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Photographer, video artist, creator of site-specific installations, performance artist, curator and graphic artist. In 1995, he received a scholarship to study at Puerto Rico's San Juan Art Students League until 1997. He continued his studies at the University of Puerto Rico where he received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 2002. During his undergraduate tenure, he was awarded the university’s Presidential Scholarship to study art and theatre as an exchange student at Hunter College CUNY in New York (1998-1999). Following his graduation, the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education awarded him in 2006 the Huygens Scholarship Programme for excellent students to complete his Masters in Fine Arts (Photography) at St. Joost Art and Design Academy in Breda, The Netherlands, (2007). In addition, Ramos Fermín is an alumnus of the Immigrant Artist Project at the New York Foundation for Arts. His distinctions include a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Development Fund Award, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Art’s Shift Residency as well as the Laundromat Project’s Create Change Public Artist Residency. He has developed artistic, educational, curatorial projects, exhibitions and public programs, translating ideas of culture and society into thought provoking critical language. His artistic work has been exhibited internationally in The Netherlands, United States and Puerto Rico. Ramos Fermín is a cultural producer that uses a combination of documentary and fine arts practices to investigate issues related to urban space. His work is conceptually driven, research based and is often site specific.