Sarah Issakharian is a visual artist whose compositions focus on the emotional status of her subjects – conveying their stories and the environment in which they envision themselves. Her work includes images of immigrants and refugees, and her paintings are in many important international collections. Sarah’s art has been shown in a number of galleries and published in books and magazines. New York’s Manna Museum of Contemporary Art held an exhibition featuring Sarah alongside the great Shirin Neshat, Nickzad Nodjomi, and Talla Madani. Sarah also played a role in Shirin Neshat’s trilogy with Natalie Portman and Rojan Heydarpour. She was born in Iran, where she received a grant from the Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art’s for residency at the Internal Cite des Arts in Paris. In addition, Sarah has held residencies in Moscow and St. Petersberg after receiving her Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in 2015. She currently resides in Los Angeles.