Interesting facts about shepard fairey
Is shepard fairey still alive...
1 - He began to be interested in art at the age of 14 years old
Frank Shepard Fairey was born in 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1984, he started drawing to customize t-shirts and skateboards.
In 1992, he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Shepard Fairey is very inspired by artists such as Andy Warhol, Alexander Rodtchenko, Diego Rivera, Robbie Conal and Barbara Kruger.
2 - He started his career inspired by a French wrestler
In 1989, Shepard Fairey's destiny changed when a friend asked him to explain how to make stencils.
Shepard fairey education
To show him, he grabbed a newspaper and came across a picture of the French wrestler André le Géant, he decided to use it to show him how to do it and here is the result :
André Roussimoff was a 2.24-metre giant.
A native of Grenoble, he is to date the only Frenchman to have been world wrestling champion.
On this work, we can read "André the Giant has a posse".
This astonishing creation is a great success.
Shepard Fai
