The Street Artist Who Won’t Quit: The Story Of Shepard Fairey

Fairey Has Been Arrested 16 Times

As a street artist, Fairey’s guerilla tactics for putting up his work have earned him many encounters with the law. In fact, he’s been behind bars at least 16 times. Fairey has often been apprehended at the airport upon returning home after the authorities of a city he was just in issued a warrant for his arrest. It seems that he is usually let go, since he either turns himself in or the police end up letting the charges go. However, in June of 2015 Fairey was booked on a felony fugitive warrant when he tried to get through security at the Los Angeles Airport. The City of Detroit had placed a felony warrant out for his arrest for damage to property around the city.