

Project Description
Romero pulls together a wide variety of cultural icons from the city’s history including the LA County Fair, Antique Row, the Arts Colony, the Wally Parks Motorsports Museum, and the goddess of Pomona herself.
Artist Statement
“This is a symmetrical design which contains elements from many interesting aspects of the city of Pomona. These include: the goddess Pomona herself, orange trees from a bygone era, low-riders from the many car shows, the Ferris wheel, horse racing and farm animals from the Fairplex, the antique and art colony arches, and the Fox theater from downtown. The style of this piece is inspired by orange crate graphic labels.”
About the Artist
SONIA ROMERO (b. 1980, Los Angeles, CA) is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her dynamic combination of printmaking, paper-cutting, painting, and sculpture which she incorporates into her fine art and public art commissions. Calling upon her own experiences and perspectives as a multiracial person, Romero creates work that reflects the cultural diversity found in the communities of Los Angeles, and themes relating to the universal connectedness within humanity as well as its relationship to the environment. Her distinctive paper-cut shapes and patterns can be found in steel, tile, or paint in one of her many large-scale permanent installations in notable locations such as Little Tokyo, the Mariachi Plaza and MacArthur Park Metro Stations and the Artesia County Public Library. Romero, whose work has been acquired into the collections of prominent institutions including Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Smithsonian, grew up in an artistic household in Echo Park and formally studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Locations: Pomona
- 7th St/Metro Center Station
- Metro Center Station
- Pico Station
- Grand/LATTC Station
- San Pedro St
- Vernon Station
- Slauson Station
- Florence Station
- Firestone Station
- 103rd St/Watts Towers
- Compton Station
- Artesia Station
- Del Amo Station
- Wardlow Station
- Willow St
- Anaheim St
- Fifth Street Station
- First Street Station
- Downtown Long Beach Station
- Pacific Av
- Washington Station
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Willowbrook/Rosa Parks
- A Line
- LATCC/Ortho Institute Station
- Jefferson/USC Station
- Expo/Vermont Station
- Expo/Western Station
- Expo/Crenshaw Station
- La Cienega/Jefferson Station
- Culver City Station
- Expo/La Brea Station
- Farmdale Station
- Palms Station
- Expo/Sepulveda Station
- Expo/Bundy Station
- 26th St/Bergamot Station
- 17th St/SMC Station
- Expo Park/USC Station
- Westwood/Rancho Park Station
- Downtown Santa Monica Station
- Allen Station
- Chinatown Station
- Del Mar Station
- Fillmore Station
- Heritage Square Station
- Lake Station
- Memorial Park Station
- Sierra Madre Villa Station
- South Pasadena
- Southwest Museum Station
- Highland Park Station
- Indiana Station
- Maravilla Station
- Mariachi Plaza Station
- Pico/Aliso Station
- Azusa Downtown Station
- Gold Line Bridge
- Alignment, Sierra Madre Villa Parking and Bus Facility
- Arcadia Station
- Duarte/City of Hope Station
- Irwindale Station
- Monrovia Station
- Atlantic Station
- East LA/Civic Center Station
- Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
- Lincoln/Cypress Station
- Union Station
- Soto Station
- APU/Citrus College Station
- Norwalk Station
- Lakewood Bl
- Harbor Freeway Station
- Vermont/Athens
- Aviation/LAX Station
