Shepard Fairey is the man behind OBEY GIANT -- the graphic image creations that have changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. What started with an absurd sticker he created in 1989 while still a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, has since evolved into a worldwide street art campaign, as well as an acclaimed body of fine art. In 2003, Fairey founded Studio Number One, a creative design firm dedicated to applying his ethos at the intersection of art and enterprise. His art reached new prominence in 2008, when his "HOPE" portrait of Barack Obama became the ubiquitous image of the presidential campaign and helped inspire an unprecedented political movement.
"Green technology is the only way that the U.S. can rebrand and re-invent itself in a way that both tree-hugging progressives and right-leaning economic imperialists can agree. The idea that ethics and capitalism do not have to be mutually exclusive is very appealing to me and needs to be the country's goal if the United States wants to be respected."
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