Sonya Fe

Sonya Fe (born 1952) is an American painter.

Fe is one of eight children born to Jewish-American mother Ruth Goldfein and father Joseph Williams who was Narragansett and Mexican-American. Her parents raised their eight children in downtown Los Angeles, California where Fe was encouraged to draw on the cement floors of their home.

At age 13 Fe won a scholarship to participate in a summer program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has earned her B.A. degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Fe's work reflects social and cultural issues with themes centering on child abuse/neglect and the woman place in society. Swans and cats are common animals included in her work. 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."

List of Sonya Fe's artwork in museums

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

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Appearances in the media

• 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
• Sacramento Magazine, Sacramento, California, 1999
• Univision-TV 5, Sacramento, California, 1999 and 2000
• Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art, Arizona State University, Volume 1, 2002
• Our Community, Chicana and Chicano Art, Arizona State University, Volume 2, 2003
• Queer Eye for the Straight Girl on Bravo, Los Angeles, California, 2004

• 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 Pierreos 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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