ELMAC (Miles MacGregor)
Born in Los Angeles, USA, 1980 Lives & works in Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
Born in Los Angeles, USA, 1980 Lives & works in Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Aerosol Exalted, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Phoenix, USA
2015 Objects at Rest, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
Aerosol Exalted, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado, USA
2015 Objects at Rest, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2013 Sangre Nueva, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2010 The Humble and Sublime, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City, USA
2009 Retna & The Mac: Vagos y Reinas, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
Faces of Life, Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007 Mac in Montreal, Galerie Le Kopshop, Montreal, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2020 Composure, Pellas Gallery, Boston, USA
2017 Barrio Logos, Residency, Inglewood, USA
2017 The Propeller Group, San José Museum of Art, San José, USA
7th Asia Pacific Triennial, QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia (Collaboration with The
Propeller Group (Vietnam) & Shamsia Hassani (Afghanistan))
New Masters, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
Seres Queridos, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO), Monterrey, Mexico Primary
Retna & El Mac, Mid City Arts, Los Angeles, USA
Writing alla Ribalta, Milan, Italy
Streetlab, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Low & Slow, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Phoenix, USA
Manifest Hope, Andenken Gallery, Denver, USA
Full Custom Living, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Urban Nature, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, USA
Kofie, Mac, Retna: New Works, Red Letter 1, Tampa, USA
Letters First '07, Bread & Butter, Barcelona, Spain
Burn, Grand Central Arts Center, Cal. State University Fullerton, USA Collabro, The
Showroom, New York City, USA
Dreamgirls, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Relative, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, USA (with Catarina Mac) Represent, Represent!, URB
Gallery, Culver City, US
Monkey Killing Monkey, Cachi Gallery, San Francisco, USA Typewriters, Red
Letter1, Tampa, USA
These Fools, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, USA
Streets of Chaos, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Guerillart, Bridge Center, El Paso, USA
2009 Retna & The Mac: Vagos y Reinas, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
Faces of Life, Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007 Mac in Montreal, Galerie Le Kopshop, Montreal, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2020 Composure, Pellas Gallery, Boston, USA
2017 Barrio Logos, Residency, Inglewood, USA
2017 The Propeller Group, San José Museum of Art, San José, USA
2012 11th Havana Biennial, Cisneros-Fontanals Foundation, Havana, Cuba
Propeller Group (Vietnam) & Shamsia Hassani (Afghanistan))
2011 Public Provocations, Carhartt Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Vox Humana, Volta 6, Basel, Switzerland (Collaboration with RETNA)
Flight III,
2009 Primary Projects/ArtBasel, Miami, USA
2009 Primary Projects/ArtBasel, Miami, USA
2008 Flight II, Primary Projects/ArtBasel, Miami, USA
Streetlab, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Low & Slow, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Phoenix, USA
Manifest Hope, Andenken Gallery, Denver, USA
Full Custom Living, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Urban Nature, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, USA
Kofie, Mac, Retna: New Works, Red Letter 1, Tampa, USA
2007 Primary Flight, Primary Projects/ArtBasel, Miami, USA
Burn, Grand Central Arts Center, Cal. State University Fullerton, USA Collabro, The
Showroom, New York City, USA
Dreamgirls, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Relative, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, USA (with Catarina Mac) Represent, Represent!, URB
2006 Letters First Tour, Taipei & Tokyo
Letter1, Tampa, USA
These Fools, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, USA
Streets of Chaos, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2003 Characteristics, Subject Matter, Costa Mesa, USA Young Primitives, Groeninge
Museum, Brugge, Belgium Bomb Pop, CPop Gallery, Detroit, USA
Museum, Brugge, Belgium Bomb Pop, CPop Gallery, Detroit, USA
2002 Overture, ICU Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999 La Phoeniquera XIX, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, USA
1998 Nitty Gritty II, Tonatierra, Phoenix, USA
Notable Murals/Projects
Notable Murals/Projects
2020 Axis Mundi, Akron, USA
Desert Soul, Tucson, USA
Lux In Tenebris, Denver, USA
2019 A Love Supreme (Wynwood Saints), Miami, USA
2018 Abuelito of Presidio, for the Mexican government, Presidio (US-Mexico border), USA
Mural For My Father, for Stad Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Shared Roots (Unity Threatens Inequity), Los Angeles, USA
