David McShane has been designing and painting murals for Mural Arts Philadelphia since 1996, and has completed well over 200 large, outdoor, community-based murals in the Philadelphia area.  His murals include the Phillies Mural, the Philadelphia Stars Negro League Mural, the Herman Wrice Mural, the Larry Fine Mural, the Mural at Dirty Franks, the Jackie Robinson Mural, the Legendary Blue Horizon Mural, and seventeen elementary school transformation projects in partnership with the Philadelphia Eagles.  

Outside of Philadelphia, David has received grants to create community murals in Coatesville and Middletown Township, PA; Dublin, Ireland; and in the suburbs of Paris, France.  He also creates fine art paintings in his studio, and has exhibited his work at the LaSalle University Art Museum, Artists’ House Gallery, Temple Gallery of the Tyler School of Art, the University City Arts League, the Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture, and Nexus Gallery. 

David was raised in Audubon, New Jersey and received degrees from LaSalle University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  He is married to artist Eurhi Jones and has two children.

Presently, he is Director of Resident Artist Senior Mural Advisor for Mural Arts Philadelphia.

To find out more about David McShane  visit https://www.muralarts.org/artist/david-mcshane/

Or check out these articles:

• https://www.pafa.org/news/david-mcshane-mfa-95-accomplished-muralist-reflects-080118

• https://www.thegoodphight.com/2015/11/13/9713714/an-interview-with-david-mcshane-designer-of-the-phillies-mural