sya warfield

Sya Warfield creates art that pushes creative boundaries, keeping in mind accessibility and the importance of connection. Finding a sense of peace and calm within the hustle of an urban environment is crucial to her creativity.

Sya Warfield is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Most recently, she was included along with 140 other artists to exhibit at The Other Art Fair in partnership with Saatchi Art in Spring 2022 in Los Angeles. During Winter 2022 located at the LA Convention Center, she was chosen to paint at the Visa kiosk for the Super Bowl Experience. Her first solo exhibition, Pulp Idols was held during Fall 2021 at Canyon Country Community Center in Santa Clarita, CA.

She has worked on public art commissions with Del Rey Utility Box Project, Let’s Paint Sherman Oaks, NoHo Utility Box Program and Glendale, Beyond the Box. Other projects include Let’s Paint the Town in DTLA and Studio City; and Colors of Freedom Alley in Inglewood. Indoor public art commissions located in schools at Shonto Preparatory, AZ, Salvation Army Mission Corp, San Francisco, CA and Lynwood Elementary, Los Angeles, CA.

Warfield’s work has been presented as part of Onye Ibekwe’s Spotlight Sundays, 2020, and selected gallery exhibitions include Freeing Ourselves, Mercado La Paloma, LA, 2019; Black and White, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, 2019; Nude Art LA located at Art Share in 2018; and All Female Art Show at Merchants of Reality, San Francisco, 2015. Cross Country Impressions, a collaborative film created with Hatim Belyamani, was shown as part of The Earth Day Film Festival 2015 in San Francisco.

From 2009 to 2015 she was part of Bad Unkl Sista, an interdisciplinary performance ensemble with projects in collaboration with Symbiosis Festival, 2015, Artumnal Gathering, 2015, Counter Pulse, 2013 and Spider Ball in 2009 and 2011.

She has received several grants recently including the CALI Accelerator Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation in 2020, CA Relief Fund For Artists and Cultural Practitioners Award 2020, CA Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program 2021 and SBA Targeted EIDL 2021.

She has extensive experience in complex public realm projects including all elements of engagement and logistics. She is committed to the positive social impact of art both in terms of the affirmative process of learning new skills and an understanding of the artwork as a site to embody and encourage important cultural discussions. In 2016 Warfield founded Upward Together, a fiscally sponsored organization teaching youth leadership skills by creating murals.