Henry Delétra Hanna (b. 1978, Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Swiss-Colombian visual artist based in Geneva, Switzerland. He reveals the world to us—not only the concrete reality we all perceive, shaped by well-defined physical laws, but also another layer: a surreal, kaleidoscopic dimension where various elements exist together on the same level, arranged like a sandwich or constructed like a totem.

Working across painting, drawing, photography, video, ceramics, and research-based practices — from anthropological methods to interviews and shamanic quests — he develops a body of work as multifaceted as the subjects he explores. Moving freely between mediums, he lets each idea determine its form, seeking the most precise way for the work to speak.

His work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions in Switzerland, including Madame Tonantzin (Halle Nord, Geneva, 2017), MUNDO, PIEDRA, PAPEL (Geneva, 2015), and KŪN (Espace eeeeh!, Nyon, 2019). His works are part of the Collection of the Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC), and he has published several artist books, including Weight Lifting and Totems (2009) and Cuadernos (2018).​​​​​​

Solo shows

2019 KŪN, Espace eeeeh!, Nyon, Suisse

2017 Madame Tonantzin, Halle Nord espace d'art contemporain, Geneva

2015 MUNDO, PIEDRA, PAPEL, Espace Cheminé Nord, Geneva2013 Avant le déluge, Le Cabinet, Geneva

2011 Here I Wrote Your Song, Espace Kugler, Geneva2010 LINGUA FRANCA, Labo, Geneva

2009 Weight Lifting and Totems, Palais de L’Athénée, Geneva

Group shows

2026 Les sources de l’imaginaire finissent toujours par former un lac, Musée du Léman, Nyon

2023 Ateliers Portes Ouvertes Artistes Genève, Usine Kugler, Geneva2021 Ateliers Portes Ouvertes Artistes Genève, Usine Kugler, Geneva

2021 LE WANDERER, LE REPÈRE ET L'HORIZON, Gallery Wild, Basel

2020 I LOVE #ArtisteDici, FMAC, Genève2020 Wildlife, Fonderie Kugler, Genève2016 CARNETS, Halle Nord, Genève

2015 artgeneve, FMAC, Geneva

2015 [ʀ] [ʁ] [r], Le Labo, Genève 2013 HOTEL ABISSO, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva

2013 Usine Genevoise de dégrossissage d’or, FORD, Geneva 
2013 Festival MOS ESPA, motel Campo, Geneva

2013 Bonfiest, DUPLEX, Geneva
2013 Culturisme, Ours Pistache, Geneva

2012 Potpourri Pourparlers Pourlapaix, Halle Nord, Geneva

2011 Prix du dessin 2011, Institut National Genevois, Geneva2010 BOURSES, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva

2009 A New Spirit in Lasagnas part III, New Jerseyy, Basel

2009 A New Spirit in Lasagnas part II, Circuit, Lausanne2008 Accrochage, Villa Dutoit, Geneva2008 “X”, Gallérie 1m3, Lausanne

2008 Multiply, Project Diligence, Nice

2007 True Stories, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva

Workshops/Residencies

2017 Résidence, Picnic Radio, Bruxelles

2016 Workshop, Banco de la Républica, Monteria, Colombia

2015 Workshop, Universidad Pontificia de Monteria, Colombia

2009 Résidence, Cité des arts, Paris

Grants 

2010 Lauréat bourse Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, Geneva

2009 Atelier pour plasticiens de la Ville de Genève, 2010-2012

2008 Lauréat bourse Simon I. Patiño, Paris

Publications

2018 ENCUENTRO, tape fieldrecordings, Zonoff

2018 Cuadernos 2008-2018, Ripopée, Suisse

2018 Fonds d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, FMAC, Collection 2004-2016

2016 Guide Contemporain, Vol III, FLAC Fondation Lémanique pour l'art contemporain, Suisse

 2013 Sometimes you est the bar, sometimes the bar eats you, Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Geneva

 2009 Weight Lifting And Totems, cahier N°186, Société des Arts de Genève, Geneva 2008 DEUX MILLE TRENTE ET UN, Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Geneva

2007 True Stories, Société des Art de Genève, Geneva