Lori Hersberger was born in Basel. He studied video, art and sculpture at the Schule für Gestaltung (SFG) in Basel 1991 - 1995.
In the exhibition Nonchalance Revisited (1998) in the Atrium of the Berlin Academy of Art, Hersberger showed a site—related landscape of carpets.
Having seen this work, Harald Szeemann invited Lori Hersberger to the 1999 Venice Biennale.The monumental work he created there, consisting
of floating second-hand carpets and entitled Archaic Modern Suite, brought him instant international fame.
Hersberger had his first major solo exhibition Day- Glo Blues Conspiracy in the Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel in 2001.
Hersberger now lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. Since the early 1990s Lori has exhibited in various Swiss and international institutions including museums and prestigious private collections.