BIOGRAPHY
Hatuey Ramos-Fermín (pronounced: Ahtway Rahmos Fairmean) is an educator and multimedia artist. Born in the Dominican Republic in 1978, Ramos-Fermín immigrated to Puerto Rico and lived there from 1979-2005. He is a "Dominirican". Ramos-Fermín is currently based in New York City.
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-Fermín 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 Alumnus of the prestigious HSP Huygens Programme for excellent students from all around the world (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 of America, and Puerto Rico.
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-Fermín works at the Bronx Museum of Arts as a photography and video mentor in their Teen Council Program.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2007 Master in Fine Arts, Photography, AKV St. Joost, Breda, The Netherlands
2002 Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
1998-99 Exchange Student, Art Department, Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY, USA
1995-97 Art student, San Juan’s Art League, San Juan, PR
EXHIBITIONS
2007 Seven, Graduation Show MFA, LP2, Las Palmas Cultural Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006 More or Less 3,480 Seconds, curator Pablo Guardiola, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
New Voices in Photography, curator Nelson Rivera, Contemporary Art Museum, San Juan, PR
Permissible Subjects, Kunstvlaai 6 Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Auction for the Artists Emergency Fund, Contemporary Art Museum, San Juan, PR
2002 Third International Photography Biennial of Puerto Rico, Arsenal Puntilla Gallery, San Juan, PR
Small Format Art Exhibition, Raíces Gallery, San Juan, PR
Graduation Show BA, Francisco Oller Gallery, San Juan, PR
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 Night School, Core participant, project by Anton Vidokle at New Museum of Contemporary Art NY
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, mentee of Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, New York Foundation for the Arts, NY
2006 Alumnus of the prestigious HSP Huygens Programme for excellent students from all around the world. Awarded in The Hague, The Netherlands
2002 First Prize art photography, by Arte Alterno, San Juan, PR
1998 Presidential Scholarship, University of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR
1995 Art Student Scholarship, San Juan’s Art League, San Juan, PR
Bohio, Color photograph, 2008