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I explore concepts of power, security, and social class, and the shifting boundaries between personal and public personas, space, and the human form in the rapidly evolving world. Through nonlinear narratives, I envision new ways to understand identity, personal history, and social hierarchies and how these elements may transform within fluid, intersectional, and dynamic landscapes.

Through the layered imagery, I create a dreamlike sense of displacement, mirroring the unsettled, transient nature of our lives. I question the meaning of 'home,' exploring its role as both refuge and exposure in a world where personal and public realms increasingly blur.

My process embraces visual contradictions, such as the tension between creation and destruction, and control and vulnerability. With an open-ended, intuitive approach, I allow transformations to unfold throughout the creative process, deconstructing and reconstructing images, layering collage, painting, and printmaking. This process creates an aesthetic where multiple narratives coexist in a paradoxical space, constantly shifting the relationship between past, present, and future.

My visual language draws inspiration from Persian painting, architecture, literature, and folk culture, along with influences from abstract expressionism, contemporary figurative art, digital imagery and the human experience within modern spaces, places, and non-places.

© 2026 Sara Hassan Khani. All rights reserved.

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