Pop-art style portrait in bold black with bright neon colors and sunburst patterns, featuring fragmented text and a layered, graphic design.

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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Shepard Fairey is known throughout the country for his 30-year career as a “street artist” and print maker who embraced punk rock, skateboarding and DIY culture, influencing generations of graphic designers, fashion designers and contemporary artists. Facing the Giant examines these three decades through a survey of Fairey’s prints produced from 1989 through 2019.

EXHIBITION SELECTS

Nixon Money, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

A bold, graphic illustration of a woman’s eyes framed by a head covering, rendered in red, black, and cream with textured, patterned background elements.

Mujer Fatale, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

A bold, graphic portrait of a woman’s face in yellow and black, with textured patterns and red and green accents in the background.

Angela, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

Arab Woman, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

Bias By Numbers, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

In 1989, Shepard Fairey created the “Andre the Giant has a Posse” sticker that transformed into the OBEY GIANT art campaign, with imagery that has changed the way people see art and the urban landscape.

Exclamation, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

Obey Star, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

O.G. Rips, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

Andre Psychedelic, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper, HPM 30w x 41h. (76.2w x 104.1h cm)

Fairey’s works are in the permanent collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and many others. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.

Organized by the Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, in association with OBEY GIANT ART.

Facing the Giant — 3 Decades of Dissent: Shepard Fairey

Facing the Giant — 3 Decades of Dissent: Shepard Fairey

Exhibition Info:

January 20, 2026 — May 9, 2026

Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth and Chi Omega-Hargis Galleries

EXHIBITION SELECTS

Nixon Money, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Mujer Fatale, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Angela, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Arab Woman, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Bias By Numbers, 2019 Ed. 1/19

In 1989, Shepard Fairey created the “Andre the Giant has a Posse” sticker that transformed into the OBEY GIANT art campaign, with imagery that has changed the way people see art and the urban landscape.

Exclamation, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Obey Star, 2019 Ed. 1/19

O.G. Rips, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Andre Psychedelic, 2019 Ed. 1/19

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Facing the Giant — 3 Decades of Dissent: Shepard Fairey

Facing the Giant — 3 Decades of Dissent: Shepard Fairey

Exhibition Info:

January 20, 2026 — May 9, 2026

Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth and Chi Omega-Hargis Galleries

EXHIBITION SELECTS

Nixon Money, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Mujer Fatale, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Angela, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Arab Woman, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Bias By Numbers, 2019 Ed. 1/19

In 1989, Shepard Fairey created the “Andre the Giant has a Posse” sticker that transformed into the OBEY GIANT art campaign, with imagery that has changed the way people see art and the urban landscape.

Exclamation, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Obey Star, 2019 Ed. 1/19

O.G. Rips, 2019 Ed. 1/19

Andre Psychedelic, 2019 Ed. 1/19

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