Sonia Luisa Arenas

BIO

Venezuelan-born Canadian artist Sonia Arenas graduated from the Ottawa School of Art and over the last fifteen years, has worked as an art advisor, designed and taught courses for children, and exhibited her work in Canada, Europe and Latin America.

As an art instructor, Sonia feels a great love in teaching. She also has experience in homeschooling and teaching children with diverse intellectual abilities.

Sonia has developed her body of work in painting and sculpture, also showing special interest in photography and mixed media. Her artwork has been focused in the essence of the human being, particularly the indigenous people and women.

 

STATEMENT

"Since I was a child, I always had a fascination for the individual as a human being, from the intimacy of their gaze to the morphology of their figure.

In this context, I have developed my body of work on painting, sculpture and mixed media based in the figure as a leading in the existence of human being.

I do not have one typical style in my paintings but you can recognize my “handwriting”. In my work, the mix of vibrant colors is like rhythmic pleasure. I paint the colors I feel without following strict rules. My pieces do not require higher explanations or speeches; an image says it all".