Sonya Fe
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Sonya Fe | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Art Center College of Design |
| Known for | Painting |
Sonya Fe (1952) is a Chicana painter born and raised in Los Angeles.
Biography[edit]
Fe is one of eight children born to Jewish-American mother Ruth Goldfein and father Joseph Williams who was Narragansett and Mexican-American.[1] During her childhood she lived in the William Mead Housing Project in Downtown Los Angeles.[2] As a young person, she witnessed and was visually influenced by the Chicano art movement.[3]
At age 13, Fe won a scholarship to participate in a summer program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.[4] She has earned her B.A. degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
She lives in Elk Grove in Sacramento County, and is married to Arturo Vasquez, a children’s book author and they have a son who is a graphic designer.[5]
Art[edit]
Fe's work reflects social and cultural issues with themes centering on child abuse/neglect and the woman's place in society. Fe admits "The figures themselves are not anatomically correct-some have little definition. However, the faces are very defined, making the face the center of attention. My main concern is clearly with the relationships among these women's varying physical presence and at the same time bringing into equilibrium the active lines, and the colors that define them."[6]
Fe illustrated a children’s book titled You Can Draw Too, published by Publishing Children’s Stories, a press she co-founded.[7] In 1998, she received the national Artist Award from the California State Senate.[8]
As a Hispanic American artist, Fe's work reflects issues and inequalities in gender, race, and human thought.[9] Her work has been featured in magazines such as Forbes Sunstorm Magazine, Sacramento Magazine, and Sixteen Magazine.[10] A critique by Contemporary Chicana/Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education stated that her work was “a collage of transparent tissues.”[11] They discussed how her work seemed to be volumetric and transparent at the same time, holding glow and radiance at a gentle and extreme measure all at the same time.[12]
Fe's work has been exhibited nationally and are in the collections of CCH Pounder, Cheech Marin and the Smithsonian Institution.[13] In Los Angeles, she worked with other artists to restore the Great Wall of Los Angeles.[14]
The most known Sonya Fe exhibit is called “Are You With Me?” being shown from October 16, 2021- May 29, 2022 which included 27 oil paintings and 18 mixed-media drawings.[15] The exhibition sought to be a biographical depiction of her own life as well as depicting images of women’s roles decided by society as well as children’s innocence.[16] The exhibition catalog includes the Sonya Fe quote explaining her exhibit, “I want the viewer to stand with me while looking at the world. I want them to feel, see, and understand what I am saying- to not be left behind. I want to ask them, ‘Are you with me?’”[17] The exhibit “Are You With Me?” was curated by Norma Chairez-Hartell, and embarked on a national tour after it was shown at the Riverside Art Museum.[18]
Collections[edit]
- National Museum of Mexican Art[19]
- Museo Del Barrio-New York, New York
- Carnegie Museum-Oxnard, California
- Morris Graves Museum-Eureka, California.[20]
- Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art- New York, New York
- San Diego Art Museum-San Diego, California
- Smithsonian Museum-Washington D.C.[21]
References[edit]
- ^ "July 1, 2003: ART BEAT - Mexican-American painter Sonya Fe". North Coast Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ Kelliher-Combs, Sonya. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2014-07-28.
- ^ "Sonya Fe – Wide Open Walls". www.wideopenwalls.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Sonya Fe". Sonya Fe. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Sonya Fe". Aaagiclee.com. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "Sonya Fe – Wide Open Walls". www.wideopenwalls.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Are You with Me?". Riverside Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Curry, 3rd, Othello H. (2012-06-15). "Spotlight on: Sonya Fe, Contemporary Artist". Sacramento Press. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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- ^ "Sacramento Magazine July 2023 by Sacramento Magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "BrushesOfFire". www.avenue50studio.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "North Coast Journal - July 1, 2003: ART BEAT - Mexican-American painter Sonya Fe". www.northcoastjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "BrushesOfFire". www.avenue50studio.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ Eberhardt, Jenna (2022-07-04). "Sonya Fe Paints For Women, Children, and Those Who Bear the Weight of the World". Not Real Art World. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Are You with Me?". Riverside Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Are You with Me?". Riverside Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ [2] Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Humboldt Arts Council". Humboldtarts.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "sonyafe.com". sonyafe.com. Archived from the original on 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-03.