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Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

American, b. 1970

Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey’s practice disrupts the distinction between fine and commercial art.

A major artist of the street art movement, Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of prints, posters, stickers and murals, related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey’s iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power.

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Artist: Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey Benefit Print for Sequoyah School Obey Giant Charity Street Urban
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
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 ...
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2010s Pop Art Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

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Shepard Fairey Large Format Fine Art Print "Golden Future For Some" Street Urban
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
5 color screen print on cream 100% cotton archival paper with hand-deckled edges The Paper, provided by Legion Paper, is custom 100% cotton Coventry Rag paper which uses salvaged material to create a more eco-friendly product, reusing what would typically be considered waste. The color and features of this fine art paper were created specifically for these large format prints. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity Publisher: Obey Giant LARGE FORMAT SERIES ONLY 75 ever produced with most going to friends and family. One of our rarest prints by Shepard Fairey here at the gallery! Thank you for stopping by and if you have any questions at all don't hesitate to ask. Print is in pristine condition and has been stored flat since purchase in our temperature controlled flat file Vault. This is a very large print...
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2010s Contemporary Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

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Shepard Fairey Long Live The People Collaboration with Ed Nachtrieb Diptych Set
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
IMAGE RIGHTS N/A PROVENANCE We are the original owners of these works and were acquired directly from the artitst. ADDITIONAL INFO "I’ve long believed that protests in the streets ar...
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Shepard Fairey "Just Future Rising" Stop Asian Hate Print Cover Of Time Magazine
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
I’m honored to have created my third cover for Time magazine, especially since this issue focuses on the civic duty of voting. The art I created for the Time cover addresses the very...
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Keith Morris Shepard Fairey Screen Print Signed By Glen Friedman Black Flag Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
4 color screen print. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman and Keith Morris. As a founding member of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, songwriter and vocalist Keith Morris was at t...
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Tom Petty Mojo Tour Shepard Fairey Holographic Slikscreen Contemporary Music Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
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...
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Shepard Fairey Set Of 4 Fine Art Screenprints OP-ART ICON Obey Giant Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
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 ...
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Embrace Justice Shepard Fairey Print Black Lives Matter Signed Numbered Pop Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Signed by both Shepard Fairey and Arlene Mejorado. A portion of the proceeds benefited Black Lives Matter and the Immigrant Bail Fund. Photograph by Arlene Mejorado "I had a great experience collaborating with photographer Arlene Mejorado on the Defend Dignity...
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2010s Contemporary Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

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Shepard Fairey "Raise the Level" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey "Raise the Level" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art Materials: Screen Print On Fine Art Print Size: 24 × 36 in 61 × 91.4 cm Condition: Print is in pristine condition with four sharp corners and has been stored flat since purchase in Los Angeles. Signature: Hand-signed by artist, Signed and Numbered in Pencil by the Artist, Shepard Fairey. Edition 549/550 Publisher: Obey Giant Studio...
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Shepard Fairey "Warhol Collage" Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Obey Giant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Original Illustration based on photograph by Karen Bystedt. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Karen Bystedt. Comes with C.O.A. from New Union Gallery. "I’ve been a fan of Andy Warhol’s ...
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Bad Reputation, Black - Shepard Fairey Obey Contemporary Screen Print Urban Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Bad Reputation (Black) on Speckle Tone Paper. 18 x 24 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 83/350. My Obey “Bad Reputation” print is inspired by music graphics, especially punk and new wave album sleeves, t-shirts, and flyers. I love the Xerox machine with spot color approach to a lot of those graphics that married the rough and crude side of financial and artistic limitations with an intuitive and clever ability to craft subversive, eye-catching images. Some of the edges of this imagery and text are intentionally rough and imperfect… if slick and clean are your bag, you might want to skip this one baby! See if you can spot the references to musicians like the New York Dolls...
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"Radical Kinship" Shepard Fairey and Father Greg Boyle Signed Homeboy Industries
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
"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...
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Shepard Fairey & Francisco Reyes Sadistic Dog Waker Diptych Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Edition Details: Year: 2021 Class: Diptych Run: 171/450 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Speckletone Size: 24 X 33 Markings: Signed & Numbered in pencil by both Artists. Shepard Fair...
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Shepard Fairey Silkscreen Print "Fragile Peace" 2017 Jim Marshall Image Activist
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Fairey's 25-year career started in 1989 with his sticker campaign. In addition to his guerrilla street-art presence, the artist has executed more than 50 large-scale painted public murals around the world as of 2015. His works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and many others. Last September, Fairey opened his first painting show in New York since 2010 at the Jacob Lewis Gallery. The exhibition, entitled "On Our Hands," was the gallery's inaugural exhibition of the artist's work as his representing gallery in New York. The show coincided with the artist's most recent monograph release, Covert to Overt (Rizzoli). Debuting this summer, American Civics is the first-ever collaboration between Fairey and the estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall. Fairey interprets Marshall's iconic photography...
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Shepard Fairey Damaged Icon Screenprint Obey Giant Face Contemporary Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
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...
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Joan Jett "I Love Rock Collage" Silkscreen Print by Shepard Fairey Icon Obey
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
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...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

