Silhouette of Sheng Lor standing inside her studio, looking out through large windows toward the Los Angeles skyline.

Sheng

Lor

Biography

Sheng Lor (b. 1987) is a Los Angeles-based textile artist working within the context of sculpture, painting and drawing. Her work draws from Hmong histories and experiences of fugitivity, especially those parts which are secret and silent. Born in a Thai refugee camp to parents who survived the Secret War in Laos, Lor has spent her practice unraveling memories, dreams, and folktales that are full of hidden information, exploring the motifs of personal and collective traumas through pattern and material.

Lor holds a BA in Art Studio from University of California, Davis, and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from University of California, Los Angeles. She was a recipient of the Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, Sankofa Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant, and Surface Design Association Personal Development Grant. Lor has exhibited her work in group exhibitions widely across California, including at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, de Young Museum, SOMArts, Palos Verdes Art Center, and numerous galleries and project spaces in Los Angeles.

Portrait of artist Sheng Lor standing in front of her abstract drawings, wearing a blue denim outfit.
Installation Views
A wide view of a gallery interior shows multiple artworks installed on white walls beneath exposed wooden ceiling beams.
Overhead view of colored pencils and sketchbooks with abstract color studies laid out on a studio work surface.
nstallation view of The Thing In Itself at Gallery Sonder, featuring works by Sheng Lor, Ruben Benjamin, Josh Sperling, Pilar Wiley, and Gary Lang in a white gallery space with exposed wood ceiling beams.
A wide view of a gallery interior shows multiple artworks installed on white walls beneath exposed wooden ceiling beams.
Overhead view of colored pencils and sketchbooks with abstract color studies laid out on a studio work surface.
nstallation view of The Thing In Itself at Gallery Sonder, featuring works by Sheng Lor, Ruben Benjamin, Josh Sperling, Pilar Wiley, and Gary Lang in a white gallery space with exposed wood ceiling beams.
A wide view of a gallery interior shows multiple artworks installed on white walls beneath exposed wooden ceiling beams.
Overhead view of colored pencils and sketchbooks with abstract color studies laid out on a studio work surface.
nstallation view of The Thing In Itself at Gallery Sonder, featuring works by Sheng Lor, Ruben Benjamin, Josh Sperling, Pilar Wiley, and Gary Lang in a white gallery space with exposed wood ceiling beams.
SELECTED WORKS

"When I see the looms in disrepair, I feel like they've done their life's work, yet they continue to have history and memory."
-Sheng Lor

Exhibitions

Weaving Together the Stories that Define Us

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