Biography

Born in Clermont-Ferrand (2001), Léna Romand Lacrabère lives and works in Basel. In her work, she explores fictional storytelling rooted in community, engaging them with intersectional collective experiences. Working primarily with a sculptural language, she employs ceramic techniques, collage, and papier-mâché combined with various textiles, often integrating found domestic objects. Through a familiar absurdism and a nostalgic tenderness, she develops a scenographic and installation-based practice that transforms spaces into sites of introspection and shared narratives.

At the moment, Léna Romand Lacrabère analyzes fables that are primarily based on the moral codes she has inherited culturally. Through an emancipatory gesture, while still acknowledging the immense archive of fiction, she displaces these narratives to create alternative and subversive stories for new figures, honoring contemporary relationships, family dynamics, and love affairs. Inspired by puppet-theater traditions, the multiple characters presented in her work unfold a deep interconnectedness between each story, driven by a desire to process crises and revolution collectively.