Appeared on the Pocho Hour of Power

Gilbert Luján appeared on The Pacífica/KPFK's Pocho Hour of Power radio show to discuss his upcoming speaking engagement at LACMA regarding "The Family Car."

Exhibition at LACMA

Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections from the Cheech Marin Collection is notable for classic examples of Chicano art produced from the inception of the Chicano movement to the present.

"The Family Car," a 1950 Chevy Lowrider with a mural for a paint job, was shown outdoors in the center of BP plaza for public viewing during the exhibition.

Smithsonian Oral History Project

Jeffrey Rangel interviewed Gilbert Lujan as part of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art oral history project.

Received MTA Metro Rail Commission

In 1990 Magú was commissioned as a design principal for the Metro Rail Red Line at Hollywood & Vine in Los Angeles, California . By 1999 Magú completed a series of wall tiles and platform sculptural benches in the form of Low-Rider automobiles. He chose the theme song, "Hooray for Hollywood", as the signature tune for the Hollywood & Vine Metro station. Another theme was 'light,' which Lujan considered another central motif in Hollywood, from the light that passed through film projectors to the sunny streets of Southern California to the creation of celebrity "Stars." The Yellow Brick Road, which was built to run from the plaza (which is currently being demolished to build a high-rise with chain restaurants and businesses) to the train platform, is a prominent motif taken from the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,“ a movie which was an inspiration to Luján's work.

Luján teaches La Raza Studies (1976-80)

Gilbert Lujan taught La Raza Studies at Fresno City College ending his tenure as department chair.

First Chicano Art Show at LACMA

Los Four had the honor of being the first self-proclaimed Chicano Art Show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Los Four becomes official!

The first exhibit Los Four did was at University of California at Irvine.