Sonya Marie Sky

Born 1991 in Laredo, Texas
Resides in San Antonio, Texas

EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2020
B.A. Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 2013
A.A. Laredo Community College, Magna Cum Laude, Laredo, TX, 2011

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Peggy & Richard Calvert Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2019-2020
Dia de los Muertos Stipend, The Historic Pearl Brewery, San Antonio, TX, 2019
Honorable Mention, 3-D, Going Beyond Alumni Art Exhibit, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 2019, Juror: Eric Avery MD, distinguished artist/printmaker and retired physician
Summer UTSA Grant – Graduate, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2019
Peggy & Richard Calvert Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2018-2019
James & Cindy Brod. Grads, University of Texas at San Antonio
AJ&R Brown Endowment in Art, University of Texas at San Antonio
Sue Jockusch Endowment, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
Bill Matusoff Endowment in Art/Hist, University of Texas at San Antonio
Charles & Germaine Endowed Painting Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017-2018
Certificate of Appreciation, Youth Leadership Laredo, Laredo, TX, 2013
Certificate of Completion, Leadership TAMIU, Laredo, TX
Outstanding Leadership Award, TAMIU Art Ink, Laredo, TX, 2012
Art Scholarship, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX
Student Ambassador, People to People International Travel Programs, 2008, Countries Visited: England and France

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Classes Taught: Drawing I/Drawing for Non-Art Majors, (2019-2020)
Chalk Artist, Chalk-It-Up, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Human Sculpture/Activation, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Worked under New York based artist Narcissister (Summer 2019)
Teacher Assistant I, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Assisted in: Figure Drawing under Senior Lecturer Jayne Lawrence (Fall 2018)

LECTURES
Art Presenter, Youth Leadership Laredo, Laredo, TX, 2013

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Bodily Autonomy, MUSA Alternative Art Space, Laredo, TX, 2019

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ENTRE | PAREDES | PROPIAS, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Hip to be Square, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, 2019
Going Beyond Alumni Art Exhibit, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX
Cuerpos Unidos, The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
Cuerpos Unidos: Posterior, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
WIP: Recent Work By UTSA Graduate Students, R Space, San Antonio, TX
15TH Annual Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX
Tejano Chicano Group Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, 2018
Nomads, UT Arlington's Gallery West, Arlington, TX
Wild West Campus, Sculpture Ceramics Compound at The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The UTSA New Media Collective presents Rehab, Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2017
The UTSA New Media Collective presents Nightmare on Flores Street, 1906 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Prelude: A Show of UTSA Graduate Students, Rubio Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Selfish: A Self-Portrait Art Exhibit, Gallery 201, Laredo, TX, 2015
ConFUSION: BA Senior Art Show, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 2013

PERFORMANCES
Cariñitos, Upstairs Studios at the Bluestar Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX, 2019
Wimmin, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Summer 2019 Performed as a narcissister, activated human sculpture for the New-York based artist Narcissister during her summer residency at Artpace

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
“Famous Feministas,” Dia de los Muertos at The Pearl, San Antonio, TX
Day of the Dead Altar created in collaboration with artist Gabi Magaly, “The Market Place,” Africa Live Building at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, TX, Summer 2018 Course: Mural Painting at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Instructor: Andrei Renteria, Senior Lecturer

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Dr. Crystal S. Berry-Roberts, Austin, TX, 2019

PRESS / PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES
Women Talk Art: Sonya Marie Sky, Unfiltered SA: March 18, 2020
https://unfilteredsa.com/2020/03/18/women-talk-art-sonya-marie-sky/
Featured work at Arte Agave SA, La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, TX
http://arteagave.com/arte-agave-sa-2019-gracias
Meet Trailblazer Sonya Marie Sky, Voyage Houston: July 23, 2019
http://voyagehouston.com/interview/meet-trailblazer-sonya-marie-sky/
Cuerpos Unidos Catalogue, published by POCaMADRE Media, 2019
Glasstire, CuerposUnidos, The Museum of Human Achievement, June 2019 https://glasstire.com/events/2019/03/04/cuerposunidos/
mySA, San Antonio Zoo unveils mural created by UTSA students: October 8 2018 https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-Zoo-unveils-mural-created-by-UTSA-13282493.php