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