ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a multimedia artist who uses photography, video, installation, graphics, performance and text to creatively investigate migration and globalization. I am interested in articulating conceptual ideas regarding our society into a thought provoking critical language. The concept and the presentation/realization are inherently tied to one another to create provocative work. I describe my practice as a combination between the documentary and the fine arts. My work is layered with theatrical-like imagery and challenges social and artistic conventions with drama, humor, and irony. One of my main goals as an artist is to achieve a social and political commentary in my work. I strongly believe that art can help or be a catalyst for discussions that may lead to better understanding (and the possibility of change) in human relations.

BIO:

Hatuey Ramos-Fermin (pronounced: Ahtway Rahmos Fairmean) is an educator and multimedia artist. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1978, Ramos-Fermin immigrated to Puerto Rico and lived there from 1979-2005. He is a "Dominirican" half Dominican (mother side) half Puerto Rican (father side).

In 1995, he received a scholarship to study at the San Juan Art League until 1997. He then continued at the University of Puerto Rico where he received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 2002. During his undergraduate tenure, Ramos-Fermin was awarded the university"s Presidential Scholarship to go to study as an exchange student of art and theater at Hunter College C.U.N.Y. (1998-1999). Following his B.A., he was awarded the Huygens Scholarship Program (2006) to complete an M.F.A. in Photography at St. Joost Art and Design Academy in Breda, The Netherlands, (2007). His artistic work has been exhibited internationally in The Netherlands, United States, and Puerto Rico. Ramos-Fermin is currently based in New York City.

As an educator he has worked with community-based programs such as award winning and Emmy nominated, Communications Project of the Puerto Rico Public Broadcast Corporation as a photography instructor and curator. Currently, Ramos-Fermin works at the Bronx Museum of Arts as a photography and video mentor in their Teen Council Program.