El Mac - (US)

Born 1980. Lives and works in Los Angeles.
His work by the surrounding Mexican and Chicano culture of Phoenix and the American Southwest, religious art, pin-up art, graffiti, and a wide range of classic artists such as Caravaggio, Mucha, and Vermeer. Mac continues to focus primarily on creating more public art in different parts of the world, painting photorealistic canvases, and evolving his brushwork style.
 

Biography of El Mac

1995
First experiences in graffiti

1998
First own interpretations of paintings by old European masters

2003
Commissioned work for the Groeninge Museum in Brugge, Belgium, to paint interpretations of classic Flemish primitive paintings in the museum’s collection.

2003-today
Commissioned works in the USA, Mexico, Danmark, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Singapore, Germany, Ireland und Vietnam

2008
Commissioned work  at a 30 Meter high wall in the  Botanical Gardens of Denver

2009
Design of the Juxtapoz Magazin and LA Weekly Covers

2009
Various solo and group shows

2009 – today
Participant in the Art Basel Miami Beach

2010
Painted a large mural on the museum of contemporary art (MARCO) in Monterrey, México as part of the Seres Queridos project.