Sara Sarhangpour is an illustrator who creates silly and heartwarming drawings and comics. She studied Illustration at Seneca College and lives with her best friend and senior dog, Teddy, in Toronto.

Photo credit: Scott Goodwin

PUBLICATIONS

"The Museum of Willa and Wade" written by Judith Henderson, illustrated by Sara Sarhangpour -  Release date: October 7, 2025, Publisher: Kids Can Press

The Muppet Zine, PPCrew - June 2025, TCAF

Chickadee Magazine - March 2025 

Chickadee Magazine - May 2024

"Willa and Wade and the Way-Up-There" written by Judith Henderson, illustrated by Sara Sarhangpour -  Release date: June 4, 2024, Publisher: Kids Can Press

Chickadee Magazine - September 2023

Chickadee Magazine - January/February 2022

Chickadee Magazine - June 2020

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

"All The Small Things," June 2025, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

"Willa and Wade at The RAID," Nov 2024-Feb 2025, the RAID Gallery, Toronto

Tomo Arts Market, June 2024, Parkdale Hall, Toronto

"All The Small Things," June 2024, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

"Fix Up Look Sharp," Feb-Mar 2024, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

"The Super Naughty Show," Feb 2024, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto

"Under 100 Holiday Art Show," Nov-Dec 2023, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

"A Nightmare on Roncevalles 2," Oct 2023, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

"Dusk to Dawn" Group Show, July 27-Aug 1 2023,  Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

TCAF 2022 (Toronto Comic Arts Festival), Toronto Reference Library, Toronto

Canzine, Sept 2019, Art Gallery of Ontario

TCAF 2019 (Toronto Comic Arts Festival), Toronto Reference Library, Toronto

"Seneca Coalesce 2019," May 2019, Steamwhistle Roundhouse, Toronto

"Seneca Independent Illustration's 15th Graduate Showcase ," April 2019, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto


HONOURS & AWARDS

Willa and Wade and the Way-Up-There - Recommended Reads, TD Summer Reading Club, 2025

Willa and Wade and the Way-Up-There - under Graphic Novels -BestBooks for Kids & Teens (BBKT), Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC), Fall Edition 2024

"2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards" Longlist (200 Illustrators)

"Best in Show," Seneca Independent Illustration's 15th Graduate Showcase


CLIENTS

Chickadee Magazine, THIS Magazine

Thought Café, Seneca College, STEPS Public Art, Eglinton Way BIA, Kids Can Press, Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), TD Summer Reading Club

Kubota Canada, Unis Technology Ltd., Kit Hours App

SMEAR Mag, Good Kid (band), Stranded Fest, StickerYou, The Nooks Canada x Danforth Brewery, 153/Joombas Music Group, Stuck on Planet Earth (band), Talk Show Host (band)



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