Fermin Fleites ARTIST STATEMENTS

My education progressed between drums, ñañigos and stage dramas, which propelled me to the Higher Institute of Arts. I was living through the heyday of the artistic academy in Cuba in the late 90’s, where I managed to perfect the visual language of my work and immerse myself deeply in Cultural Anthropology until I obtained a master’s degree in this field in the workers’ course at the University of Havana. Thanks to this mix of Visual Arts and Cultural Anthropology I managed to get to my first major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.
The show, “Maferefun New York,” was the gateway to my next project, “Del Periplo Camino de la Velas.” This was a deep immersion in the Peruvian Amazon that lasted more than four years, and a test of my anthropological vision and artistic skills. It was there, in the thick of the jungle, where my studies took shape, not only as academic exercises but as experiences of interaction with real human groups.