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Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "André the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph. StolenSpace gallery exhibits a genre of work that has been variously labeled as 'Underground Art', 'Street Art' or 'Urban Art'. None of these terms satisfactorily represent our artists' work and so we prefer not to pigeonhole it. Some of our artists have a background in graffiti and street art, but not exclusively - all however, are influenced by society's prevailing subculture where there are few rules and anything is possible. StolenSpace lets in the life-giving vitality of this environment that has long been overlooked by galleries and museums. SELLING ORIGINAL ARTWORK & PRINTS BY: Arth Daniels, Brad Downey,Charles Krafft, Chloe Early, Chris Levine, D*face, David Bray, Evan Hecox, Gerald Laing, Jeff Soto, Kai & Sunny, Kirsty Whiten, Meryl Donoghue, Miss Van, Mysterious Al, Pete Fowler, ROA, Ronzo, San, Seen, Shepard Fairey, Sylvia Ji, The London Police, Usugrow, Von, Will Barras, Word To Mother We are Kai and Sunny a multidisciplinary design duo. Our work appears in many arenas of art. We have won numerous accolades, including a D&AD award in illustration/design. Our intricate, natural and sometimes sinister design style has earned us commissions for David Mitchell book covers, art direction for Alexander Mcqueen and global advertising campaigns including Adobe and Apple. Recent Solo shows include Stolen Space gallery - London 2009 + 2010 and Haunch of Venison - London 2010