Emmanuelle Rose John
is an interdisciplinary installation artist working at Meow Wolf, Inc. In her work, she strives to make microscopic worlds large. Through a wide variety of textiles, mold-making, and sculpture, she creates intricate environments that illuminate organic processes secretly taking place everywhere- the way organisms rot, transform, and are reborn into something else. She draws inspiration from cycles of nature, which also reflect psychological processes of death and renewal. Her style is finely detailed and strange, and her work has been described as a fascinating, unique blend of scary and beautiful.
BIO
Emmanuelle grew up in Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Northwest imprinted onto her a lifelong fascination with tide pools, microscopic life, the smell of wet soil, fungal colonies and organic textures. At age 15, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Emmanuelle attended Bard College in Upstate New York, where she received her BA in Fine Arts in 2011. Among other discoveries, at Bard she found her desire to create installation art; creating all encompassing, immersive environments. Inspiration came from themes of birth, gestation and decay. After returning to Santa Fe, Emmanuelle pursued experiences in art, film and writing. She was selected to be an intern on the exhibitions team at SITE Santa Fe in 2012, began film/writing classes at the community college, and worked at both Santa Fe Studios and Center for Contemporary Arts.
She first became involved with Meow Wolf in 2015 as a volunteer for the exhibit The House of Eternal Return. Following the opening of HOER, she worked for a local film union as a set painter. She developed faux aging and scenic painting skills on movies and tv shows for a couple of years before circling back to Meow Wolf. Emmanuelle’s desire to create continues to burn on many levels. She has experimented with a huge range of materials for large scale installation and sculpture, including leading an R&D process to use mycelium as a sculpting medium.
She has been selected as lead Artist for the concept, design, production and installation of whole room projects including the Frog Egg Garden (2021) and Emergence (2023) and most recently for the design of a thirty foot tall organic organism in Meow Wolf’s new LA exhibit set to open in 2026. Emmanuelle is a trusted and celebrated creative collaborator in the company and is looked to as a mentor and an integral part of the community. Her style is carefully detailed with soft sci-fi and classic horror film flavours. Her work has been described as a fascinating balance between disturbing and beautiful.