Sonya Fe, an internationally known artist, was born to be a painter. She learned to draw before she could walk and talk. When she was a little girl her mother encouraged her to draw on the cement floors of their home, only to see her chalk drawings get mopped clean every night. Her father took her on outings where she drew buildings, trees, people, and animals. Sonya used her artist talents to excel in school. At age thirteen, she won her first scholarship and was invited to participate in a summer program at Ottis Art Institute in Los Angeles. She received her formal art education and earned a B.A. degree from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Sonya's art is laced with her rich Semitic, Mexican, Narragansett, and Russian cultural background. Every generation has had influential artists whose work has brought about social change. Sonya Fe is one of these rare individuals whose art will evolve our culture from the inequities of gender and racial bias to a renaissance of human thought and global community. Art collectors recognize Sonya as an international master of the arts.

Sonya's work can be found in numerous private and public collections. Below are a few of the museums, exhibitions and publications that feature her art work.

Museums:

• Museo Del Barrio-New York, New York
• Carnegie Museum-Oxnard, California
• Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art- New York, New York
• San Diego Art Museum-San Diego, California
• Smithsonian Museum-Washington D.C.
• Morris Graves Museum-Eureka, California. One woman show. 2003

Publications, Featured Articles and Television Coverage::

• KTTV 5- Los Angeles, California, 1984
•   Saludos Hispanos, 1988
•   Vista Magazine, 1989
•    ELAN Magazine, 1989
•   Art Gallery, 1990
•   Hispanic Times, 1990
•   Pacific Art and Travel-Hawaii, 1990
•   Sunstorm-New York State, 1990 and 1994
•   La Guia, Hispanic TV Guide, 1991
•   TV commercial  and mural for the California Lottery, 1991
•   The Sacramento Magazine-Sacramento, California, 1999
•   Unavision-TV 5 - Sacramento, California, 1999 and 2000
•   Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art- Arizona State University , Volume l , 2002
•   Our Community, Chicana and Chicano Art- Arizona State University , Volume ll , 2003
•   Queer Eye for the straight Girl  on Bravo-Los Angeles, California, 2004

Gallery Exhibitions:

• 2007 Orange County Contemporary Art  Center OCCA-Orange County, California
• 2007 Studio 50, Inc-Los Angeles, California
• 2006 Piante  Gallery-Eureka, California
• 2001-2005  Artist in Residence-Hoopa, California
• 2000 University of the Pacific-Stockton, California
• 1999 California State Capitol-Sacramento, California
• 1998 Handsel Gallery-Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 1998 Self-Help Graphics- East Los Angeles
• 1997 University of California- La Verne, California
• 1995 Art Expo-New York, New York
• 1991 Galleria National-Monterey, Mexico
• 1990 World Print Faire-Tokyo, Japan
• 1989 JRS Gallery-Rhode Island
• 1989 PierreÕs Gate-Manchester, Vermont
• 1988 New Masters-Miami, Florida
• 1988 Art Expo-New York, New York
• 1986 Sala 9-Barcelona, Spain
• 1983 Solar Art Gallery-San Diego, California
• 1982 Ojai Art Center-Ojai, California 1983 Velasquez Art Center-Ventura, California
• 1979 Alpha Contemporary Gallery-Los Angeles, California
• 1976 Mechicano Art Center-Los Angeles, California

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