Pakistani, b. 1983

Salman Toor is a contemporary artist known for his intimate figurative paintings depicting queer South Asian men in scenes of everyday life and imagination. Using luminous color and expressive brushwork, his works explore identity, desire, migration, and belonging with humor and emotional sensitivity.ng, sculpture, and tactile elements such as Braille. Blending realism with symbolic imagery, his works explore perception, accessibility, and the relationship between visibility and experience.