BIOGRAPHY
Artist
Art Brokerage: Persian artist,
A1one, was born in Tehran. He is a visual artist who created graffiti
and street art in Iran, particularly on the walls of Tehran. He was the
first person who started painting on walls of Tehran so his nickname
ended to be "Alone" which then mutated into A1one. He started his street
art project in 2003 and inspired his close friends at that time to also
begin painting on the streets. Artists such as Elle, isba, K.T. and
Magoi were the first people to join him in Tehran. He is one of the
pioneers of the urban art scene in Middle East.
With his public space
art, he describes his view on the Iranian society and puts himself
regularly in danger. When he began, it was a time when nobody even knew
what graffiti was in his country. He has also been known and called as
Iranian Banksy just because of his importance in the rise of street art
and stenciling within Iran, for art lovers and ordinary people.
"When I
decided to do my painting on walls I bought some spray cans - at that
time we had just some very low quality colors in Iran. My first work was
a very simple work titled “searching for friends” painted on a wall
right next to the Tehran-Karaj expressway late at night. It was a really
frightening night for me… The next morning I got three calls from
friends who recognized my style of painting. They were shocked to see my
work on a public wall. My first stencil was a Munch's Scream Print on
Art University walls and after that, I experimented with many techniques
and methods, but I continue with stencils, graffiti and sticker art.
A1one's art world is dynamic and made of many different styles. from
portraits to calligraphy and funky characters which he mostly uses for
his stickers.
A1ones artworks combine both, Persian calligraphy and
Western graffiti. His art has been documented by many photographers and
featured in Art Asia Pacific Magazine.The artist has also been working
on Arabic Graffiti Style Design from 2003 and developed graffiti style
in Islamic graffiti world. He has made a handful of the greatest Style
walls with Arabic letter graffiti since 2004.