ICY (born 1985) and SOT (born 1991) are stencil artists from Tabriz – IRAN. they started their professional career in 2008 they had uploaded previous works as early as 2006 and they influenced and dragged their friends to street art. Their works are about peace, war, Love, hate, hope, despair, children, human rights and the Iranian culture. The two brothers have held numerous exhibitions and un-official street works in Iran and foreign countries.
E X H I B I T I O N S :
GROUP SHOWS
Feb.2009 - “urban art group exhibition” - arte gallery – Tehran-IRAN
Jun.2009 - “vinyl factory” – mondopop gallery - Roma-ITALY
Sep.2009 - “from the streets of Iran” - crewest gallery - Los angles-USA
Apr.2011 - “expo for matia” - palazzo filangier - Napoli-ITALY
Apr.2011 - “degage” - gallery itinerrance - Paris-FRANCE
May.2011 - “twente biennale” - hengelo - Overijssel-NETHERLANDS
Oct.2011 - “The invisible present” – Pulso Iraniano - Rio de janeiro-BRAZIL
Apr.2012 – street smart – Bergen Kjøtt -Norway
May.2012 – OCCUPY ME – Mohsen gallery – Tehran – IRAN
May.2012 – RE PRINT – hendershot gallery – New York – NY
Jun.2012 - STENCIL -Dastan basement gallery – Tehran – IRAN
Jun.2012 – A Cut Above II – Espionage Gallery – Adelaide – Australia
Sep-Oct.2012 – Graff the peace – Opera Gallery – Paris – France
Oct-Sep.2012 – I ran with IRAN – Nicolas Hugo Gallery – Paris – France
SOLO SHOWS
May.2008 - “stencil exhibition” - art house - Tabriz-IRAN
Jan.2010 - “icy and sot” - mehrin gallery - Tehran-IRAN
Apr.2011 – “icy and sot” – mehrin gallery - Tehran-IRAN
Des.2011 - “contemporary Iranian art” – Chiellerie gallery - Amsterdam-NETHERLANDS
Aug.2012 - MADE IN IRAN – Open house gallery – manhattan – New York
Mar.2013 – East Middle West tour – San Francisco – Los Angles – Houston – Chicago
MUSEUM
Feb-May.2012 – street art – the new generation - pori art museum – Finland