Jero de los Santos

BIO

Jero de los Santos is a visual artist from Seville, Spain. He works on different fiction formats and abstracts audiovisual collages. He has participated in festivals since 2004. He’s been teacher of dramaturgy in Central Saint Martins Master’s in Scenography. Recently he has formed part of the teaching team of Cultural Factory within “Tercer Campus de Polígono Sur” and presented an exhibition entitled “Karmenstein” in La Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. He works around his roma and queer identities.

CONCEPT

I work on personal archives, my creating process starts from an intimate exposure to photos, videos, sound recordings of my ancestors or relatives of friends. I contemplate them, they talked to me. Telling our stories as roma and queer can be a counter-hegemonic practice, dismantling the official archive that makes us invisible or denigrates us. I focus on generating a multisensory experience, driving emotion, which enables a meeting place for reflection, celebration and common resistance. I believe in the romanipen, as a possibility of belonging beyond nations. In artivism as a tool.

EDUCATION

Degree in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Seville, Theater Direction and Dramaturgy at the Andalusian Theater Center, Design and Graphic Arts at the Gelves Artisans Training School. Video producer at Casa de Oficio Benito Romero Villaseñor. Cultural Management and Script for exhibitions at the Junta de Andalucía Public School of Cultural Training.

WORKS

2023

“KARMENSTEIN, diseccionando al monstruo colonial” in “DECONSTRUCTING CARMEN. DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMAGE OF ROMA PEOPLE” . Doc Roma / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
ROMANIAN ROMA POPULATION IN SEVILLE, documental SCRIPTWRITER (IN PROCESS) for ERASMUS program.
GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER in FALO MAGAZINE, About the representation of Male Nude in Art. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.

2022

LA BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA. Exhibition, “KARMENSTEIN”. Video installation.
“FAMILY MATTERS”. Sonic action about ancestors. SEVILLE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR.
JARANA MAGAZINE, Text and collages.

2021

Heterodox Counternarratives: Resistance, Memory and Diversity. Found Footage Film workshop. TEACHER in CAMPUS POLÍGONO SUR, The image of racialized people on the media.
MAGRAPHIK. Graphic design layout for art publication.
¡SAMUEL, brother we don't forget! Sonic Collage. Pride 2021.
ANCIENT MOVIES. Workshop for children.

2020

TEACHER, INTERPRETATION OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (ACV).
DARK NIGHT. PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT.
GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER in #SOMOSTODODAVI. FALO MAGAZINE (Special edition about Michelangelo’s David as a reference for expanded beauty).

OTHER SELECTED WORKS

AS A SCRIPTWRITER / DIRECTOR

2019 “DESPIERTA, NICO!”
2018. “HORA DE AVENTURA”.
2016. “ROJO SANGRE”.
2014. “AMOR DE PADRE”.
2008 “M, ¿NUNCA SERÉ NADIE?”.
Seville European Film Festival.
Festival de Cine Latino de San Francisco (USA)
2005 ADVERTISING SPOTS,
Consejería de Educación (Junta de Andalucía).
2000 INVASIÓN TRAVESTI”.
Fest Iberico (Delft, NETHERLANDS),
Cine Fantástico (Mar de plata, ARGENTINA),
Scalarama (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
Festival de Cine Latino (San Francisco, USA).
2001 TIME SHADOWS, Spitz gallery (LONDON).
Joint exhibition with MORITZ PANKOK. (Video)
1996 “LAS PERRAS DE SATÁN PRESENTAN”, radio magazine.
1995. “UNA GRANDE Y LIBRE ANCHOA”. (Scholarship for Young Audiovisual Producers Seville City Council)

AS A TEACHER

2006 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL ESCUELAS DE TEATRO, Bilbao, SPAIN. 2004
2004 CENTRAL SAINT MARTIN’S MASTER OF SCENOGRAPHY. Monographic courses (Calderón, Cervantes, Borges, Buñuel...) Dramaturgy/stage direction. Sevilla, SPAIN.