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Detail of a wooden loom by Sheng Lor, wrapped with layered pastel threads in yellow, pink, lavender, and white.

Sheng

Lor

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.
Exhibitions
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.
Wide installation view of Interstitial, a solo exhibition by Sheng Lor at Gallery Sonder, featuring pastel-toned wall works and sculptural forms in a white gallery space, with a blurred figure walking through for scale.
Installation view of the Dressed Loom series by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing multiple woven sculptural works arranged throughout the gallery space.
Installation view of Blue, Iris by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing the framed work on a white wall with a viewer standing nearby for scale.
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.
Wide installation view of Interstitial, a solo exhibition by Sheng Lor at Gallery Sonder, featuring pastel-toned wall works and sculptural forms in a white gallery space, with a blurred figure walking through for scale.
Installation view of the Dressed Loom series by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing multiple woven sculptural works arranged throughout the gallery space.
Installation view of Blue, Iris by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing the framed work on a white wall with a viewer standing nearby for scale.
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.
Wide installation view of Interstitial, a solo exhibition by Sheng Lor at Gallery Sonder, featuring pastel-toned wall works and sculptural forms in a white gallery space, with a blurred figure walking through for scale.
Installation view of the Dressed Loom series by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing multiple woven sculptural works arranged throughout the gallery space.
Installation view of Blue, Iris by Sheng Lor from the exhibition Interstitial at Gallery Sonder, showing the framed work on a white wall with a viewer standing nearby for scale.
SELECTED WORKS
Sheng Lor
Sheng Lor

Red Orbs2025

Colored pencil on cotton paper, framed in oak 42 x 28 in

Sheng Lor
Sheng Lor

Red Aura2025

Colored pencil on cotton paper, framed in oak 42 x 28 in

Sheng Lor
Sheng Lor

Loom 12024

Loom, cochineal- and madder root-dyed yarns 48 x 38 x 29 in

Sheng Lor
Sheng Lor

Loom 42025

Loom, yarns 42 x 30 x 31 in

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"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

The Thing In Itself

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Weaving Together the Stories that Define Us

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