Mac

Biography

Mac was born in Los Angeles, California in 1980, the son of an engineer and an artist, Mac has studied and made art, independently, since his childhood. Inspired at an early age by classical European painters such as: Vermeer, the Art Nouveau and the Sibilists Kilmt and Mucha, all this has been mixed with a more contemporary influence of graffiti, photorealism and Chicano and Mexican culture as he grew up. He has been in charge of painting murals in many places in the United States, but also in Mexico, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Italy, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Spain, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and Cuba.

Murals

“Animo sin Fronteras”  Bi-National Mural Installation for  El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 2014 Miles MacGregor “El Mac” and  David “Graves” Herrera Assistant Artist / Project Curator. The Mission of the Bi-National Mural Project is to create inspiration and help promote, cultivate and regenerate the beauty of our border area with two corresponding large scale murals in both of our sister cities, Ciudad Juarez, Mx. and El Paso, TX.

The Mural in El Paso,“Animo sin Fronteras”  was based on El Mac  photos of a man named Melchor, whose son was disappeared by corrupt police.  Melchor  represent countless others who’ve lost and suffered in recent years. 

In 2012 El Mac photographed participants in the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity (Caravana por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad) when it passed through El Paso. The caravan was made up of people who lost family members to the violence, corruption and injustice that has plagued Mexico for the last near-decade.

Mural “Juarense y poderosa “

“Juarense y Poderosa”, the mural that Miles MacGregor painted in Ciudad Juárez, was based on photos he took of a young woman from there named Diana who lost her mother to kidnapping. 

“I felt a responsibility to paint these murals, to create images of inspiration and empowerment. In my own small way, with my own voice and platform, I hope to honor those that have suffered the effects of this ongoing injustice.” 

-El Mac

Mac was born in Los Angeles, California in 1980, the son of an engineer and an artist, Mac has studied and made art, independently, since his childhood. Inspired at an early age by classical European painters such as: Vermeer, the Art Nouveau and the Sibilists Kilmt and Mucha, all this has been mixed with a more contemporary influence of graffiti, photorealism and Chicano and Mexican culture as he grew up. . He has been in charge of painting murals in many places in the United States, but also in Mexico, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Italy, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Spain, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and Cuba

The Murals are a celebration of the Border culture, highlighting the will, the perseverance and the hope of the people. Furthermore promoting the Border complex as a national level art hub that would attract tourism and change the negative perception through art.