Frank Shephard Fairey, better known as Obey, is an American artist, illustrator, graphic designers, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. Born in South Carolina in 1970s he studied at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California and the Rhode Island School of Design from where he graduated in 1992. Fairey quickly rose to prominence as a street artist in the early 90s through the dispersion of posters, murals and a form of art communication based on logos articulated on stickers. He began the Andre the Giant has a Posse sticker campaign (which became known as Obey the Giant) in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. Fairey has expressed that he uses stickers as an instrument for reflection. Through curiosty, people seeing the stickers begin to ask questions abut the urban envioronemnt surrounding them. Faireyìs iconic posters of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring focuses in the artist works, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. He has been an active artist for over 29 years and his murals decorates cities all over the world.