Ed Hardy

Ed Hardy clothing is a high end fashion line created by designer and former tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy in 2002.

Fast Facts

1. Founded: 2002
2. Created by Don Ed Hardy
3. Home base: Los Angeles, California
4. Retired from tattooing to focus on his art and clothing design
5. Started working with the company Ku, USA Inc. in 2002
6. Partnered with Christian Audieger to produce his clothing line in 2004
7. Also sells an energy drink and temporary tattoos
8. Known as "the godfather of modern tattoo"
9. Recognized worldwide of his technical brilliance and mesmerizing imagery

Don Ed Hardy

Ed Hardy is no longer working in the tattoo industry. He is concentrating on creating designs for his fashion lines, along with continuing his artistry painting, drawing and print making.

Exhibition

Ed Hardy's painting of a 2000 dragons in celebration on the millennium and year of the dragon in 2002, has been on exhibit at the Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica, The Museum of Contemporary Art, in Denver, Colorado, the Cuenca Bienal in Ecuador and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.

Other pieces of his work are represented in the collections at The Honolulu Academy of Art, The Contemporary Museum, in Honolulu, The San Francisco Fine Arts Museum, and the University of Colorado Fine Art Galleries.

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