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Don Ed Hardy is an American tattoo artist born and raised in Southern California in 1945. A pupil of Sailor Jerry, he is recognised for incorporating Japanese tattoo aesthetic and technique into his work and is known as the godfather of modern tattoo, with 40 years of tattooing and legendary status among the tattoo community.
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Don Ed Hardy is an American tattoo artist born and raised
in Southern California in 1945, . A pupil of Sailor Jerry, Hardy
is recognized for incorporating Japanese tattoo aesthetic and technique
into his work. With 40 years of tattooing and legendary status among
the tattoo community, Don Ed Hardy is known as "the godfather
of modern tattoo", for his sophistication, depth and sense
of experimentation. This broad spe06248ctrum of taste and experience,
coupled with an ongoing investigation of various art histories and
a mastery of technique, give his work a unique range and depth.
Don Ed Hardy is a painter, printmaker and tattoo artist. Fascinated by tattoos since childhood, Hardy has become a master of his craft while continuing his work in the more traditional mediums of painting and drawing.
In 1982, Hardy and his wife formed Hardy Marks Publications. Under this marque, they began publishing the five book series Tattootime. Tattootime was one of several publications, which along with later publications by others, such as Modern Primitives (ReSearch Publications, San Francisco) and cool waves, did much to promote and popularize tattooing with new audiences. Hardy Marks has gone on to publish more than 20 books, including catalogs of Hardy's work and that of Sailor Jerry Collins, as well as other alternative art subjects.
Today, Hardy is retired from doing actual tattoos, but oversees and mentors the artists at his San Francisco studio, Tattoo City. Since the 1960s, he has concentrated heavily on non-tattoo based art forms, especially printmaking, drawing, and painting.
Hardy pioneered the pop-culture tattoo-as-art space decades before the worldwide boom in tattoo art that permeates popular culture in addition to showing his own works. Hardy has curated a number of exhibitions for both galleries and nonprofit spaces and lectures at museums and universities. His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, books, films internationally and Christian Audigier's clothing line. In 2000, he was appointed by Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown to that city's Cultural Arts Commission, and awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the San Francisco Art Institute.
In 2002, Hardy was approached by Ku USA, Inc. to produce a line of clothing based on Hardy's art and a licence agreement was signed. Within two years, the collection had drawn the interest of Saks companies. Hardy and Ku USA formed Hardy Life LLC, which holds the trademark ownership as well as the copyrights to all his images.
In 2004, Christian Audigier licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed Hardy clothing line, which is based on Hardy's imagery. Prior to the Ed Hardy clothing line, Audigier was the Head Designer at Von Dutch Originals, which marketed the imagery of Kenny Howard. Audigier has attempted to replicate the marketing techniques employed by Von Dutch Originals, by marketing directly to celebrity clients and by opening stores in high profile fashion districts. Ed Hardy stores are located in many locations internationally including the Americas, Europe and Asia
In May 2009, Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced that the Company has acquired a 50% interest in Hardy Way, LLC, the owner of the Ed Hardy brand and trademarks. The Company paid $17 million for its interest in Hardy Way, consisting of $9 million in cash and $8 million in stock. In addition, the sellers could be entitled to receive an additional $1 million in stock pursuant to an earn-out based on 2009 royalties received by Hardy Way. Hardy Way estimates that 2009 royalty revenue will be approximately $10 million.
Neil Cole, the Chairman and CEO of Iconix Brand Group, stated, "We are excited to have the opportunity to participate in the continued success of the Ed Hardy brand and believe there are tremendous growth opportunities worldwide." Mr. Cole added, "We also believe that by owning the brand alongside Don Ed Hardy, the founder, there will be opportunities to further leverage his iconic name along with his new artwork."
Don Ed Hardy commented, saying, "As demand for my artwork continues to skyrocket, I felt it was time to take on a partner that could help me manage the demand and opportunities for the Ed Hardy name. Iconix is at the forefront of brand management and clearly has the capabilities to dramatically grow the Ed Hardy business. I'm thrilled to have them as a partner."Notes
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Don Ed Hardy is a painter, printmaker and tattoo artist, fascinated by tattoos since childhood, who became a master of his craft while continuing to work in the more traditional mediums of painting and drawing. A pupil of Sailor Jerry, he is recognised for incorporating Japanese tattoo aesthetic and technique into his work, and with 40 years of tattooing and legendary status among the tattoo community he is known as the godfather of modern tattoo, for his sophistication, depth and sense of experimentation. Hardy pioneered the pop-culture tattoo-as-art space decades before the worldwide boom in tattoo art, curated exhibitions for galleries and nonprofit spaces, and lectures at museums and universities. In 2000 he was appointed by Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown to that city's Cultural Arts Commission and awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the San Francisco Art Institute. Today he is retired from doing actual tattoos but oversees and mentors the artists at his San Francisco studio, Tattoo City, while concentrating on printmaking, drawing and painting, as he has since the 1960s.
In 1982 Hardy and his wife formed Hardy Marks Publications, and under that marque they began publishing the five-book series Tattootime. Tattootime was one of several publications that did much to promote and popularise tattooing with new audiences, and Hardy Marks went on to publish more than 20 books, including catalogs of Hardy's own work and that of Sailor Jerry Collins, as well as other alternative art subjects. Publishing gave the tattoo work a second life off the skin: images that would otherwise exist only on individual bodies could be collected, catalogued and studied, and the work of his teacher reached new readers in the same programme.
In 2002 Hardy was approached by Ku USA, Inc. to produce a line of clothing based on his art, and a licence agreement was signed. Within two years the collection had drawn the interest of Saks companies. Hardy and Ku USA formed Hardy Life LLC, which holds the trademark ownership and the copyrights to all his images. In 2004 Christian Audigier licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed Hardy clothing line based on Hardy's imagery; before that, Audigier had been head designer at Von Dutch Originals, and he attempted to replicate its marketing techniques by marketing directly to celebrity clients and opening stores in high-profile fashion districts. Ed Hardy stores opened in many locations internationally, including the Americas, Europe and Asia. The structure is worth noticing: the artist kept ownership of his images in one company while licensees turned those images into clothing, so the tattoo archive itself remained the asset everything else was built on.
In May 2009 Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced it had acquired a 50 percent interest in Hardy Way, LLC, the owner of the Ed Hardy brand and trademarks, paying $17 million — $9 million in cash and $8 million in stock — with the sellers possibly entitled to an additional $1 million in stock under an earn-out based on 2009 royalties. Hardy Way estimated 2009 royalty revenue at approximately $10 million. Iconix chairman and CEO Neil Cole said the company believed there were tremendous growth opportunities worldwide and that owning the brand alongside Don Ed Hardy, the founder, offered opportunities to leverage his name and new artwork. Hardy explained his own reason plainly: as demand for his artwork continued to skyrocket, it was time to take on a partner that could help manage the demand and opportunities for the Ed Hardy name.
Hardy, a pupil of Sailor Jerry, is recognised for incorporating Japanese tattoo aesthetic and technique into his work. With 40 years of tattooing and legendary status among the tattoo community, he is known as the godfather of modern tattoo for his sophistication, depth and sense of experimentation.
In 2002 Hardy was approached by Ku USA, Inc. to produce a line of clothing based on his art and a licence agreement was signed. In 2004 Christian Audigier licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed Hardy clothing line, based on Hardy's imagery.
In May 2009 Iconix announced it had acquired a 50 percent interest in Hardy Way, LLC, owner of the Ed Hardy brand and trademarks, paying $17 million — $9 million in cash and $8 million in stock — with a possible additional $1 million in stock under an earn-out.