Where do you find inspiration on your journey?
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.
We Are… a community of riders!
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 46 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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- Melly Trochez, Today We Ride
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- Holly Boruck, “Our Future”
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- Tiffany Lin, “A Quiet Interval”
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- Alfred Mercado, “We Are – Metro Riders”
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- Laura Vazquez Rodriguez, “Metro Taking Us Home”
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- Deborah Aschheim, “Quita and Victor, Northwest Pasadena”
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- Bryan Ida, “Devon”
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- Lanise Howard, “A Brothers’ Keeper”
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- Simonette David Jackson, “Sanctuary”
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- Jazmine Atienza, “Last Stop”
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- Javier Carrillo, “Jose Carrillo, El Taquero”
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- Eric Almanza, “The Journey Home”
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- Aiseborn, “The Great R-38”
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- Cody Lusby, “Playful Transportation”
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- Carolyn Castaño, “Traveler”
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- Sheila Karbassian, “Beautiful Santa Monica”
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- April Bey, “Working 5–9 in the Middle of a Global Panoramic”
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- Bodeck Luna, “Legacy”
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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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- 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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- Chelle Barbour, “A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies Followed Me to the Station”
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- Sean Cheetham, “Ebony”
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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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- 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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- Susu Attar, “Self Portrait with Ancient Ones”
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- Moses X. Ball, “Ms. Assata Umoja”
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- Kristina Ambriz, “Wall of Concrete”
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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.