About Our Logo

Our logo design was created by world renowned artist Shepard Fairey and generously donated to our cause, Knock Out Abuse.

About Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey, born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, fell in love with making art at age 14. After graduating from the prestigious Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts in Idyllwild, California in 1988, he was accepted at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While attending RISD, Fairey started his first business venture, Alternate Graphics, to showcase his emerging design and silkscreen printing talents. He created stickers, t-shirts, skateboards, and posters which were all available via black and white mail order catalogs. Fairey graduated in 1992 with a B.F.A in Illustration.

During his time at RISD, Fairey created one of his first stencils from a newspaper ad featuring Andre the Giant (a professional wrestler). With a growing interest in Graffiti Art, he took his "Obey" stencils and stickers to the streets. Andre the Giant gained a following and Fairey's name was launched. In 1994, the documentary film, Andre the Giant Has a Posse, focused on Fairey and the growing phenomenon of his subversive stickers and posters. To date, his messages call for social and political change. His best known works include, Obey, originated in 1992 and HOPE, originated in 2008. Fairey has gained a lasting place in history for the HOPE poster used during Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign.

His work is showcased in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.