- Mariposa Station
- El Segundo Station
- Douglas/Rosecrans Station
- Redondo Beach Station
- Long Beach Bl Station
- Florence/West Station
- Florence/La Brea Station
- Aviation/Century Station
- Avalon Station
- Hawthorne/Lennox
- Crenshaw/Vernon Station
- Crenshaw/MLK Station
- Crenshaw/Expo Station
- Florence/Hindry Station
- Willowbrook/Rosa Parks
- Crenshaw/Slauson Station
- Crenshaw/I-105 Station
- North Hollywood Station
- Van Nuys Station
- Valley College Station
- Woodman Station
- Sepulveda Station
- Woodley Station
- Balboa Station
- Reseda Station
- Tampa Station
- De Soto Station
- Canoga Station
- Alignment Landscaping
- Plaza and Alignment Lead Artist
- Chatsworth Station
- Nordhoff Station
- Roscoe Station
- Sherman Way Station
- Laurel Canyon Station
- Pierce College Station
- 7th St/Metro Center Station
- Metro Center Station
- Pershing Square Station
- Wilshire/Vermont Station
- Vermont/Beverly Station
- Vermont/Santa Monica Station
- Vermont/Sunset Station
- Hollywood/Vine Station
- Hollywood/Highland Station
- North Hollywood Station
- Universal City/Studio City Station
- Civic Center/Grand Park Station
- Hollywood/Western Station
- Union Station
- Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
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- Abeles, Kim
- Abramovic, Karl
- Acedo, William
- Adams, Lisa
- Adelman, Suzanne
- Adobe LA,
- Aguirre, Jose Antonio
- Aldrich, Lynn
- Alejandre, Abel
- Almanza, Eric
- Ambriz, Kristina
- Amescua, Michael
- Anderson, Jonathan
- Andres, Holly
- Antonakos, Stephen
- Appleton, Steve
- Argote, Carmen
- Arion, Katherine
- Askin, Walter
- Aspillera, Diana
- Asselin, Michele
- Atienza, Jazmine
- Baca, Judith F.
- Ball-Nogues,
- Barajas, Daniel
- Bell, Bill
- Benavidez, Roberto
- Beniston, Christie
- Bey, April
- Birk, Sandow
- Borofsky, Jonathan
- Botello, Paul
- Brailsford, Robin
- Brandt, Matthew
- Braunstein, Terry
- Brown, Karen Hochman
- Callwood, Dennis Olanzo
- Campbell, Joyce
- Cardenas, Rafael
- Carlson, Cynthia
- Carron, Lindsay
- Chang, Chusien
- Cheng, Carl
- Clarke, Lee
- (CLUI), The Center for Land Use Interpretation
- Cockcroft, Eva
- Comen, Sam
- Cosentino, Manny
- Cranston, Meg
- Davis, Michael
- Davis, Caryl
- Debora , Fabian
- de la Loza, Alejandro
- de la Sota, Raoul
- de la Torre , Jamex and Einar
- Delgado, Roberto
- Delgado, Roberto L.
- De Magalhaes, Nzuji
- Dickson, Charles
- Diehnelt , Franka
- Dierdorff, Christofer C.
- Diez, Paul
- Disselkoen, Alexis
- Divola, John
- Dobrowner, Mitch
- Doolin, James
- Dowell, Roy
- Dreager, Jacqueline
- Duffy, Ricardo
- Durazo, Martin
- East Los Streetscapers,
- Eatherton, Thomas
- Edmonds, June
- Elliott, Marco
- Erenberg, Sam
- Evans, Cynthia
- Evans, George
- Fedak II, Nicholas
- Fernandez, Patricia
- Ferraz, Cat
- Fine, Jud
- Flick, Robbert
- Flores, Elsa
- Freeman , Charles (Brother Boko)
- Frieden, Sarajo
- Fu, Colette
- Gale, Gayle
- Galloway, Stephen
- Gamboa Jr., Harry
- Garcia, Willie
- Garcia, Margaret
- Garten, Cliff
- Gaulke, Cheri
- Gil de Montes, Roberto
- Gillespie Pryor, Jane
- Gleaton, Tony
- Glickman, Andrew Z.
- Goin, Peter
- Gonzales-Day, Ken
- Gonzalez, Daniel
- Goodin, Robert
- Goodpasture, Lynn
- Gray, Colin
- Gray, Ja'Rie
- Green, Phyllis
- Grimmer, Mineko
- Groh, Paul
- Gruda, Larry
- Guyton , Tyree
- Hanami, Clement
- Heller, Danny
- Hernandez, Bodeck Luna
- Hernandez, Judithe
- Hernandez, Alepsis
- Hido, Todd
- Hollen, David
- Holliday, Hadley
- Hood, Walter
- Hsiung, Michael C.
