Artist Resume
Education:
Art Center College of Design, Bachelor of Arts, Pasadena, CA, 1976 Los Angeles City College, Associate of Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1972 Otis Art Institute, Summer Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA, 1967
Grants and Awards:
2016 Recipient for the Ronald McDonald House, “Got Milk Campaign 2016 Recipient of City of Sacramento, SMAC
2014 – Recipient for the Lucile Packard Children Hospital Grant 2004-07 4-time recipient of the Humboldt Arts Foundation Fund
2006 Recipient of the James Irvine Foundation
2005 California Association for Bilingual Education Artist
2005 California Arts Day, Rich Diaz, California Arts Council
2002-04 CAC Artist in Residence, Hoopa, CA
1998 National Artist Award, California State Senate
Selected Exhibitions :
2019 ETN Gallery, Erotica
2019 Dona Ana Arts Council , January artist, Sonya Fe
2018 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Papel Chicano Dos, works on paper, collection of Cheech Marin
2018. Magnum Opus studio of the stars , Sacramento CA,
2018 Black Queen, Xavier University, Louisiana, CCH Pounder, LA
2017 University of Wyoming Art Museum, Wyoming
2017 Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK Papel Chicano Dos, works on paper, collection of Cheech Marin
2017 Riverside Art Museum, CA Papel Chicano Dos, works on paper, collection of Cheech Marin
2017 Sonya Fe, Passion of Color, Smud Gallery, Sacramento CA
2016 Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego Papel Chicano Dos, works on paper, collection of Cheech Marin
2014 paper, collection of Cheech Marin One-day show, Studio 299, Willow Creek, CA (Trinity Journal)
2013 Brushes of Fire, Fremont Gallery, South Pasadena
2013 Brushes of Fire, Temporary Contemporary Gallery, SAC
2012 Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum, SAC,
2012 Space in Color, Fremont Gallery, South Pasadena
2010 Brushes of Fire, Avenue 50 Studio, LA
2010 All About Women, La Raza Galleria Posada, SAC
2009 Dia de Los Muertos, Sacred Memories, The Pico House Gallery, LA
2008 Fresh Faces, 20th Street Gallery, SAC
Selected Exhibitions in California: Con’t
2007 Sonya Fe, Orange County Contemporary
2007 Beautiful Deception, Avenue 50 Studio, LA
1999 Sonya Fe Raw, La Raza Galleria Posada, SAC
1999 Sonya Fe, State Capitol, SAC
1999 Women Escaping a Violent Environment, W.E.A.V.E. SAC
1993 Sonya Fe, Lawrence Gallery, Santa Rosa
1998 Proyecto Mujer, Self-Help Graphics, Galleria Otra Vez, LA
1988 Sonya Fe, Art Expo Cal, LA
1985 Sonya Fe, Los Angeles Art Association, LA
1983 Sonya Fe, Velasquez Art Center, Camarillo
1983 Sonya Fe, Solar Art Gallery, San Diego
1982 Sonya Fe, Ojai Art Center
1977 Sonya Fe, Mechicano Art Center, LA
Selected Exhibitions Across the US:
1998 Sonya Fe, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Sonya Fe, Jewel Spiegel Gallery, New Jersey
1989 Sonya Fe, Pierre’s Gate Gallery, Manchester, Vermont
1989 Sonya Fe, JRS Gallery, Rhode Island
1989 Sonya Fe, Paul Sorota Fine Arts, Boston, MASS
1988 Sonya Fe, New Masters, Miami, FL
1988 Sonya Fe, Galleria Capistrano, Santa Fe, NM
1988 Sonya Fe, Art Expo, NY
1987 Our Annual Small Works, Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Exhibitions at Universities and Colleges:
1998 Chicano Art, California State University
1998 Chicana (o) Identities, College of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1997 Qué Vida, University of La Verne, CA
1993 Sonya Fe, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
1984 Women of Yucatán, Occidental College, LA, CA
Exhibitions at Museums:
2011 Women of Color, Sojourner Truth Museum, Sac. CA
2003 I Love Men, But.. Morris Grave Museum, Eureka, CA
1988 Sonya Fe, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Ill
Exhibitions outside US:
1991 Sonya Fe, Galleria National, Monterey, MX
1990 Sonya Fe, World Print Fair, Tokyo, Japan
Art Consultant:
2012 Dia De Los Muertos, Old Town Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA
2011 The Great Wall of Los Angeles Murals, SPARC, Los Angeles
2010 Highland Park Murals, Pacific Telephone, SPARC, Los Angles
2004 Drawing and Painting, College of the Redwoods, Hoopa, CA
