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Nick McPhail (b. 1982) graduated with a BFA with a focus in Painting and Ceramics from Michigan State University in 2006. He has been selected for numerous artist residencies, including those at Maple Street Construct in Omaha, NE in 2025; Amélie Maison d’Art in Paradou, France in 2022; Untitled_1983 in Geneva, Switzerland in 2019; the Holiday Forever Residency in Jackson, WY in 2019; Ochi Gallery in Ketchum, ID in 2019; 100 West Corsicana in Corsicana, TX in 2018; and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT in 2017, and was chosen as a Hopper Prize Finalist in 2023.
McPhail has exhibited internationally in San Francisco, Richmond, Paris, Los Angeles, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Arles, Berlin, Stockholm, Geneva, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, and New York City, among others. Additionally, the artist’s work has been featured at The Dallas Art Fair, Untitled Art Fair Miami, the London Art Fair, the Seattle Art Fair, and Future Fair’s presentation at Villa Tigertail in 2025.
In 2019, the artist’s commissioned public work, Power Lines, was permanently installed on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park (measuring 12 feet by 10 feet and painted in acrylic on aluminum). The artist and his work have been published in noteworthy publications including New American Paintings (Issue #175 curated by Jerry Saltz), San Diego Magazine, Style Weekly, Literary Hub, Wrap Magazine, The American Scholar, Art Now LA, Booooooom, Art Maze Magazine, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Two Coats of Paint, San Francisco Chronicle, and Art Business. His work is found in the permanent collections of Morgan Stanley in New York City, Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, and the Center for Ethics at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles.