Mira Schor
Mira Schor
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Mira Schor is one of the foremost feminist painters of the past fifty years. Operating in the nexus of language, painting, and feminist theory, Schor has continually imbued formalism with political urgency, and reminded viewers that written discourse and physical form are inherently linked. Her work has included major periods in which gendered narrative and representation of the body have been featured; in other periods the focus of her work has been representation of language in drawing and painting. She draws on multiple sources of imagery and art historical reference to inform her paintings. The central theme in recent work is the experience of living in a moment of incipient fascism, climate collapse, and accelerated time, set against the powerful pull of older notions of craft, and visual pleasure. Her imagery and surfaces are sometimes transgressive, yet often at the same time delicate, poetic, and private, embodying her richly dimensional thinking. Schor overlays imagery and language to reverse the elision of female agency, systems of power, control, and subversion. In today’s social climate of conservative backslide and the erasure of civil liberties, her legacy and current work are as important as ever.
Mira Schor (b. 1950, New York) has exhibited at Bourse de Commerce - the Pinault Collection, Paris, FR; Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, FR; Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne, Rochechouart, FR; The Jewish Museum, New York, US; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US; MoMA P.S.1, New York, US; the Neuberger Museum, Purchase, US; The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, US; Hauser & Wirth, New York, US; Lyles & King, New York, US; David Nolan, New York, US; P.P.O.W., New York, US; Mendes Wood DM, São Paolo, BR and Brussels, BE; and many other institutions and galleries. Schor’s work is in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, US; Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), Paris, FR; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, US; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, US; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FR; Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, US; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US; Portland Art Museum, Portland, US; Pinault Collection, Paris, FRl; and University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, US. Her work has been included in exhibitions at She is the author of A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life (2009); Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture (1997; both Duke University Press); and of the blog A Year of Positive Thinking. She is the co-editor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G. Schor is the recipient of many prestigious awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting, a Pollock-Krasner Grant, the College Art Association’s Frank Jewett Mather Award in Art Criticism, the Anonymous Was A Woman grant, and the Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Schor is represented by Lyles & King, New York and Marcelle Alix, Paris. She lives and works in New York, NY.
Mira Schor, Portrait at Lyles & King, April 2018
Mira Schor, Feminist Art Program, Class Assignment: Self Image, c., 1972 (CalArts)
18 3/4 x 24 inches, 47.6 x 61 cm
Mira Schor, The Two Miras, 1973
Gouache on Arches paper
22 x 30 inches, 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Mira Schor, The Two Miras, 1973 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Graves, 1973
Gouache on Arches paper, Framed
22 x 30 inches, 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Mira Schor
Graves, 1973 (Detail)
Corps et âmes, curated by Emma Lavigne, Installation View at Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection, Paris, FR, 2025
Mira Schor, WET, installation view at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Mira Schor
Torn (It didn't happen), 2024
Oil on canvas
71 1/2 x 92 inches, 181.6 x 233.7 cm
Mira Schor
Torn (It didn't happen), 2024 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Bear Triptych, 1972-1973
Gouache on Arches paper
Triptych: 22 × 30 in each, 56 × 76 1/4 cm
Mira Schor
Bear Triptych (Part II), 1972
Gouache on Arches paper
30 × 22 in, 76 1/4 × 56 cm
Mira Schor
Bear Triptych, November 24, 1972
Left of triptych
Gouache on Arches paper
22 × 30 in, 56 × 76 1/4 cm
Mira Schor
Bear Triptych, November 24, 1972
Right of triptych
Gouache on Arches paper
22 × 30 in, 56 × 76 1/4 cm
Mira Schor
Untitled, 1974
Gouache on paper
14 × 10 ¼ in, 36 × 26 cm
Mira Schor
Book of Pages, 1976
Mixed media on rice paper
12 x 20 x 1 inches
Mira Schor
Book of Pages, 1976
