SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Omar Ramos

Omar Ramos is a lighting, sound, and video designer. He is keenly interested in emerging technologies, design for stage performances that include improvisation, and works that question perceptions of reality and undermine prevailing ideas about how humanity and the world function.


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Artist's Statement

My work aims to redefine people’s established assumptions about life, considering alternative models or philosophies to those represented in mainstream media. I seek projects that open minds, serve the community in which they are presented, and use budding technology in innovative ways. I am drawn to works that challenge the status quo and question art, one’s perception of reality, society, and what it means to be “normal.”

Omar Ramos hails from Southern California. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design with a dual focus in lighting and sound from the University of California, San Diego. He has designed across the U.S. and in Europe and aspires to continue working internationally. He is invested in theatre that outreaches to children, veterans, survivors of domestic abuse, and their families. He also gravitates to work that sheds light on the politics of race and serves the LGBT communities. He teaches graduate level courses on video design for UC San Diego and UC Irvine. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, biking, playing cello, travel, and the outdoors.