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Sara Rahbar

Great Neck, New York

If i ran away is a bronze sculpture of two bare legs cut off above the knee, with knees and toes pointed inwards, standing on a plinth assemblage.

If i ran away

2020

Without you is a bronze sculpture of two disembodied arms draped over an medical stretcher-like form with dark leather pads, wood planks, and metal hardware.

Without you

2019

Be tender with me is a vertical assemblage of 18-19th century wooden tools and weapons with two bronze hands nestled into the form.

Be tender with me / From the 206 Bones series

2018

I will love you in the rain, the snow and in the hail / Flag #58 is a flag form, draped down. On the right are 50 stars on a blue field, and the remainder is an assemblage of various patterned and textured fabrics, with silver beaded necklaces and objects.

I will love you in the rain, the snow and in the hail / Flag #58

2018

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Sara Rahbar

Sara Rahbar holds a beagle in her lap and looks to camera. She is an woman with Iranian heritage, a medium light skin tone with an upper arm tattoo, grey hair pulled up, and wears chunky dark glasses, gold earrings, and green beaded necklace.

Born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran, Sara Rahbar lives and works in New York. She pursued an interdisciplinary study program in New York and also studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She left her birthplace during the period of immense upheaval that followed the revolution in Iran and the start of the Iran-Iraq War. Her work explores concepts of nationalism, separation, and belonging—driven by central themes of pain, violence, and the complexity of the human condition. She has exhibited in art institutions worldwide, and her work has been included in several international triennials and biennials. Her works are in the permanent collections of The British Museum, The Centre Pompidou, The Davis Museum, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art in Australia, and the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2025

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“ Compelled by an instinctual obsession to piece together and dissect, I construct my work using collected objects such as military memorabilia, flags, weapons, tools, and other found objects. As the collected objects grow larger and heavier, the canvases become tougher and more densely constructed, until the objects themselves take over and take on a life of their own.”