Thea Lazăr (b. 1993) lives and works between Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and the Internet. Her specific interest is neither in the past nor in the future but in the way they affect our contemporary culture and how they come together to create a narrative in the present. Nature is, more often than not, an integral part of her work. Either by using live plants or by artificially or digitally recreating natural elements, she explores the human need to connect with our nature and environment. In The Forest of Ghost Orchids, the dangling orchids remind us of the delicacy and ephemerality of an endangered flora in the midst of an ecological crisis.
Since 2016 she has been a member of Aici Acolo, an artist-run project focusing on promoting young and emerging artists by organizing contemporary art exhibitions in unused or abandoned spaces in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.