Bio
Jehisson Santacruz is a Colombian transdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sound, painting, performance, video and community-based Ateliers. With a background in philosophy, literature, and transdisciplinary arts/sciences, he explores how art can function as a booster of social technology of care and transformation.
His work weaves together ancestral memory, ecology, and contemporary poetics. Through painting, he creates archives of injustice and resilience. Music merges as dances that become a form of prayer. His performances operate as rituals of remembrance and healing, re-signifying colonial and ecological histories while activating spaces of share, revitalization and togetherness.
Santacruz has collaborated internationally, including with the Marina Abramović Institute at Kunsthaus Zürich; at the World Ethic Forum and the Library for a Happy Future in Switzerland. His practice positions art as both action and transformation — a current where image, sound, and gesture converge toward collective healing.
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Education
2023 - Master in "Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts". ZHdK
University of the Arts Zürich, Switzerland.
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2018 - Professional in "Philosophy and Literature"
La Salle University, Colombia.
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2007 - 2009 - Master in Directing for the Performing Arts.
ASAB . Bogotá. Colombia.
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2003 - 2004 - Music and composition. Bellas Artes. Cali. Colombia.
2004 - 2007 . Zootechnis. UNAL. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Palmira. Colombia.
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Recent Showcases & Collaborations
Marina Abramović "Restrospective" Exhibition. Kunsthaus Zürich. 2024 - 2025
As a performer, I took part in "cleaning the house" with the Marina Abramovic Institute
and in the 6-month exhibition at the Kunst Haus Zürich.
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World Ethic Forum: "Cantos al Agua y Otros Seres"
2024 - Pontresina. Swiss. Performance- Installation.​​
Atelier: "Drops of an Ocean: Stories Become Chants"
in Collaboration with the textile artist Phd, Sonja Schenkel. 30 Aug - 1 Sep 2024
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Heart Beats - Swiss Tour - Artwork: "4 Meditaciones Metafísicas".
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2025 - Lugano. Switzerland
2025 - Andermatt. Switzerland.
2025 - Kongresshaus. Switzerland.
2025 - Basel, Münsterplatz. Switzerland.
2024 - Milano, Legnago. Italy.
2024 - Trento. Italy.
2023 - Lugano. Via Nassa. Switzerland.
2023 - Luzern. Kurplatz. Switzerland.
2022 - Ascona. Lungo Lago. Switzerland.
2022 - Einsiedeln. Kloster Hauptplatz. Switzerland.
2022 - Rapperswil. Fischmarktplatz. Switzerland.
2021 - Zürich. Hauptbahnhof. Switzerland.
2021 - Bern. Bundeshaus. Switzerland.
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The loneliness of 100 years of armed conflict in Colombia".
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2023 - The loneliness of 100 years of armed conflict in Colombia.
10 -15 Abril 2023 Aktionsraum ZhdK. Zúrich. Suiza.
2023 - EXPO Pedagogías Comunitarias. Pole Sûd. Mar 2023.
2022 - Bern. Didactic concert “Desde los Montes de Maria”. Ago 2022
2022 - Zürich. Didactic concert “Desde los Montes de Maria”. Feb 2022
2021- Zürich. Didactic concert “Desde los Montes de Maria”. Sep 2021
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Collaborations​
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Performance ritual "The Black Wall"​ for the Ishita Chakraborty. Installation:
''Exotic Plants in the Garden- What to Do?. Kunsthaus Zürich. Apropos Hodler. 2024
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Music Composition
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Papaya Tropical - Musician, Producer and Artistical Direction FR
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Zapapaya - "Dounya" (Gaita Composition) FR
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Zapapaya - Carnalito - "Taína" (Gaita Composition) FR
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Pao Barreto -" Te pedí" (Gaita Composition) FR​
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Rita Clara - "Good Sauce" (Gaita Composition) FR
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Music Tours
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2025. Paris (France). Fête de la Musique.
