A panel of nationally recognized curators, local arts professionals and community members from the Purple Line Extension Section 2 and 3 project areas has selected artists to create site-specific, integrated artworks for the future Wilshire/Rodeo, Century City/Constellation, Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital stations.

The diverse range of accomplished artists includes: 

Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio (Century City/Constellation Station) 

Moses X. Ball (Westwood/UCLA Station) 

Sandow Birk (Westwood/VA Hospital Station) 

Sarah Cain (Century City/Constellation Station) 

Victoria Fu + Matt Rich (Westwood/VA Hospital Station) 

Karen Hampton (Westwood/UCLA Station) 

Phung Huynh (Century City/Constellation Station) 

Oscar Magallanes (Century City/Constellation Station) 

Yunhee Min (Westwood/UCLA Station) 

Meleko Mokgosi (Wilshire/Rodeo Station) 

Rigo 23 (Wilshire/Rodeo Station) 

Gala Porras-Kim (Westwood/UCLA Station) 

Analia Saban (Century City/Constellation Station) 

Francesco Simeti (Westwood/VA Hospital Station) 

Eloy Torrez (Westwood/VA Hospital Station) 

Devon Tsuno (Wilshire/Rodeo Station) 

Iris Yirei Hu (Westwood/UCLA Station) 

As part of a competitive process, the artist selection panel carefully considered each artist’s professional qualifications and examples of past work. Panelists included: Arthur Lewis, Creative Director, United Talent Agency Artist Space; Anna Sew Hoy, Chair, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, Department of Art; Cate Thurston, Associate Curator, The Skirball Cultural Center; Connie Butler, Chief Curator, The Hammer Museum at UCLA; Jean Tardy-Vallernaud, Founding Chair, Century City Arts Council; Ken Gonzales-Day, artist; LeRonn P. Brooks, Associate Curator, The Getty Research Institute; Michael Amescua, artist; Stephanie Vahn, Chair, Beverly Hills Arts and Culture Commission; and Thao Nguyen, Art and Design Agent, Creative Arts Agency. 

Erica Deeman is included in "When Things Go Back to Normal" at Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA from 27 January - 25 February 2021.

Sarah Cain is included in "Grouper" at Broadway Gallery, New York City, NY from 20 January – 20 February 2021.

Kate Shepherd is included in "Rhe: everything flows" at Galerie Lelong & Co., New York City from 7 January 2021 – 13 February 2021. 

Jim Hodges recently unveiled a new permanent installation in New York City’s historic Grand Central Terminal. Entitled "I dreamed a world and called it Love" (2020), the sprawling public work is comprised of over 5,000 individually cut pieces of glass that the artist layered to create a swirling camouflage of over 70 various colors.

Erica Deeman is included in Erica Deeman in "Justice" at Marin MoCA, Novato from 14 November 2020 - 24 December 2020.

The exhibition "Teresita Fernández: Maelstrom" will be on view at Lehmann Maupin, New York from 12 November - 21 January 2020. 

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce Teresita Fernández, Maelstrom. This exhibition will feature a new series of monumental sculptures and installations that unapologetically visualize the enduring violence and devastation ignited by colonization.