Shepard Fairey

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see Shepard Fairey (character).

Shepard Fairey
Gender	‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Male ♂ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Status	‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Alive ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Birth	February 15, 1970 (1970-02-15) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality	American
Claim to fame	Contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, disc jockey, illustrator
Character	Himself
First appearance	"Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart"

Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, disc jockey, illustrator, and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. He became widely known during the 2008 United States presidential election for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster.

In The Simpsons, Fairey guest starred as himself in the Season 23 episode "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart". Fairey has said that The Simpsons has been one of his favorite television shows since the early 1990s because of its "blend of humor and social commentary", and he felt "deeply honored" to be included in an episode. Fairey wrote on his website that "Part of being on The Simpsons, is you’re being honored as a reference point in culture." He described the plot of the episode as "great", adding that the staff members of the show "were kind enough to indulge a couple of my dialogue suggestions designed to make the social commentary more pointed (even though I had to make fun of myself to do so)." This was Fairey's first acting performance. He guest starred alongside his other fellow street artists Robbie Conal, Ron English and Kenny Scharf, who also voiced themselves.

Appearances

• Episode – "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart"

External links

• Shepard Fairey at the Internet Movie Database
• Shepard Fairey at Wikipedia