2017 Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen tribute mural), Montréal, Canada
Sophie Holding The World Together, for the San Jose Museum of Art, San José, USA
2016 Native Son, Manitou Art Center, Colorado, USA
Desert Rose, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Phoenix, USA
Desert Soul, Tucson, USA
Lux In Tenebris, Denver, USA
2019 A Love Supreme (Wynwood Saints), Miami, USA
2018 Abuelito of Presidio, for the Mexican government, Presidio (US-Mexico border), USA
Mural For My Father, for Stad Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Shared Roots (Unity Threatens Inequity), Los Angeles, USA
2017 Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen tribute mural), Montréal, Canada
Sophie Holding The World Together, for the San Jose Museum of Art, San José, USA
2016 Native Son, Manitou Art Center, Colorado, USA
Desert Rose, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Phoenix, USA
2015 Ars Et Scientia, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Enduring Spell, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), California, USA
El Regalo Mágico, collaboration with CERO, New York City, USA
Thread of Life, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Icarian Flight, collaboration with Augustine Kofie, Los Angeles, USA
Enduring Spell, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), California, USA
El Regalo Mágico, collaboration with CERO, New York City, USA
Thread of Life, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Icarian Flight, collaboration with Augustine Kofie, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Las Flores del Campo, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ánimo Sin Fronteras, El Paso, USA
Juarense Y Poderosa, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
To the Future, Toronto, Canada
Ánimo Sin Fronteras, El Paso, USA
Juarense Y Poderosa, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
To the Future, Toronto, Canada
2013 In the Heart of the Multitude, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Purity of Heart, Aalborg, Denmark
Purity of Heart, Aalborg, Denmark
2012 11th Havana Biennial, Cisneros-Fontanals Foundation, Havana, Cuba
The Hour Has Arrived, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, USA
Maria de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico
The Hour Has Arrived, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, USA
Maria de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico
2011 Connie Rice Mural, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, USA
Every Little Miracle, MacArthur Park Elementary School, Los Angeles, USA
AvantGarde Urbano, Tudela de Navarra, Spain
Clothed With the Sun, Bristol, UK
Un Campechano en Londres, London, UK
Spirit of Summer, Montreal, Canada
Street Cred, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Los Angeles
Every Little Miracle, MacArthur Park Elementary School, Los Angeles, USA
AvantGarde Urbano, Tudela de Navarra, Spain
Clothed With the Sun, Bristol, UK
Un Campechano en Londres, London, UK
Spirit of Summer, Montreal, Canada
Street Cred, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Los Angeles
2010 Kosoom by the Mekong, Sàn Art, Saigon, Vietnam Vietnam: The World Tour, Post
Museum, Singapore
Un Regiomontano en Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
A Mexican in Berlin (with Augustine Kofie) Berlin, Germany
Manuel Lee Chang, Campeche, Mexico
Chelsea Jewel, NYC, USA
Blessed Are the Meek (with Retna), Skid Row, Los Angeles, USA
Of Our Youth (with Retna) Culver City, USA
La Reina de Thai Town (with Retna), Los Angeles, USA
Justice/Manifest Equality (with Retna and Kofie), Los Angeles, USA
Museum, Singapore
Un Regiomontano en Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
A Mexican in Berlin (with Augustine Kofie) Berlin, Germany
Manuel Lee Chang, Campeche, Mexico
Chelsea Jewel, NYC, USA
Blessed Are the Meek (with Retna), Skid Row, Los Angeles, USA
Of Our Youth (with Retna) Culver City, USA
La Reina de Thai Town (with Retna), Los Angeles, USA
Justice/Manifest Equality (with Retna and Kofie), Los Angeles, USA
2009 The Conductor (with Retna), Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
Ave Maria (with Retna), Salt Lake City, USA
The Knight (with Retna), Los Angeles, USA
Aedifica, Montreal, Canada
2008 Young Scribe (with Retna), Primary Flight/Art Basel, Miami, USA
R16 Gyeonggi, Suwon, South Korea
Express Your Skills, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007 Just Writing My Name, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
Expo Graffiti Internacional, Salamanca, Mexico
2006 Sexta Feria del Libro en el Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Festival Kosmopolite à Bagnolet, Paris, France
Collections
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (MCAM), Phoenix, USA
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Australia University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Adobe campus, Salt Lake City, USA
Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada
RVCA, Costa Mesa, USA
Articles/Publications