Mixed media on rice paper
12 x 20 x 1 inches
Mira Schor
Mask, 1977
Dry pigment, ink, gouache, and Japan Gold Size on rice paper
Unframed, two-sided
20 3/4 × 11 1/4 in, 52 3/4 × 28 1/2 cm
Mira Schor
The Widows (I-III), 1977 (Front)
Dry pigment, bronze powder and Japan Gold Size on rice paper
From left: 12 × 7 1/2 in, 30 1/2 × 19 cm,
12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in, 31 3/4 × 21 1/2 cm,
13 1/4 × 6 1/4 in, 33 3/4 × 16 cm
Mira Schor
The Widows (I-III), 1977 (Back)
Dry pigment, bronze powder and Japan Gold Size on rice paper
From left: 12 × 7 1/2 in, 30 1/2 × 19 cm,
12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in, 31 3/4 × 21 1/2 cm,
13 1/4 × 6 1/4 in, 33 3/4 × 16 cm
Mira Schor
Mask "Blue Grey Veil," August 9, 1977
Ink, dry pigment, gouache, pastel, and Japan Gold Size on rice paper, Framed
Two-sided
10 x 8 inches, 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Mira Schor
Veiled Mask, 1977
Ink, dry pigment, gouache, and Japan Gold Size on rice paper
Two-sided
22 7/8 × 16 5/8 inches, 58 × 42 cm
Moon Room, Installation View at Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection September 20, 2023–March 4, 2024
Moon Room, Installation View at Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection September 20, 2023–March 4, 2024
Mira Schor
“Power” Figure #15: Dear Thing, 2015
Charcoal, ink, and gesso on tracing paper
45 × 24 in, 114 1/4 × 61 cm
Mira Schor
Dress: House-tree-person-blue door, 1977
Ink, dry pigment, and pastel on rice paper, Framed
Two-sided
60 x 16 1/2 inches, 152.4 x 41.9 cm
Mira Schor, Visions and Materialities, Installation View at Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, BE, 2025
Dress: House-tree-person-blue door, 1977 (Detail)
Mira Schor, WET, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Mira Schor
Dress: Nikke, 1975
Gouache and dry pigment on rice paper
83 × 43 in, 210 3/4 × 109 1/4 cm
Mira Schor
Dress: Red page, 1975
Charcoal and dry pigment on rice paper, Framed
77 x 18 1/2 inches, 195.6 x 47 cm
Dress: Red page, 1975 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Birch (Shroud of Turin), 1982
Dry pigment, pencil, and Japan Gold Size on rice paper, Framed
60 x 23 inches, 152.4 x 58.4 cm
Mira Schor, WET, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Mira Schor
Gemini and Black Bird/ Storm, July 18, 1981
Dry pigment, pastel, and graphite and medium on rice paper, Framed
15 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches, 39.4 x 74.3 cm
Mira Schor
Red and Blue Sky, 1983
Pastel and dry pigment and medium on Japanese rice paper
40 × 25 in, 101 1/2 × 63 1/2 cm
Mira Schor
Birthday, 1983
Plaster, paper and oil stick on wire, dry pigment and Japan Gold Size on rice paper
89 × 26 × 15 in, 226 × 66 × 38 cm
Mira Schor
Giant Milkweed Pod, November 25, 1983
Gouache, dry pigment, and medium on rice paper, Framed
61 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches, 156.2 x 93.3 cm
Mira Schor
Untitled, 1984
Gouache and mixed media on rice paper
73 1/4 × 38 in, 186 × 96 1/2 cm
Mira Schor
The Nun, 1986
Oil on five canvases
80 × 12 in, 203 1/4 × 30 1/2 cm
The Nun, 1986 (Detail)
The Nun, 1986 (Detail)
Mira Schor
The Impregnation of M, 1987
Oil on canvas
112 x 12 in, 284.5 x 30.5 cm
Mira Schor
Dicks or Impregnation of the Universe, 1988
Oil on 21 canvases, 12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm and 16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (112 x 53 inches, 284.5 x 134.6 cm total)
Mira Schor
Dicks or Impregnation of the Universe, 1988 (detail)
Mira Schor
Strange Fruit, 1988
Oil on 21 canvases
12 x 16 inches, 30.4 x 40.6 cm and 16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (112 x 53 inches, 284.5 x 134.6 cm total)
Mira Schor
Strange Fruit, 1988 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Patriotism On the Blood of Women, 1989
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Mira Schor
Invasion Game, 1990
Oil on linen on 12 canvases
16 × 20 in each; 48 × 100 in total
40 1/2 × 50 3/4 cm each; 122 × 254 cm total
Invasion Game, 1990 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Pardon Me Ms., 1989
Oil on 14 canvases, 40 x 112 inches
Mira Schor, WET, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Mira Schor
Breast and Egg, 1990
Oil on 10 linen canvases
20 x 16 inches, 50.8 x 40.6 cm (each)
80 x 40 inches, (203.2 x 101.6 cm (total)
MIra Schor
Alterity, 1991
Oil on 10 canvases
16 × 200 in total, 16 × 20 in each
40 1/2 × 508 cm total, 40 1/2 × 50 3/4 cm each
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Alterity, 1991 (Detail)
Alterity, 1991 (Detail)
Mira Schor
War Frieze V: pub(l)ic h/air, 1991-92
Oil on 8 linen canvases, 12 x 16 inches (each), 12 x 128 inches (total), 30.5 x 40.6 cm (each), 30.5 x 325 cm (total)
Mira Schor
Area of Denial (Color TV), 1992
Oil on 4 linen canvases
