ICY AND SOT
Saman Oskouei (born 1985) and Sasan Oskouei (born 1991), know as ICY and SOT, are artists from Tabriz, Iran, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York.
Artist Bio
Saman Oskouei (born 1985) and Sasan Oskouei (born 1991) know as ICY and SOT are artists from Tabriz, Iran, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. The two brothers started making their marks in the streets of Iran in 2006.Icy and Sot always look for the appropriate medium to give their ideas the greatest resonance. Through their unique visual language, they have been delivering powerful, moving statements on the present-day human condition, tackling important issues such as human rights, detention, women’s rights, the plights of migrants and refugees, climate change, or the pitfalls of capitalism. Their commitment is reflected in the materials that their artworks are made of: barbed wire, iron wire, old rusty shovels or oil cans. All raw materials that the artists divert and transfigure to give life to pieces of art that are full of poetry and fragility. However Icy and Sot do not mean to lecture anyone. They are content with reflecting the truth of our times through their own language. And turn it into a work of art.
Exhibitions
SOLO SHOWS
2019 Social Motion / Galerie C.O.A / Montreal, Canada
2019 Faces of Society / Underdogs gallery / Lisbon, Portugal
2018 A Moment of Clarity / MOCO museum / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 Human (Nature) / Thinkspace Gallery / Los Angles, California
2016 Let Her Be Free Book Launch / 51 orchard / New York, NY
2015 CUTitALISM / Reed Projects Gallery / Stavanger, Norway
2013 East middle west tour / San Francisco, Los Angles, Houston, Chicago
2012 Made in Iran / open house gallery / New York, NY
2011 Contemporary Iranian Art / Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Walls Talk / Mehrin Gallery / Tehran, Iran
2010 Icy and Sot / Mehrin Gallery / Tehran, Iran
2008 Stencil / art house / Tabriz, Iran
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2019 Watch this space / Lazinc Gallery / Curated by Magda Danysz / London, UK
2019 Conquête Urbaine / The Fine Arts Museum of Calais / Calais, France
2019 Cash is King / Saatchi Gallery / London / UK
2019 The Distance Between / BC Gallery / Berlin, Germany
2019 Carton / Galerie Mathgoth / Paris, France
2019 The Value of Sanctuary: Building a House Without Walls / St.John the Divine Cathedral / New York, NY
2018 Springmann 20th Aniversery / Galerie Henrik Springmann/ Berlin, Germany
2018 IMAGO / Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art – MUCA / Munich, Germany
2018 YNY’s Art Not Jail / Young New Yorkers / New York, NY
2018 In Bloom / The Quin / New York, NY
2018 Sprits of Nature / Galerie Henrik Springmann/ Freiburg, Germany
2017 Revolution Per a Minute / Saatchi gallery / London, England
2017 UNstoppable / Urban Nation Mueseum for Urban Contemporary Art / Berlin, Germany
2017 Flourish / Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum / Mesa, Arizona, USA
2017 Brighter days are coming / Street art Museum / Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Juxtapozed / Fort Wayne Museum of Art / Fort Wayne, IN, USA
2017 Prisma / Colab Gallery / Weil am Rhein / Germany
2016 Nexus / Brand Library / Gelendale, California, USA
2016 Magic city life / Dresden, Stockholm, Germany
2016 Brooklyn’s the Brough / Doyle / New York, NY
2016 The New Vanguard / Lancaster Museum of Art and History / Lancaster, California, USA
2016 3rd Annual pow wow / Pow Wow Worldwide / Honolulu, Hawaii
2015 NUART Festival / Stavenger, Norway
2015 Brotherhood / Jonathan Levine Gallery /New York, NY
2015 STENCIL / Dorian Grey Gallery /New York, NY
2015 Your kid can’t do this / Ambush Gallery / Sydney, Australia
2015 CUT IT OUT / Urban nation / Berlin, Germany
2015 SANS TITRE / Galerie Mathgoth / Paris, France
2015 Art of the Street / Middlebury College Museum / Middlebury Vermont, USA
2015 Opening up / Francis Boeske Projects / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 NUART Festival / Stavenger, Norway
2014 The reunion / ABC treehouse gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 Project space / Woodward Gallery / New York, NY
2014 NYC to Tehran / Seyhoun art Gallery / Tehran, Iran
2013 Cut teeth / Great jones space / New York, USA
2013 Young New Yorkers / Allegra la viola Gallery / New York, NY
2012 I ran with Iran / Nicolas Hugo Gallery / Paris, France
2012 Street art – the new generation / Pori art museum / Pori, Finland
2012 Graff the peace / Opera Gallery / Paris, France
2012 A cut above II / Espionage Gallery / Adelaide, Australia
2012 Stencil / Dastan basement Gallery / Tehran, Iran
2012 Re print / Hendershot Gallery / New York, NY
2012 Street smart / Bergen kjøtt / Bergen, Norway
2011 Twente biennale / hengelo / Overijssel, Netherlands
2011 Degage / Itinerrance Gallery / Paris, France
2009 From the streets of Iran / Crewest gallery / Los Angles, California
2009 Vinyl factory / Mondopop Gallery / Roma, Italy
2009 Urban art group exhibition / Arte Gallery / Tehran, Iran
Public Installations
2018 The New America / Time sq Arts / New York, NY
2018 Plastic ban / Tenerife, Spain
2018 Open door / The Crystal ship Festival / Ostend, Belgium
2017 Untitled / Urban nation Museum / Berlin, Germany