- Hu, Iris Yirei
- Huggins, John
- Humble, John
- Huynh, Phung
- Isermann, Jim
- JoeSam.,
- Johnson, Eric Ernest
- Johnson, Torgen
- Johnson, Stephen
- Jordan, Chris
- Kahn, Ned
- Karlsen, Anne Marie
- Kay Wilson, Mary
- Keller, Lois
- Kim, Soo
- Kimura, Wakana
- Klein, Sheila
- Kobayashi, Kipp
- Korten, Noel
- Kosaka, Hirokazu
- Kozloff, Joyce
- Kruger, Barbara
- Kunce, Samm
- Kyong, Haeley
- LaBelle, Charles
- LaDuke, Tom
- Lazzari, Margaret
- Legrady, George
- Leicester, Andrew
- Lenihan, Terry
- Leonard, Gary
- Lere, Mark
- Letelier, Francisco
- Lewis, Joe
- Light, Michael
- Lipski, Donald
- Llanos, Ronald J.
- Logoreci, Susan
- London, Laura
- Lopez, Jose
- Low, Sandra
- Loza, José M.
- Lozano, Jose
- Lujan, Gilbert (Magu)
- Lusby, Cody
- Mackendrick, Matthew
- Maguire, Cindy
- Maisel, David
- Mallinson, Constance
- Man One,
- Marble, Tom
- Marlos, Daniel
- Martin, Walter
- Martinez, Daniel J.
- Martínez, Michele
- Massenburg, Michael
- McCollister, Kevin
- McCoy, Jessica Polzin
- McHugh , Jim
- McMillen, Michael C.
- Mendoza, Ricardo
- Merge Conceptual Design,
- Meyer, Diane
- Middlebrook, Willie Robert
- Millar, Robert
- Mohr, Patrick
- Montana, Star
- Motokawa, Emi
- Mueller, Nikko
- Muñoz, Paloma
- Myklebust , Andrea
- Nagasawa, Nobuho
- Nagatani, Patrick
- Neilson, Rob
- Nguyen, Christine
- Nicholson, Roy
- Nielsen, Margaret
- Niemi, Ries
- O’Brien, John
- Ohmit, Mary Ann
- Olabisi, Noni
- Opie , Catherine
- Ore-Giron, Eamon
- Orlovski, Stas
- Ortiz (Ms. Yellow), Nuria
- Outterbridge, John
- Pace, Sam
- Perlas, Marta
- Petropoulos, Renée
- Pinkney, Elliott
- Polubinskas, Paul
- Polzin McCoy, Jessica
- Ramirez, Ramon
- Ramos, Vincent
- Reiquam, Peter
- Reisenberger, Claudia
- Reyes, Miguel Angel
- Ringgold, Faith
- Rivera, Aaron
- Rockwell, Roxene
- Rodriguez, Samuel
- Rodríguez, Artemio
- Roloff, John
- Romero, Sonia
- Romero, Frank
- Ross, LP Aekili
- Rothenberg, Erika
- Rowe, Sandra
- Salas, Roberto
- Saldamando , Shizu
- Salzwedel, Brooks
- Sandoval, Teddy
- Schoenholz, Elon
- Schoonhoven, Terry
- Sears, Stanton Gray
- Shin, Kyungmi
- Shire, Peter
- Sjodin, Kajsa
- Spector, Buzz
- Sproat, Christopher
- Statom, Therman
- Stone, George
- Strayhorn, Robin
- Stromsoe, Dawna
- Stutz, Michael
- Sun, May
- Syrop, Mitchell
- Tang, Cha-Rie
- Tark, Soonae
- Thielen, Beth
- Torrez, Eloy
- Trevino, John
- Turner, Richard
- Tzanetopoulos, Paul
- Ulke, Christine
- Valadez, John
- Valdez, Patssi
- Vander Borgh, Matthew
- Van Patten, Dave
- Vaugel, Martine
- Vaughan, Stuart
- Waddell, Edith
- Warner, Pat
- Washington, Horace
- Weber, Sally
- White, Pae
- Willcocks, Angela
- Williams, Pat Ward
- Wilson, Stanley C.
- Wyatt, Richard