Jaelah Kuehmichel is a Principal Artist at Meow Wolf and came to the immersive arts company in 2017, one year after the opening of their wildly successful flagship exhibition House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Meow Wolf is on the leading edge of interactive art and design, immersive storytelling in the round that you can walk through and be a part of in a choose-your-own-adventure style of exploration. In the Dept of Artistic Development + Production Jaelah has worked on all 5 of Meow Wolf's permanent exhibitions as well as Vortex Music Festival and their amusement park ride Kaleidoscape. Jaelah is focused on designing, building, sculpting, painting, and installing the new exhibition elements in collaboration with many talented team members, including audio/video/light designers. Working with a variety of constraints each project presents new challenges around creative, design, durability, materiality + installation. Her work at Meow Wolf has focused on the following skills and can be seen in the collections above:
Immersive Art + Design
Mural + Sculpture Painting
Art Installation
Project Leadership
Airbrush + Pneumatic Painting
Hand-built Sculpture
Soft Sculpture + Sewing
Molds + Casting + Resin
Furniture + Upholstery
Rug Tufting
Concept Art + Graphic Illustration
Graphic Design + Vector Murals
Cross-Specialist Collaboration
Innovative Design Solutions
Diorama Art
Interactive Design
Fabrication
Photo/Video/Music Production
Polycarb + Vacuum Forming
MIG Welding