Sheng Lor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheng_weaves

Website: http://shenglor.com

Bio: Sheng Lor was born in a Thai refugee camp and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her BA from University of California, Davis, and is expected to receive her MFA from University of California, Los Angeles, in Spring 2025. She was a recipient of the inaugural Sankofa Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant in 2021, Surface Design Association Personal Development Grant, and UCLA Graduate Opportunity Fellowship. Lor has exhibited her work widely across California, including at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, de Young Museum, SOMArts, and Good Mother Gallery.

Statement: Sheng Lor is an artist working in sculpture, drawing and painting. Born as a refugee, her work explores fugitive memory as sites of knowledge. Sheng was raised in California among three generations of Hmong women textile makers, and her practice is a continuation of that legacy which centers on cloth and cloth-making. Often using fiber as ground, dye as paint, and needle as brush, Sheng aims to reimagine cloth as a medium for discourse, giving context as well as visibility to complex narratives among Hmong and Southeast Asian diasporic people.