Forest Lawn Museum’s Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture exhibition, is now on view through August 10, 2025. Boasting 125 years of selfies across artistic genres, the exhibition bridges time and records of the human condition.
Above image: Christen Austin,Musical Bloom, 2020.Acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
This comprehensive exhibition features the work of more than 20 contemporary artists as well as historical self-portraits. The exhibition probes the limits of self-portraiture and examines the concept of visually representing the self.
Persona features paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, fused glass, textile art, illustrations, and more.

Exhibition Dates: April 26 through Aug 10, 2025.
You can experience photographs dating back more than a century as well as Bryan Ida‘s politically-charged inkwork, Christen Austin‘s imaginative and introspective paintings, Tom Wilson‘s Back to the Future character work, celebrity portraitist Ramona Rosales‘s COVID series, as well as works by Man Ray and Andy Warhol and Alison Blickle, Brad Donenfeld, Shivy Galtere, Andy Gersh, Patrick Hruby, Janna Ireland, Maren H. Jensen, Jordan Kay, Ruthy Kim, Michelle Kingdom, Huntz Liu, Eric Merrell, Elizabeth Pollnow, Narcissus Quagliata, Semra Sevin, Christopher Slatoff, Jawsh Smyth, and Mika Yokota.
Seeing the artists with their self-portraits reveals the vulnerability of the practice of self-portraiture, and the Forest Lawn Museum is excited to provide another chance to dive into these intimate works with the artists.

Courtesy of Heather James Fine Art.
Special Event: Join Forest Lawn Museum for an open house and artist roundtable celebrating Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture on Saturday, August 9, from 2:00-4:00 PM. Tour the museum galleries, then enjoy a Q&A with Forest Lawn Museum Director James Fishburne, PhD, and several exhibition artists. Light refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Hours and Directions:
Forest Lawn Museum is open Tues-Sun, 10 AM-5 PM.
The museum address is 1712 S. Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA 91205.
Enter the main gate and proceed up the hill. Follow signs to the museum, which is located at the top of the hill.
Admission and parking are free.