Thea Lazar (b. 1993, Târgu Mureș) lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her artistic practice spans a wide range of mediums, including textile and embroidery, multimedia installations, video, and 3D animation. With a focus on storytelling, her work intertwines traditional craftsmanship and contemporary technology, creating a dynamic dialogue that reflects both personal and universal narratives. By juxtaposing nature and technology, she explores the tension between the organic and the manufactured, prompting contemplation on their coexistence. Nature, particularly local and endemic plants, holds a significant place in Lazăr’s artistic inspiration.
Selected solo shows: A Single Root Can Hold the Earth Together (2024, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca), Ride the Snake to the Lake (2020, Cazul 101, Bucharest), Selected group shows: Ziua Crește, (2025, Contemporar Space, Cluj-Napoca), Lanterns and Other Memories (2024, Quadro Gallery, Cluj-Napoca), Ghosts Whisper Loud and Clear (2023, Zina Project Space, Cluj-Napoca), Ecologies of Repair (2022, Gaep Gallery, Bucharest), Off World Colonies (2021, Indecis Artist Run, Timișoara)
Embroidery, digital print on textile
108 x 85 cm
Embroidery on textile
130 x 83
Digital print on textile, glass beads
226 x 30 cm
Embroidery on textile, glass beads
68 x 91 cm
needlepoint and stringed beads
variable dimensions
digital print on textured textile fabric, glass beads
240 x 30 cm
hand-stitched tapestry
11 x 11x 2 cm
hand-stitched tapestry
11 x 21 x 2 cm
soap bar
5 x 8.5 x 7 cm
soap bar
2,5 x 7 cm
soap bar
2,5 x 8,5 x 7 cm
print mounted on globes,
20 cm diameter
digital print on textured textile fabric, glass beads
270 x 25 cm
digital print on textured textile fabric
45 x 140 x 35 cm
digital print on textured textile fabric, glass beads
200 x 25 cm
needlepoint and macrame
20 x 20 cm
digital print
100 x 117 cm
digital print on textured fabric, glass beads
220 x 30 cm
World (Aloidendron dichotomum), 2021
digital print on textured textile fabric, glass beads
260 x 20 cm
HD video, stereo sound, 3:05 min
HD video, stereo sound, 3:05 min
multimedia installation, HD video, stereo sound, 3:45 min., resin flowers, textile
variable dimensions
HD video, stereo sound, 2:05 min
relief – 3D print (ABS material)
32 x 48 x 2 cm
relief – 3D print (ABS material)
52 x 39 x 2 cm
HD video, stereo sound, 1:28 min
HD video, stereo sound, 1:28 min
HD video, stereo sound, 1:28 min
digital print on silk
variable dimensions
installation of found objects, towers of glass candle holders, plastic flowers mounted on fence
variable dimensions
- Education
- 2012 – 2015
- BA, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Study program Photography and Video
- 2015 – 2017
- MA, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Study program Photography and Video
- Selected exhibitions
- 2024
- My Treasure, Your Treasure, Their Tresure, Galeria Quadro, Cluj-Napoca
- A Single Root Can Hold The Earth Together, solo show, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- 2023
- Ars Electronica Gardens Exhibition, Linz, Austria
- Ghosts Whisper Loud and Clear, Zina Project Space, Cluj-Napoca
- Kimaera, kinema ikon, Arad
- 2022
- The Bittersweet Chaos of Becoming, MATKA/ Ivan Gallery, Bucharest
- Current Alternatives to Something That is Missing, MATCA Artspace, Cluj-Napoca
- Ecologies of Repair, Gaep Gallery, Bucharest
- Crush, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- 2021
- TEORETICENȚE, Revista Cutra/Suprainfinit, Bucharest
- Off World Colonies, Indecis Artist Run, Timișoara
- NUCLEU 0008 – SEEN, Leilei Gallery, Bucharest
- 2121 Time Capsule, Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest
- Millions of Ruins, Galeria Quadro 21, Cluj-Napoca
- clock-watching, Black Cube, Denver, Colorado, SUA
- 2020
- In Good Company / Warm Up, kinema ikon, Arad
- Ride the Snake to the Lake, Cazul 101, Bucharest
- the wrong epicentre, The Wrong Biennale, Valencia, Spain
- 2019
- The Museum Affair ,The Paintbrush Factory / Botanical Museum, Cluj-Napoca
- Tree of Digital Life / New Environmental Imaging, Halucinarium, Bucharest
- Fragments, Bozar, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 2018
- Let Us Approach the Internet at the Speed of Dreams, kinema ikon, Arad
- Where do we go from here?, Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest
- CHIMERA: Automated Erotic Massage Salon, Atelier 34, Bucharest
- ppm #3 copy art show, Aici Acolo Pop-Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- 2017
- possible futures, Simultan, Timișoara
- The Birthday Party of an Android Not Yet Installed, Aici Acolo Pop-Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- ppm #2 copy art show, Aici Acolo Pop-Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- 2015
- ppm #1 copy art show, Aici Acolo Pop-Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca