El Mac

Miles MacGregor, or as he goes by, El Mac, is a fairly young artist. There wasn't a lof of information on him since he is young and upcoming. But I do know that, he was born in 1980 to an engineer and an artist in Los Angeles. El Mac started creating and studying art independently since he was a little kid. During his teenaged years he started to graffiti. However, he is most well know for his huge murals that he paints on buildings and walls throughout cities. In 1998 he began painting technicolor aerosol interpretations of classic paintings by old European masters. Because of this, in 2003 he was paid by the Groeninge Museum in Brugge, Belgium to paint interpretations of classic Flemish Primitive paintings in the museum's collection. A few years later in 2007 he designed the poster for the Broadway production of Xanadu. He has also been paid to paint his muruals across the U.S., Mexico, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Singapore, Germany, Ireland and Vietnam. He usually collaborates with another artist by the name of "Retna." His inspiration comes from Mexican and Chicano culture of Phoenix and the American Southwest. El Mac mainly focuses on human faces, figures and the public. His intent is to upflit and inspire through renderings of the sublime and humble. Some of his murals have been used in music videos. El Mac is a member of the Seventh Letter artist collective. He currently lives and works in downtown Phoenix in an old house filled with records, books, and art.

MacGregor, Miles. "Miles 'Mac' MacGregor." ELMAC. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. http://elmac.net/bio/
"Artist Bio: Miles 'Mac' Macgregor." Escape into Life. 7 May 2010. Web. 21 Jan. 2011. http://www.escapeintolife.com/artist-watch/el-mac/#