Sepideh Khodarahmi is an Iranian-Swedish artist whose work across dance and theatre interrogates themes of eroticism, queerness, power, and embodied transformation. Educated at the University of Stage and Music in Gothenburg, the Hogeschool for the Arts in Amsterdam, and the Broadway Dance Center in New York, Khodarahmi embraces these themes as places of resistance and release, with drag as both medium and method since 2016.
Through humour, ritual, and visceral physicality, her performances render the body as a site of subversion, confronting societal norms and defying aesthetic boundaries. Notable collaborations and appearances include Marina Abramovic, Hooman Sharifi, Dinis Machado, The Royal Theatre in Stockholm, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon, and Unga Klara.
Blending solo and collective work, Khodarahmi creates performances that challenge conventions of “fine and ugly” art while reimagining identity and desire.
Project: The Art of Too Much reclaims ornamentation, exuberance, and cultural richness as tools for queer and decolonial resistance. Through performance, dance, and interactive art, the project reimagines Middle Eastern cultural expressions in diaspora, celebrating the immigrant experience beyond colonial ideals of minimalism and restraint.