Called the "Banksy of Iran", the work of the young Iranian brothers is not only controversial in their native country, but has even been banned there.
ICY (born 1985) and SOT (born 1991) are artists from Tabriz, Iran, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York., the two brothers started doing stencils in 2006, they have been contributed to Iranian and international urban art culture through their Murals , interventions, video and installations depicting human rights, capitalism, ecological justice, social and political issues. Their work appears on walls and galleries throughout the Iran, USA, Germany, China, Norway, and globally.They transcend their histories of artistic and political censorship by using public art to envision a world freed from borders, war and violence.