Euan Macleod was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1956. He was awarded a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) by the Ilam School of Fine Arts, Canterbury University, in 1979, before moving to Sydney in 1981. He has held more than fifty solo shows in New Zealand and Australia and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Australasia and internationally.

Euan’s work is represented in many private and public collections. In 2010 Piper Press, Sydney published a monograph, Euan Macleod: The Painter in the Painting, written by Gregory O’Brien. The touring exhibition, Euan Macleod – Painter, curated by Gregory O’Brien, travelled to several New Zealand regional galleries (2014-2017) including the Millennium Public Art Gallery. Recently, Gregory and Euan have created paintings together including for the Wai/ Water Project curated and toured by the Ashburton Art Gallery from 2018.