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Celebrating the diversity of Los Angeles County and the community of transit riders, We Are…Portraits of Metro Riders by Local Artists is an exhibition that features portraits presented throughout the Metro system and online. Each rider portrait has a story that is personal and universal, intimate and immediate—a single story among the many stories of 840,000 daily riders on Metro, and each told by an artist with ties to neighborhoods served by Metro.
The We Are… exhibition features 35 artworks in the Union Station Passageway Art Gallery, additional artworks in an expanded online gallery and more.
We Are… a community of riders! Join Metro’s portrait exhibition. Tag your selfie #SomosWeAreLA and share your journey!
Metro Art’s Rider Portrait series also includes limited edition rider portrait Art on TAP cards, current and upcoming digital displays in Metro stations, the first-ever Metro Art Bus and a We Are… catalogue! In addition, the exhibition is accompanied by all-ages community engagement programs, including tours, online talks and more.
Click on the titles below to learn more.
Learn about the 41 portraits and artists by clicking the gallery.
In the gallery, click the 
in the lower right corner to read about each artwork.
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- Javier Carrillo, “Jose Carrillo, El Taquero”
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- Bodeck Luna, “Legacy”
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- Bryan Ida, “Devon”
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- Angela Willcocks, “Kid”
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- Rosalind McGary, “Keep Going”
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- Adele Renault, “Auntie Shelley”
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- Cody Lusby, “Playful Transportation”
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- LP Ækili Ross LPÆ38, “Blue Sights”
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- Carlos Spivey, “Phajah”
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- Alepsis Hernández, “Monday Morning”
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- Sam Pace, “The Poet”
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- Cat Ferraz, “Vovó Santinha”
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- Dave Van Patten, “Modern Prometheus”
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- Kaylynn Kim, “We Ride Together”
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- Maria Piñeres, “Leo”
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- Carolyn Castaño, “Traveler”
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- Chelle Barbour, “A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies Followed Me to the Station”
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- Sean Cheetham, “Ebony”
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- Jazmine Atienza, “Last Stop”
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- Christen Austin, “Visionary”
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- J Michael Walker, “Lisa D on the E”
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- Miles Lewis, “A Walk and Talk”
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- Gregg Chadwick, “Frida Cano (E Line)”
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- April Bey, “Working 5–9 in the Middle of a Global Panoramic”
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- Sheila Karbassian, “Beautiful Santa Monica”
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- Carla Jay Harris, “Self Portrait in Motion”
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- Daniel Barajas, “Roosters”
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- Edwin Ushiro, “Better Together”
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- José M. Loza, “Memory and Perspective”
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- Aiseborn, “The Great R-38”
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- Susu Attar, “Self Portrait with Ancient Ones”
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- Moses X. Ball, “Ms. Assata Umoja”
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- Eric Almanza, “The Journey Home”
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- Lanise Howard, “A Brothers’ Keeper”
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- Kristina Ambriz, “Wall of Concrete”
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- Simonette David Jackson, “Sanctuary”
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- Omar Martinez, “We Are The Heritage”
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- Eliseo Art Silva, “Mga Bayani Sa Ating Paligid (Heroes In Our Midst)”
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- Hedy Torres, “A Gift to the World”
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- Kiley Ames, “Outward Bound”
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- Yolanda González, “We ride the train toward memories of beautiful travels”
In the Community
Metro Art x LACMA: We Are… Portrait Workshop with Chelle Barbour
Photos © Museum Associates/LACMA by HRDWRKER
This multi-site exhibition and series of events is presented by Metro Art in collaboration with Metro’s Office of Civil Rights, Racial Equity & Inclusion and Communications departments.
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