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Shepard Fairey Obey Giant John Densmore: The Seekers The Doors Street Art Music
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey Obey Giant John Densmore: The Seekers The Doors Street Art Contemporary , 2020 Silkscreen On Creme Fine Art Speckletone Paper 36 × 24 in 91....
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Vote! Stop Fascism 20 Shepard Fairey / Ernesto Yerena Fine Art Urban Art Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Edition Details Year: 2020 Class: Art Print Status: Official Run: 67/450 Technique: Screen Print Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered
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Ice-T OG Red - Shepard Fairey Obey Contemporary Street Art Print Rapper Obey
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Ice-T OG Red. 18 by 24 inches. Screen Print. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman, and Ice-T. Edition of 258/300. Shepard Fairey is a major influence...
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Shepard Fairey Obey Giant Noir Flower Woman Art Deco Screen Print Blue Edition
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
"Inspired by Art Deco design and Dark Wave album art. The image has a few avenues for interpretation. I primarily see it as a tribute to idealists who protect the environment, cultiv...
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2010s Art Deco Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

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Shepard Fairey Obey Giant Noir Flower Woman Art Deco Screen Print Contemporary
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Image Artists Fairey, Shepard More info Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition Details Year: 2022 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 01/27/22 Run: 400 Technique: Screen Print Pape...
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Shepard Fairey Basquiat screenprint (Basquiat Shepard Fairey)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Shepard Fairey Basquiat Screen Print 2010: Medium: Screen-print in colors. Dimensions: 18x 24 inches. Excellent condition with the exception of perhaps some minor signs of handling. Hand-signed and dated 2010 by Fairey in pencil on the lower right margin (AP printed aside the main edition of 450). Provenance: acquired from Submarine Films by way of Fairey (Submarine was the distributor of the 2009 Basquiat documentary "Radiant Child" which features this image). About Shepard Fairey: Shepard Fairey (American, b. 1970) is a contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene of Southern California. He first became known for his “André the Giant Has a Posse” sticker Campaign, in which he appropriated images from the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election with respect to his controversial Barack Obama...
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Shepard Fairey portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Shepard Fairey portrait prints available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of portrait prints to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, orange, pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Shepard Fairey in screen print, metal, gold and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the street art style. Not every interior allows for large Shepard Fairey portrait prints, so small editions measuring 1 inch across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Alex Katz, Faile, and Agent X. Shepard Fairey portrait prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $199 and tops out at $38,500, while the average work can sell for $1,350.
Questions About Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 7, 2024
    Shepard Fairey is famous for his street art. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the prints, posters, stickers and murals related to his Obey Giant campaign, which was an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey’s now-iconic poster of Barack Obama became part of his presidential campaign. It encapsulates a number of recurring themes in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Shepard Fairey art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024
    The style of art that Shepard Fairey is best known for is contemporary art. Specifically, Fairey is a famous street artist. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of prints, posters, stickers and murals related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey's iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist's work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Shepard Fairey art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    What triggered Shepard Fairey's success in street art was the dissemination of prints, posters, stickers and murals during the 1990s. His Obey the Giant campaign, featuring an image of wrestler and actor Andre the Giant, captured the imagination of the public and launched him into the spotlight. Years later, Fairey’s iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. Shop a variety of Shepard Fairey art on 1stDibs.

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