16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (each)
16 x 80 inches, 40.6 x 203.2 cm (total)
Mira Schor, WET, Installation view at Lyles & King, New York, 2024
Mira Schor
Area of Denial II, 1993
Oil on 16 linen canvases
16 × 20 in (each), 16 × 320 in (total)
40 1/2 × 50 3/4 cm (each), 40 1/2 × 812 3/4 cm (total)
Area of Denial II, 1993 (Detail)
Area of Denial II, 1993 (Detail)
Area of Denial II, 1993 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Double Bubble, 1992
Oil on canvas
12 × 16 in, 30 1/2 × 40 1/2 cm
Mira Schor
Area of Denial - Breast, 1992
Oil on linen
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
Undue Burden, 1989
Oil on linen
16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Mira Schor
Hairy Semi-Colon, 1993
Oil on linen
12 × 16 inches, 30 × 41 cm
Mira Schor
Slit of Paint, 1994
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
War Frieze XIII: Margin of Safety, 1994
Oil on linen
12 × 16 in (each), 12 × 112 in (total),
30 1/2 × 40 1/2 cm (each), 30 1/2 × 284 1/2 cm (total)
War Frieze XIII: Margin of Safety, 1994 (Detail)
War Frieze XIII: Margin of Safety, 1994 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Flesh, 1997
Oil on linen
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
War Frieze VII: dada, 1992
Oil on 8 linen canvases
12 x 16 inches (each), 12 x 128 inches (total), 30.5 x 40.6 cm (each), 30.5 x 325 cm (total)
Mira Schor
Drops of Blood, 1993
Oil on linen
16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Mira Schor
Sexual Pleasure, 1998
Ink, oil, gesso on canvas and linen on 50 canvases
12 × 16 in each, 103 × 340 in total
30m1/2 × 40 1/2 cm each, 261 1/2 × 863 1/2 cm total
Sexual Pleasure, 1998 (Detail)
Sexual Pleasure, 1998 (Detail)
Mira Schor
Raw, 2002
Oil on linen
12 × 16 in, 30 × 41 cm
Mira Schor
Sign 2005
Oil on linen
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
Silence, 2006
Oil and ballpoint pen on linen
24 x 26 inches, 61 x 66 cm
Mira Schor
Happy! Happy!, 2006
Ink and oil on gesso on linen
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
Portrait of My Brain, 2007
Oil on linen
6 x 12 inches, 15.2 x 30.5 cm
Mira Schor
Flesh, 2013
Oil on linen
12 × 16 in, 30 × 41 cm
Mira Schor
Are You a Feminist Artist?, 2015
Ink, acrylic, on gesso on linen
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Mira Schor
"Power" Figure #18: Are You A Feminist Artist? [red book], 2015
Ink and gesso on tracing paper
45 x 24 inches, 114.3 x 61 cm
Mira Schor
"Power" Figure #19: Self Portrait with a book, 2015
Ink and acrylic on tracing paper
45 x 24 inches, 114.3 x 61 cm
Mira Schor
"Power" Figure #7: Still Too Young, Not Dead Enough, 2015
Pastel, ink, and gesso on tracing paper
45 x 24 inches, 114.3 x 61 cm
Mira Schor
"Power" Figure #11: Are You?, 2015
Ink, flashe, and gesso on tracing paper
45 x 24 inches, 114.3 x 61 cm
Mira Schor
"Power" Frieze Figures: Flesh and Painting, 2016
Ink, oil, and gesso on tracing paper, Framed
22 1/4 x 12 inches, 56.5 x 30.5 cm
Mira Schor, Death is a Conceptual Artist, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, 2016
Mira Schor, Death is a Conceptual Artist, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, 2016
Mira Schor
What Kind of Art Will We Make Under Fascism?, 2018
Ink and oil on gesso on linen
14 × 18 in, 35 1/2 × 45 3/4 cm
Mira Schor
Classroom, 2019
Oil on canvas
12 × 16 in, 30 1/2 × 40 1/2 cm
Mira Schor
A Very Large Fragile Drama, 2019
Ink and gesso on yellow tracing paper
90 x 118 inches, 228.6 x 299.7 cm
Mira Schor, Tipping Point, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, NY, January 8 - February 7, 2021
Mira Schor
Pandemic Drawing #2, March 24 2020
Ink and gesso on paper, Framed
12 x 16 inches, 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Make Your Dream Last Longer Than The Night, installation View at Musée D’Art Contemporain De La Haute-Vienne, Rochechouart, July 1–September 17, 2023
Mira Schor
The Painter's Studio, 2020
Ink, acrylic, and gesso on tracing paper
119 x 228 inches, 302.3 x 579.1 cm
Mira Schor, Tipping Point, Installation View at Lyles & King, New York, NY, January 8 - February 7, 2021
Portrait of Mira Schor with The Painter’s Studio, 2020
Mira Schor
Untitled, October, 2021
Ink on paper, Framed
8 1/2 x 12 inches, 21.6 x 30.5 cm
Mira Schor
Torn, December 26, 2023
Ink on Japanese rice paper, Framed
14 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches, 36.2 x 54.6 cm
Mira Schor
Did I?, 2023
Oil, ink, acrylic and pastel on canvas
71 1/2 x 101 1/2 inches, 181.6 x 257.8 cm
Mira Schor
We Did, 2023
Oil, ink, acrylic and pastel on canvas
72 x 107 inches, 182.9 x 271.8 cm
Mira Schor
The Self, 2024
Ink and gesso on Gampi rice paper
74 × 24 1/4 inches, 188 × 61 1/2 cm
The Self, 2024 (Detail)
Portrait of Mira Schor in her studio, 1986. Photo by Sarah Wells

