Sara Sarhangpour is a Toronto-based illustrator and artist. Her work reflects and intertwines her personal experiences with her love of all things cute (and sometimes creepy!). She draws inspiration from nature, fantasy, city life, the mundane, and the occult. Her influences include Michael DeForge, FriendsWithYou, TokiDoki, Gary Baseman, and Takashi Murakami. She welcomes everyone into her whimsical and colourful world filled with quirky characters and crazy details.
PUBLICATIONS
THIS Magazine - November/December 2019
Chickadee Magazine - November 2019
The Pond Comic Anthology #3, Seneca College
"It Counts" Colouring Book, Ryerson Centre for Safer Sex & Sexual Violence
Royal Haven IRL Zine, Vol. 2., No.1
Ryerson Folio Magazine Issue 5
EXHIBITS/FAIRS
Canzine, Sept 2019, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
"Seneca Coalesce 2019," May 2019, Steamwhistle Roundhouse, Toronto
"Seneca Independent Illustration's 15th Graduate Showcase ," April 2019, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
AWARDS
"Best in Show," Seneca Independent Illustration's 15th Graduate Showcase
CLIENTS
SMEAR Mag, Good Kid, Stranded Fest, StickerYou, The Nooks Canada x Danforth Brewery, Chickadee Magazine, THIS Magazine, 153/Joombas Music Group, Stuck on Planet Earth, Kubota Canada