT Inc where they did  guerrilla marketing. They worked with Pepsi,Hasbro, Netscape