 Sharkey paintings were also included in the music video of Estelle and Kanye West's 2008 hit single, American Boy

His "Public Enemy Number One" exhibition was on a twelve date tour of the world (including New York, Tokyo, Rome and Rio de Janeiro).The public figures featured in the exhibition included Jordan as Myra Hindley, Barack Obama wearing Ku Klux Klan robes (made from U.S. flags), the Pope marrying a gay couple, and Angelina Jolie & Madonna passing each other in a supermarket aisle pushing trolleys full of multi-racial children.In 2013, Sharkey filed a lawsuit against Octagon Films and Irish broadcast network RTÉ for unauthorized use of his artwork in Irish crime series "Love/Hate".