Artistic Statement
Beyond Reflection: Art as Action and Transformation
My work seeks to build bridges between the visible and the sensed,
the buried and the luminous, creating frameworks for social transformation.
Paintings that tell stories; Performances that turn experience into social technologies;
Music that invites to dance a prayer; Books that come alive across different media;
revitalization-ateliers exploring health as a central and common space
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where the act of sharing, singing, recognizing, and dancing are pathways to healing.
the memory of ancestors, and the uncertainty of the future.
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I am movement.
I am transformation.
I am the vibration that crosses bodies and spaces,
the speed of thought,
the pause between impulses.
My art is not static:
it is a current in which sound,
image, gesture and matter converge.
It is a crossroads between
the audible and the visible,
the ephemeral and the eternal,
the individual and the collective
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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 - Basel, Münsterplatz. Swiss. 6 - 21 Mai 2025
2024 - Milano, Legnago. Italy. Sep - Oct 2024
2024 - Trento. Italy. 28 Mar - 26 Mai 2024
2023 - Lugano. Via Nassa. 24 Ago - 24 Sep 2023
2023 - Luzern. Kurplatz. 12 - 24 Jul 2022
2022 - Ascona. Lungo Lago. 1 - 22 Sep 2022
2022 - Einsiedeln. Kloster Hauptplatz.13 Apr - 1 May 2022
2022 - Rapperswil. Fischmarktplatz. 3 - 18 May 2022
2021 - Zürich. Hauptbahnhof. 17 - 27 Oct 2021
2021 - Bern. Bundeshaus. 6 - 16 Oct 2021
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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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Rita Clara - "Good Sauce" (Gaita Composition) 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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Papaya Tropical - Co Artistical Direction FR
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Music Tours
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2025. Greece (Athens). Private Event.
2023. Kosovo (Pejë) - Anibar Festival
2023. France (Bourdeaux) - Le Bourbon Club
2023. UK (London) - Private Event VIP.
2023. Switzerland (Zúrich) - Private Event VIP.
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.
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