Photo-Theraphy Collage
Photo-narrative, montage, and performative re-staging of personal trauma.
London, UK, 2025
Hḗrā Santos
mysticalhera@gmail.com
Instagram: @hera.s.santos
Hḗrā is a trans creative practitioner and activist whose work spans performance, visual arts, and installation. Their practice explores themes of gender, identity, trauma, ecologies, memory, and movement, using a range of mediums to craft an experimental, biographical expression layered with abstraction. Hḗrā’s artistic journey navigates the intersections of these complex themes, offering a deep and nuanced exploration of both personal and societal narratives.
They are also a workshop facilitator working at the intersection of social change, wellbeing and queerness, creating spaces for dialogue, reflection, and collective transformation.
Education
School Cascais Theater Practitioner
Portugal, Cascais
2015
Ugly Duck
Follow Y/our River,
Performace & Installation
UK, London
2025
Newcastle Contempory
Speak The Truth,
Co-Performance with
Delaine Le Bas
UK, Newcastle
2025
V&A East
SEMARÃ ECLOSE,
Performance & Sound
UK, London
2025
Land Art
The Ruins Of HER(A),
Durational Performance,
Turkey, Simena
2025
Turner Prize, Tate Britain
Incipit Vita Nova,
Video Performace co-performed with DelaineLe Bas as part of her nomination
Uk,London
2024
180 Strand
I WANT TO BELIEVE,
Co-Performing in collaboration with
Esben Weile Kjær
Uk,London
2024
Tramway
DELANIA:17071965 UNFOLDING,
Co-Perfromance with Delaine Le Bas, International Glasgow Festival
Uk,Glasgow
2023
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix
LINGUIST ENGINEERING,
Co-perfromance with Delaine Le Bas &
International Tour Gorki Theater
Uk,London/Ger,Berlin
2023
Positive East
What London Means to You?
Mapping and Creative Writing
collecting and sharing stories of London
Uk,London
2025
Spectra
Queer Ecological Outer &
Inner Landscapes
Creative Writing
Uk, London
2025
Positive East
What Pride Means to Me?
Collective Collage
UK, London
2025
Positive East
Activism/Social Change,
Book Making
UK, London
2025
Cody Dock
Books of Water (Tilda River),
Totally Thames Festival,
Book Making and Movement
UK, London
2024
LGBTQ+ Center, St. Margrets House
Identity & Collage Making,
UK, London
2024
Follow Y/Our River
Self-Publishing and the Photobook Project with Paula Roush, Tamara Stoll and Hḗrā Santos, published by msdm publications
Uk,London
2023
Doesn’t Exist Magazine 4
Official Tribute to John Waters
Styling, Creative Direction and Production
Uk,London
2022
Doesn’t Exist Magazine 3
Tribute to Michaelangelo Antonini,
Modeling & Creative Direction
Uk,London
2022
CARPARK MAGAZINE 15
Modeling, Styling and Production
Fr, Paris
2022
NEWS FROM NOWWHERE LOCKDOWN
Performace, Styling and Production in collaboration with msdm publications & CARPARK MAGAZINE issue 14
Uk,London
2020
Marathon Missile
Performance, Styling and Production in
collaboration with Paula Roush, published by msdm publications
Uk,London
2019
CARPARK MAGAZINE 13
Styling and Creative Direction
Uk,London
2019
HHUUGG ZINE 1/2/3 + REMIX
Performance, Styling and Production in collaboration with Paula Roush, published by msdm publications
Uk,London
2018-20