Hatuey Ramos Fermín
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1978
Biography Details
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.
Artist Statement
“I am a multimedia artist and educator who use photography, video, installation, performances, graphics and texts to investigate creatively the topic of immigration and globalization taking as a starting point questionings about the diverse manifestations of “power”. I am interested in articulating conceptual ideas about our society in a language that provokes reflection. The concept and the presentation/realization are extremely linked in order to create provocative works. I describe my practice as a combination between the documentary and the visual arts. My work is full of complicated layers of meaning and theatrical images, which in turn defy the social and artistic conventions with humor, drama and irony”.
Hatuey Ramos Fermín, 2008
Formation
Education
2005-2007
- Master of Fine Arts, major in Photography. St. Joost Academy of Art and Design, Breda, Holland
1996-2002
- Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995-1997
- Art courses. Art Students League, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Professional Experience
2013
- Curatorial Project. “Process and Progress: Brooke Singer”, SLO Architecture, NYC Department of City Planning, Bronx River Art Center’s Teen Project Studio, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York, United States
2012
- Curatorial Project. “The Teen Council of the Bronx Museum of the Arts Presents: The other I”, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, United States
2011
- Project “Hubs and Spokes Podcast Series”. Bronx, New York, United States
2011
- Curatorial Project. “The Teen Council of the Bronx Museum of the Arts Presents: The kid in me”, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, United States
2007-2008
- Mentor of mediums. Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, United States
2008
- Guide. “The Teen Council of the Bronx Museum of the Arts Presents: Jamel Shabazz”, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, United States
- Guide. “Tale of three Cities: Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, New York”, BaitShop Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Photography Mentor. L.E.A.P., New York, United States
2006
- Director-Mentor. “Framing Conversations” Project, Imagine I.C., Amsterdam, Holland
2003-2005
- Instructor, Curator and Photographer. Pyoyecto de Comunicación, Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2010
- Transmit – Transit, Longwood Art Gallery Project Space, Bronx, New York, United States
Group Shows
2012
- Oceans/Golden Tear Drop (Thong Yod), The Point CDC, Bronx, New York, United States
- Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, America Latina y el Caribe, El Panal, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- This Side of Paradise, Empty, at Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, New York, United States
- The Art of the Five –Shout-out from the Bronx, Center Gallery, New York, United States
- Mark Di Suvero’s Artists’ Tower of Protest, Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, Los Angeles, California, United States
2011
- When the Bronx was burning, Casa Amadeo was holding it down, Bronx River Art Center, New York, United States
- Congress of Collectives, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York, United States
- Panopoly Performance Labs Congress of Works, Urban Layers, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- The S Files Biennial, The Street Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Barri-o-rama, EAsT Harlem Project, Taller Boricua, New York, United States
- Sekou Sundiata’s The America Project, The People’s Potluck, New York, United States
2010
- Taken as given, Open Works Institute, Bucharest, Rhode Island, United States
2009
- Avant-Guide to NYC: Discovering Absence, Apexart, New York, United States
- Making it, Selections from the 2008 NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, Christensen, Deutsche Bank, New York, United States
2007
- Seven, LP2, Las Palmas, Rotterdam, Holland
2006
- More or Less 3,480 Seconds, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States
2006
- Nuevas Voces en la Fotografía, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Permissible Subjects, Kunstvlaai 6, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Holland
2002
- Tercera Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Pequeño Formato, Galería Raíces, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Exposición de Graduandos UPR, Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
- Grabados del Taller, Galería Guatibirí, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999
- Monstruos, Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998
- Saludo a la Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y el Caribe, Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2013
- Artistic Residency. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Shift Residency, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Residency. Hunts Point Homes, Pepatián, Bronx, New York, United States
- Core 77 Award for educational initiative. Center for Urban Pedagogy, New York, United States
2012
- Residency. One Big City, CEC Artslink, New York, United States
- Fellowship. Create Change Public Artist Residency & Professional Development Fellowship, The Laundromat Project, New York, United States
2011
- Grant. DCA Greater New York Arts Development Fund, Bronx, New York, United States
2010
- First Prize in Other Media Category. Show Your Impact Contest, Techsoup.org
2006
- Scholarship. Huygens Scholarship Programme, The Hague, Netherlands
2002
- First Prize in Analog Photography. Arte Alterno, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998
- Presidential Scholarship. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Catalogues
“Cartelera Volumen #19 y #20”, Proyecto de publicación de revista-cartel organizado por el artista Oscar Mestey Villamil, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002.
“Portafolio Fotográfico Comunitario Nuestro País visto por su Gente, Puerto Rico, Diciembre 2004, 22 en 100x35+”, Proyecto de Comunicación, Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2004.
“Seven Post St. Joost Photography”, Breda, Holanda, 2007.
Magazines
“Making it in New York Immigrant Artists at the 60 Wall Street Gallery.” Deutsche Bank, Art Magazine, 2009.
Yeung, Bernice. “Students Investigate Local Issues Through Service Learning”. Edutopia Magazine. September 2009.
Raheia, Lauren. “Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Battle Draws Fresh Voices”. City Limits Magazine (Nueva York, EEUU), 29 de septiembre de 2013.
Newspapers
Kelley, Tina. "Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect". The New York Times (Nueva York, EU), 15 de junio de 2008.
Lazarski, Lindsay. “Blast from Mott Haven’s past recalls an artistic keystone”. Mott Haven Herald, 5 de noviembre de 2009.
Signorile, Vito. “Conversation Series Launches in Mott Haven”. New York Post (Nueva York, EEUU), 28 de abril de 2011.