Sonia Romero

Sacred Heart, by Sonia Romero

2011

Sonia Romero is currently creating art full time and exhibiting widely in Southern California and beyond, including the exhibition Five L.A. Chicano Artists at Galerie Par-ci, Par-la in Lyon, France and Latino Artists of Los Angeles - Defining Identity, at the Millard Sheets Gallery. Recent public works include the mural commission and award at the Gene Autry Museum, and the Caltrans Metro Neighborhood Poster Award. She received her formal education at the Los Angeles County High-school for the Arts and her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, with an emphasis in printmaking. Sonia is the daughter of renowned artists, Nancy and Frank Romero, and the granddaughter of Edith Wyle, founder of the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Artist Statement: I value a rich interior life. I believe that craftsmanship and creativity are of equal importance. All the stories and pictures that I have seen in my childhood and throughout my life inspire me. The nostalgia created by the passage of time gives objects, ideas, and images a heightened pleasurable feeling. I look for this feeling when I am choosing the imagery that goes into my art pieces. This gives me a strong connection and belief in the work, and hopefully inspires the recollection of memories in others. It is not until I have reached a level of completion in a work that I begin to consider the meanings behind the composition and juxtapositions. It’s as if the animals, foliage, objects, figures etc. are a vessel for the everyday relationships and happenings in my life. When my life moves on, so do the meaning I thrust upon my artwork. In this way anybody can find meaning, or create their own stories, by looking at my pictures.