2025. Greece (Athens). Boo Club.
2023. Kosovo (Pejë) - Anibar Festival
2023. France (Bourdeaux) - Le Bourbon Club
2023. UK (London) - Private Event VIP.
2023. Switzerland (Zúrich) - Kraftwerk.
2023. Switzerland (Winterthur) - Joe Club.
2023. France (Paris) - Paris plages.
2023. Switzerland (Zúrich) - Tribal Nights, Kraftwerk.
2022. Switzerland (Geneva) - Festival La Ville est à Vous.
2022. Switzerland (Zürich) - Alta Cumbia Fest.
2021. France (Paris) - Studio 54.
2020. France (Paris) - La Rueda de Paris.
2019. Switzerland (Lausanne) - Pôle Sud.
2005. Colombia (Cali) - Plaza de Toros.
2005. Colombia (Cali) - Panzer Crush.
2005. Colombia (Cali) - Tropical Cocktails.
2004. Colombia (Palmira) - Planetarium.
2004. Colombia (Palmira) - Camelot. ​​
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Marina Abramović Exhibition - Press
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/marina-abramovic-riskiert-ihr-leben-fuer-die-kunst-824382191315
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/abramovi-im-kunsthaus-nackte-gesucht-fuer-28-fr-pro-stunde-208267382373
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Heart Beats Swiss Tour - Press
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https://www.heartbeats-tour.com/projects-8?pgid=l2ekdgst-d4a12cc0-a6a0-4ed8-aa68-8f2888d97c83
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Lugano
https://www.rsi.ch/news/ticino-e-grigioni-e-insubria/Uninvasione-di-cuori-in-via-Nassa-16492405.html
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Ascona
https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/15598606
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Luzern
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Publications
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2025. Ver une culture de la santè. The Library for a Happy Future.
L'eauquicoule_Web.pdfdrive.google.com
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2025. Sentipensar con la tierra. The Library for a Happy Future. - view
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2023. The Art of Communities Pedagogies as an emancipation and resilience of people: Approaches to an Indigenous Futurism. ZHDK.
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2018. Hacia una ciudadanía comprendida como inmunología general. Editorial Académica Española. Universidad de La Salle.
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​Movetia.ch - Sentipensar Methodologies
https://www.movetia.ch/praxis-wissen/praxis/jugendaustausch-mit-non-formalen-lernmethoden
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Selected Work
 Anibar Festival - Pejä |  The loneliness of 100 years of armed conflict in Colombia |  KUNSTBULLETIN"Retrospektive" Marina Abramović Exhibition. Kunsthaus Zürich. 2024-2025 |
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 Collaboration with the Indian artist Ishita Chakraborty. Installation "Exotic Plants in the Garden- |  Indio Migrante |  The technical rebellion of nobodies |
 4 metaphysische Meditationen Projekt _Heart Beats_ - Swiss Tour Zirkus Knie 2021-_edite |  Mi amigo árbol |  Cinema under the stars - Sucre |
 Tamborero y Secreto. 2024 |  Pejä, Kosovo - Concert Papaya Tropical |  The Art of the Community Pedagogies. Jehisson Santacruz. 2023. ED ZHDK |
 Más Amor |  Never Been Afraid- Short Film. 2023 |  Andes - Alpes |
 Exilio. 2021 |  The prophecies of Wind. Video Installation. 2022 |  Video Installation. The technical revelation of the nobodies. 2023 |
 The Black Wall. Collaboration with the Indian artist Ishita Chakraborty. Installation "Exotic Plants |  el silencio de los pueblos |  Expo Community Pedagogies. 2023 ZHDK |
 Video Installation. Disformance. 2021 |  Heart Beats - Swiss Tour. Lugano 2023 |  Kuisi Gaita - Montes de MarÃa. 2018 |
 Orchestre du Lac. |  Pejä, Kosovo - Papaya Tropical Concert. 2023 |  Video Art. Sin nombre. 2021 |
 dance with me |  Educational Concert - Kuisi Gaita / Cartagena University. 2018 |  RETOMA DEL PALACIO. Video Installation. 2024 |
santacruzjehisson@gmail.com
www.santacruzjehisson.com