Sean Sarmiento (Los Angeles, California, USA) is a visual artist who received his BA from the University of San Diego. His debut solo show “Somewhere No One Knows My Name” was exhibited at USD in April 2023. Sarmiento’s work has been displayed at Arts District Liberty Station, The Athenaeum Museum, Palos Verdes Art Center, Art Produce, and the Student Life Pavilion, Metro Building, and Visual Arts Gallery at USD. He has received multiple research, materials, and travel grants and has been an artist in residence at Art Produce, Arts District Liberty Station, and Grand Central Art Center. This upcoming spring will be the opening of his third solo exhibition “Dirty Slate”. He is currently based in Southern California.

Sarmiento is a photo-based artist working in analog and digital collage to alter architectural and photographic norms to challenge what it means for something to be a photograph. He works with imagery that reflects his own questions of home, identity, and humanity; often capturing domestic spaces, self portraits, nature, and abstract shapes and forms. His process involves highlighting the feeling of being in between, a recollection of moments and feelings that feel unknown but also familiar.