R. Lord (USA, 1986) is an artist, free-surfer, and surfboard builder by trade. Her paintings explore conceptual abstraction, figurative history, and contemporary myth-making. She is interested in the intersection of performance and art, be it through her surfing, shaping, or painting.
Solo exhibitions include: The Composing Rooms, Berlin; and, Dem Passwords, Los Angeles. Group exhibitions include: Rainbow in Spanish, Los Angeles; American Medium, New York; The Hole, New York and New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York. Lord has a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. R. Lord has collaborated extensively with Ryan Trecartin and hasTrecartin has been included in two programmes curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.