El MAC
EL MAC (Miles MacGregor) is an internationally renowned artist born and based in Los Angeles. For over twenty years he has aimed “to uplift and inspire through careful, perfectionist renderings of both the sublime and the humble.” His work draws on influences from classical European art, social realism, symbolism, and devotional art, as well as the Chicano and Mexican culture he grew up around.
Biography
Bio
EL MAC (Miles MacGregor) is an internationally renowned artist born and based in Los Angeles. For over twenty years he has aimed “to uplift and inspire through careful, perfectionist renderings of both the sublime and the humble.”
Academic Carrer
His work has been recognized by numerous academic and cultural institutions worldwide
Professional Carrer
El Mac began painting both smaller indoor works as well as public murals and graffiti in Phoenix in the mid 1990s, and since that time has developed his unique visual aesthetic and rendering style which utilizes repeating contour patterns. He is best known for his meticulous paintings and large-scale murals exploring feminine beauty and honoring ordinary, overlooked, or marginalized people. He has been commissioned to paint all over the world for museums, universities, and cultural institutions, including the Groeninge Museum (Belgium), San José Museum of Art (California), Northeastern University (Boston), University of California (San Diego), QAGoMA (Brisbane), Fondazione PRADA (Italy), and the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, as well as murals in Belgium, Cambodia, Cuba, Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Vietnam.
Influences
His work draws on influences from classical European art, social realism, symbolism, and devotional art, as well as the Chicano and Mexican culture he grew up around.





