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Personal DetailsName & surname: Keyvan Heydari Shovir

Date of birth: 21.06.1985Place of birth: Tehran- Iran

Email: [email protected]

Education & Qualifications

Publications

Skills and work experienceVideo music clip makerCollaboration with municipalityCarpentering

InterestSkateboarding ,SnowboardingMusic : reggae dub ,Rock , Hip-hop
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Group painting exhibition , Seyhoun art gallery 2011


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Mixed media on canvas100X120

THE HOPE


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Mixed media on canvas

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Eastern girl


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Art aint a crime In Iran graffiti is considered to be a bit more politically offensive than mother countries . I started painting with ck1 signature in streets of Tehraand some other cities like Tabriz. Then I tried to use Persian words in m.One of the things I was really into were the illustrations that accompa

manuscripts of two very popular Iranian poets-Hafez and Rumi- so I starworking on canvas and experimented with combining the traditional Perand culture with contemporary street art. I got interested in print makinschool and chosen stencils for my works.What draws me to the wall is the suffering I witness every day. Poverty,misery deprive people from living a life of love and friendship. You see itpeoples' eyes; sadness leaves no room to think about peace. I see theseI want to communicate what I feel is meaning of life to our people, that'love painting on the walls.


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These Vinyl records painted with markers andspray are from a series of works which I havebeen doing over the years on found records.Most of the designs are influenced by Iranianand Indian traditional patterns .Alsocalligraphies are Hafez and Molavi poems try togive the concept of the peace. Each one is handpainted or printed on to a found 12x12 VinylRecord. They are ready to hang or can be drymounted into a frame.


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Since first days I had this thought that whyshould I throw my cans out while I can keepthem as reminders of each graffiti job I did ,plus earth is not a waste bin for futuregeneration to empty it . And these years acollection of 300 cans is a lovely decorationin my room . The whole idea is aboutcreating art from litters.


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Clothes


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You are viewing a listing for a pair of custompainted canvas shoes in the Vans style.

I love to improvise , but the basis of myimaginations for the designs deviated frommiddle eastern motifs and ,like those onesyou might find on Persian rugs ,carpets andtextiles , even mosque ceramics.


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Each day we put on normal day life masks ,but ,these are behind the scenes faces that reveal ourwhole life secrets, the look expresses the third eyebelief which has come from deep ancient Iraniantraditions . I have made hundreds of stickers out of

them and they can be seen on most walls of Tehranand other cities.


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Iran/Yazd England/London


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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. as Bob Marley.


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Life on wheels :


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skateboard decks


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It was an urban project of Tehran municipality which Iwas asked to take over and it was a whole new typeof wall painting for them . Its a basketball court somewhere close to Fatemi square, almost a citycenter . Soon it became of a hangout place for somany Tehran ballplayers and rappers.

Basketball court


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The POOLThere was this old and busted swimming poolnext to our block, and since it was deserted,we thought it would be a cool idea to make a

skate park out of it. Ramps and half pipeswere sketched on paper and sands and brickscame in not with trucks but with our ownhands. Less than a week with 24/7 man labor,we made it happen. Since we were spendingmost of our times in there we decided to

fresh up the pool. At the time I was workingon a wall painting in Ekbatan , and this photoshows what I had in mind. Graffiti. Soon itturned into skaters hangout place, and thoseones were eager to know about what wasgraffiti, it was like a graffiti exhibition house,

the most known paper in Tehran(Hamshahri)wrote about it, France Arte channel shot avideo, and BBC Farsi interviewed me and myfriends. Although recently the graffiti werepainted over, but memories of the pool is stillin our minds.


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CULTURES OF RESISTANCEh fil i d


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CULTURES OF RESISTANCEthe film is a documentaryfeature directed by Iara Lee. The film highlights the workof artists, musicians, and dancers throughout the worldwho are working for peace and justice, and are re-conceiving resistance as a fundamentally creative act.Does each gesture really make a difference? Canmusic and dance be weapons of peace? Director IaraLee embarked on a two-year, five-continent trek tofind out. From MALI and its Tuareg sounds of resistance to war torn SRI LANKA where brutalconflict between the state and the Tamil Tigersresulted in massive destruction and loss of civilianlife, moving on to BRAZIL where gun-guitars

transform the reality of slum kids, and ending inPALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, wherephotography, music and film have given a voice tothe people.CULTURES OF RESISTANCE explores how art andengagement can be the ammunition in the war forpeace and justice .Moving to a final destination, the film gives theviewer a human portrait of another often-malignedstate, Iran . And they meet CK1 that employs thecover of night and expresses dissent on city walls.

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Blend the World / BLEND A/S / www.blendcompany.com
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September 10, 2009 By Raja Abdulrahim

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2007/paolo_woods_iran/Faces of Iran By Paolo Woods

Tehran Rats

http://www.arte.tv/de/Kultur-entdecken/tracks/20050106/1347380,CmC=1348042.html

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work shop Tapesh Tv

Tehran Rats

A work shop in lotus cafe

www. azadartgallery .com

From streets of IRAN


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2010 group exhibition, Los Angeles

Za, rage against the machine


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2008 Group photographyexhibition, Mehrva gallery TehranFirst time presenting graffiti in a gallery

in Iran

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