Ave Maria (with Retna), Salt Lake City, USA
The Knight (with Retna), Los Angeles, USA
Aedifica, Montreal, Canada
2008 Young Scribe (with Retna), Primary Flight/Art Basel, Miami, USA
R16 Gyeonggi, Suwon, South Korea
Express Your Skills, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007 Just Writing My Name, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
Expo Graffiti Internacional, Salamanca, Mexico
2006 Sexta Feria del Libro en el Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Festival Kosmopolite à Bagnolet, Paris, France
2003 Young Primitives, Groeninge Museum, Brugge, Belgium
2002 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
2002 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Collections
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (MCAM), Phoenix, USA
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Australia University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Adobe campus, Salt Lake City, USA
Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada
RVCA, Costa Mesa, USA
Articles/Publications
2016 Le Petit Voyeur (Denmark) #5 (feature)
2015 “Mural XXL”, C.Walde, Thames & Hudson (feature) 2014 Vogue (US) Mar. “Sport
Psychology” (feature)
Los Angeles (US) Mar. “Gallery Heist” (feature)
2013 “The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti”, R.Schacter, Yale Press (cover)
Interior Design (US) #7 ”Peak Performance” (cover) 2012 Juxtapoz (US) May (cover)
“L.A. Adventures”, D. Madsen & E. Makunga, LA Electric Travel (cover)
“Street Angels” (Japan) Special issue (feature)
Los Angeles Times Magazine (US) Jan. “Right Makes Might”
2011 “Walls & Frames: Fine Art from the Streets”, Maximiliano Ruiz, Gestalten
“The History of American Graffiti”, C.Neelon & R.Gastman, Harper Collins
“Graffiti 365”, Jay Edlin, Abrams “Street Art”, Ket, Michael O’Mara Books, London
“Graffiti Español”, Mario Suarez, Lunwerg Books
Art Press (France) Dec. (feature)
Very Nearly Almost (UK) #17 (interview)
Blisss (US) Jan. (cover & interview)
2015 “Mural XXL”, C.Walde, Thames & Hudson (feature) 2014 Vogue (US) Mar. “Sport
Psychology” (feature)
Los Angeles (US) Mar. “Gallery Heist” (feature)
2013 “The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti”, R.Schacter, Yale Press (cover)
Interior Design (US) #7 ”Peak Performance” (cover) 2012 Juxtapoz (US) May (cover)
“L.A. Adventures”, D. Madsen & E. Makunga, LA Electric Travel (cover)
“Street Angels” (Japan) Special issue (feature)
Los Angeles Times Magazine (US) Jan. “Right Makes Might”
2011 “Walls & Frames: Fine Art from the Streets”, Maximiliano Ruiz, Gestalten
“The History of American Graffiti”, C.Neelon & R.Gastman, Harper Collins
“Graffiti 365”, Jay Edlin, Abrams “Street Art”, Ket, Michael O’Mara Books, London
“Graffiti Español”, Mario Suarez, Lunwerg Books
Art Press (France) Dec. (feature)
Very Nearly Almost (UK) #17 (interview)
Blisss (US) Jan. (cover & interview)
2010 Juxtapoz (US) Sep. & Oct. issues
2009 “Alianza: Mac & Retna”, Upper Playground/Gingko Press
“Graffiti Planet 2”, Ket, Michael O’Mara Books, London Juxtapoz (US) Aug. (interview &
cover)
Garage (US) #18 (feature)
Groove (Italy) #44 (interview)
Parq (Portugal) #9 “Afinal o mundo pode não estar perdido”
2008 Drip (Korea) #2 (feature)
“Mural Art”, Kiriakos Iosifidis, Publikat (feature)
Courrier Japon (Japan) #8 “The Making of Barack Obama”
Courrier Int’l (France) Summer “Le PorteVoix d’une Amerique Nouvelle” “Bella”,
Revenant Press
2007 Refused Art Culture (US) #4 (cover & interview)
Catch Me if You Can Magazine (US) #4 (cover & interview) LA Weekly (US) July “The
Rise of the Seventh Letter”(cover) LA Times (US) Jan.18 “streetwise”
2005 Graphotism (UK) #40 (cover & interview) Rayarte (Mexico) #16 (interview)
2004 “Graffiti World”, Nicholas Ganz, Abrams (feature) Clout Graffiti Magazine (US) #6
(interview) Airbrush Art Magazine (Italy) #52 (interview) Lapiz (Spain) #203
2003 De Morgen (Belgium) Aug.30 “Oude Primitieven Door Jonge Handen”
Le Soir (Belgium) Aug.28 “Madones a l’Aerosol
2002 Samvirke Magazine (Denmark) (cover)
2009 “Alianza: Mac & Retna”, Upper Playground/Gingko Press
“Graffiti Planet 2”, Ket, Michael O’Mara Books, London Juxtapoz (US) Aug. (interview &
cover)
Garage (US) #18 (feature)
Groove (Italy) #44 (interview)
Parq (Portugal) #9 “Afinal o mundo pode não estar perdido”
2008 Drip (Korea) #2 (feature)
“Mural Art”, Kiriakos Iosifidis, Publikat (feature)
Courrier Japon (Japan) #8 “The Making of Barack Obama”
Courrier Int’l (France) Summer “Le PorteVoix d’une Amerique Nouvelle” “Bella”,
Revenant Press
2007 Refused Art Culture (US) #4 (cover & interview)
Catch Me if You Can Magazine (US) #4 (cover & interview) LA Weekly (US) July “The
Rise of the Seventh Letter”(cover) LA Times (US) Jan.18 “streetwise”
2005 Graphotism (UK) #40 (cover & interview) Rayarte (Mexico) #16 (interview)
2004 “Graffiti World”, Nicholas Ganz, Abrams (feature) Clout Graffiti Magazine (US) #6
(interview) Airbrush Art Magazine (Italy) #52 (interview) Lapiz (Spain) #203
2003 De Morgen (Belgium) Aug.30 “Oude Primitieven Door Jonge Handen”
Le Soir (Belgium) Aug.28 “Madones a l’Aerosol
2002 Samvirke Magazine (Denmark) (cover)