2003 Child Teaching Children, Integrating Literacy, Art, and Technology,
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District, Hoopa, CA
2001 Child Teaching Children, Integrating Literacy, Art, and Technology, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Richmond, CA
1999 Child Teaching Children, Integrating Literacy, Art, and Technology, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, CA
Radio:
2010 KXJZ radio, Sacramento, CA
1994 La Voz, Santa Rosa, CA
Television:
2015 TV News Sacramento, 10, CBS
2010 TV News Sacramento, 10, CBS
2010 TV Sacramento, and Company, 7 ABC
2010 UNAVISION TV Sacramento, CA
1990 UNAVISION TV 5, Sacramento, CA
1999 KCRA TV 3, De Colores, Sacramento, CA
1990 La Guia, Hispanic TV Guide
Collections:
David Bischoff, Art Educator and Art Collector, Sac. CA
McDonald House, Got Milk ( Resin Cow)
Karen Hanford, Sycamore Hill Gardens Planner, Marcellus, NY
Cheech Marín, Chicanitas, Actor, Los Angeles, CA
CCH Pounder, Actor, Los Angeles, CA
Ronald J. Madsen, AIA, Sac. CA
Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY
Kentucky Derby Art Museum, Kentucky
Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
Fresno County Museum Hispanic Fiesta, CA
Publications:
Sonya Fe, The Las Cruces, Bulletin, pg. 37 January 18, 2019
Oddments and other aesthetics, The Las Cruces, Bulletin, pg. 37- January 11, 2019
Arts and Entertainment, The Las Cruces, Bulletin, pg. 34, January,4, 2019
Cover art. Joaquin Magazine, April 2018
Women, Mujeres, 1XOQ: Revolutionary Visions , , Claudia D. Hernandez pg. 134-135. 2018
Artist Sonya Fe, on cover and article American Talent Magazine, pg. 8-11 Dec 2017
Artist Sonya Fe, on cover and article Albuquerque Talent Magazine, pg. 8-11 Sept.2017
Digging Deep, The Las Cruces, Bulletin, pg. 39-40, August, 2017
Artist Sonya Fe, on cover and article Sacramento Talent Magazine, pg. 8-11, July 2017,
Papel Chicano Dos, works on paper, collection of Cheech Marin pg. 14-21
Through a child’s eye Joaquin Magazine, pg. 13-15 Dec. 2016
Cara A Portraits Cara, by Andres Alvarez, pg. 30-31 2016
Forget what you learn, SN&R, pg. 55, Dec. 2016
Brushes of Fire, Sixteen Magazine, pg. 54-57, SAC, Issue 13, Feb. 2013
Sonya Fe: A Lifetime of Artistry and Wisdom, Sunstorm Fine Art Magazine, pg. 19-20 NY, Spring, 2012
Spotlight on: Sonya Fe ,Contemporary Artist- Sacramento Press, 2012 Children Teaching Children in Hoopa Valley, Hoopa Elementary Publishing House,
CD-ROM Multimedia Technology, Hoopa, CA, 2004
Mexican-American Painter, Journal Art beat, July 2004
Contemporary Chicana/Chicano Art, Bilingual Press, Hispanic Research Center, pg. 20-21,40,218-219, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, vol. 1, 2002
13 Women to Watch, Sacramento Magazine, pg. 39, Sac., July, 1999
Ready to Soar, After a Dance with the Wolves, Sunstorm Magazine, pg. 37/39, 1993
Sonya Fe: Painting Women, The Paper, pg. 17 Vol. 15, Sonoma County’s,
Independent Voice, October, 1993
Pinceladas Sutiles E Inspiradoras, La Guia, pg. 3-4,Van Nuys, CA, October, 1990
A MasterpiecE, Elan Magazine, Classic Women, pg. 70-71, Canada, Sept., 1990
Commissions:
Bilingual Press, Tempe, AZ
Coca Cola Corporation
Commission Femenil of Los Angeles
National Association for Bilingual Education
Mexican American Legal Defense-Education
California Department of Education
Pacific Telephone Company
California Lottery
The nature of Fe's work has always been a biographical depiction of her own life encounters.
"Person of strength.. who paints like hell"
...is how one gallery owner once described Sonya Fe. - Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA
"For all those who been through hell and back, but have no means to express themselves, they will look at my work and breathe a sigh of relief."
- Sonya Fe
"Looking at the actual canvas, one is struck by the unexpected beauty of the paint application itself. Every part of the surface is luminous- even the browns and blacks of the shadows. Sometimes her form is volumetric and transparent at the same time- a technical tour de force which any painter is obliged to respect. The images seem to glow with inner radiance."
- David Callahan, Visual Artist, from the chapter on Sonya Fe , Contemporary Chicana/Chicano Art, Vol 1&2