biography

Sepanta Saeb is a Toronto-based visual artist and photographer whose practice delves into identity, memory, and belonging. A queer, first-generation Persian immigrant, their work reflects layered narratives shaped by displacement, heritage, and queerness.

Through a richly symbolic visual language, Sepanta interrogates the cultural tensions between queerness and Persian tradition, reimagining inherited motifs as vessels for resistance, affirmation, and coexistence. Their art becomes a site where contradictions are not resolved, but instead embraced as part of a multifaceted self:

“I exist as both a Persian and a queer person simultaneously, and many more.”

With a deep commitment to visual storytelling, their work bridges classical traditions and contemporary queer perspectives—producing evocative, culturally rooted, and emotionally resonant pieces.