Yalda
Sepahpour

Yalda Sepahpour is an Iranian-American painter born in 1995 in Tehran, Iran. Her work explores themes of femininity, empowerment, nature, and identity through expressive figurative compositions that often merge the female form with animals and organic elements. After moving to the United States in 2014, she continued her studies at the Laguna College of Art and Design in California, where she refined her technical foundation in painting and developed her distinctive visual language.

Sepahpour’s paintings are recognized for balancing strength and delicacy, often portraying women as powerful, graceful, and deeply connected to the natural world. Working primarily in oil painting, she also creates etchings, watercolors, drawings, and continuous-line works. Her imagery frequently references Persian culture and symbolism while engaging broader contemporary conversations surrounding feminism and female empowerment.

Her debut solo exhibition, Shirzan (the Persian term for “lion woman”), presented a body of work centered on fearless and independent female figures, often depicted alongside horses and mythic imagery. The exhibition established her as an emerging voice within contemporary figurative painting.

Sepahpour’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the LA Art Show, Aqua Art Miami, Art Beijing, and Art Palm Springs, and her paintings are held in private and corporate collections across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.