Don Ed Hardy is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1945. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Track 16 have featured Don Ed Hardy's work in the past.Don Ed Hardy's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 200 USD to 7,844 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2012 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,844 USD for 3 works: Untitled; Untitled; Untitled (Born to Raise Hell), sold at Phillips London in 2014. Don Ed Hardy has been featured in articles for LA Weekly, ARTFORUM and Forbes. The most recent article is Two Artist Friends Look to Their Roots for the Future written for Hyperallergic in December 2022.
Both Don Ed Hardy and Laurie Steelink refuse to adhere to traditional artistic hierarchies, an attitude they have shared throughout their 30-year friendship.
The embattled San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), which issued a school-wide letter last month announcing its plans to suspend enrollment and lay off faculty because of mounting debt, will remain open.