List of products by brand Nick McPhail
EDUCATION
2006
BFA Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2004
University of Melbourne, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
“Windows” Ochi Projects, Los Angeles
2019
“Lights” Untitled_1983, Geneva, Switzerland
2018
"Pictures," Holiday, Los Angeles
2009
"Street and Sky," Mina Dresden, San Francisco
2006
"Fragments," Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Paperworks Vol. 2” NBB Gallery, Berlin
"Room Service" NBB Gallery & Litz, Stockholm, Sweden
"Day Trip" Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
‘Spring Collection’ California Fine Arts, Los Angeles
“Match” Untitled_1983, Geneva, Switzerland
2020
“Inside/Outside” Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019
Untitled Art Fair, Group booth with Ochi Projects, Miami
“Chains” Central Park Gallery, Los Angeles
"Absolute Space" Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
“Wholly Coast” Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles
2018
"Full House" Half Gallery LA, Los Angeles
2017
"Soft Serve" Holiday, Los Angeles
"Self Reliance 2017" Nowspace, Los Angeles
2014
"Recurrence" Fridman Gallery, New York
2013
"Funny Haha" Norton Space, Los Angeles
"Hot Boxes" Velvet Noir, Los Angeles
2011
"What is River of Love?" 1646 Temple Space, Los Angeles
"New Works" 1646 Temple Space, Los Angeles
2010
"Anachronous Mind Tree" Bliecher Golighty Gallery, Los Angeles
"Let's Get Loud" DIY Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
"Conceptual Mining" DIY Gallery, Los Angeles
"Home," Phyllis Stein Art, Los Angeles
"SFTS Group Show," Silver Echo Gallery, Los Angeles
4-Person Group Show, LACMA Art Rental and Sales, Los Angeles
2008
Group Show, Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Los Angeles
Artseen "A Taste of LA" Downtown Gallery Row, Los Angeles
Free Arts NYC Annual Benefit Art Auction, New York
Group Show, Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
"Views of Pico," 16:1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Art a la Mode," HouseSpace, Encinitas, CA
2006
"Reaction to the 60's," Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
"Pewabic Influence," Lansing Capital Library, Lansing, MI
COLLABORATIONS
2021
“Gamble House: Inside Out” Music for Your Inbox, Los Angeles
RESIDENCIES
2019
Untitled_1983, Geneva, Switzerland
Holiday Forever Residency, Jackson, WY
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2018
100 West Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
2017
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
PRESS
2021
Wrap Magazine "Exploring the realms of possibility" by Hannah Valentine
2020
The American Scholar "Nick McPhail: Windows to the Soul" By Noelani Kirschner
New American Paintings #145, Volume 24, Issue 6
Art Now LA "Review: Nick McPhail" by Jody Zellen
Booooooom “Artist Spotlight: Nick McPhail”
KCRW “Nick McPhail at Ochi Projects”
2019
Art Maze Magazine "Landscapes that glow" by Layla Leiman
It's Nice That "Painter Nick McPhail..." by Rebecca Irvin
Full Blede - Issue 9: The Cleave
Art Maze Magazine - Spring Issue 12 - Editorial Feature
Angeleno Magazine (April) - Society & Culture 'LA State of Mind' by Abigail Stone
2018
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, 'Nick McPhail at Holiday' Review by Aaron Horst
2017
Art and Cake, "'Self Reliance 2017' at Nowspace," Review by Sydney Walters
2014
Carets and Sticks, "One Work with Nick McPhail" Interview by Anna Breninger
'Recurrence' Exhibition catalog with essays by Georgia Horn and Luisa Aguilar Solis
Two Coats of Paint, "Inspired by fiction: Recurrence at Fridman" Review by Sharon Butler
2009
San Francisco Chronicle, "Don't Miss: 'Street and Sky'" Review by Mary Eisenhart
Art Business, 'Street and Sky' review by Laura Chenault
Downtown Arts Beat, Spring Arts Collective Review
2008
I Make Picture, "Featured Artist: Nick McPhail"
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2019
‘Power Lines’ Public art installation on Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
2006
Center for Ethics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
AWARDS & GRANTS
2017
Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2006
Jens Plum Award, Michigan State University
ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES
2021
Artist Talk, Music for Your Inbox, Los Angeles
2020
Artist Lecture, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Artist Talk, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Artist Talk and gallery walk-through, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles
2017
Artist Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
CURATORIAL
2018
"Full House" Half Gallery LA, Los Angeles
“Student Exhibition,” Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
2014
“Domestic Edge” Half Gallery LA, Los Angeles
“Swim Lapse” Half Gallery LA, Los Angeles
Born in 1982 in Los Angeles, California. Lives and works in Los Angeles.
In his architectural landscape paintings - Nick studied architecture - he captures the hazy glow and saturated tones of California. Depicting modernist buildings, power lines and cars against a background of green hills and trees, his paintings focus on the relationship between nature and the built environment. Painted from snapshots, McPhail's works offer somewhat voyeuristic views of anonymous buildings that emerge from behind fences and shrubs or from the tops of isolated hills. As if we were hidden with him behind a bush or a car.
Light is central in his paintings, it comes from the background. He often begins by applying strong paints - pink, orange or fluorescent violet - all over the canvas and building his compositions in translucent layers, a method inspired by traditional Renaissance techniques. The vibrant, contrasting color of this underpainting becomes an essential element of McPhail's work and builds the composition.
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