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EMANUEL RÖHSS
b. 1985 Gothenburg, Sweden. Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.
Emanuel studied at Royal College of Art in London, where he received an MA in Painting. In his practice, Emanuel explores the relationship between architectures from historical and contemporary civilisations as well as the creation of illusory environments in popular culture. The artist is interested in manmade environments between which an imperative pathos, gesture or persona can be traced and identified as reappearing throughout different contexts. In his long term project with the Ennis House he examined how a building comes to life as an animate being in its own right through the production of fiction in cinema, television and games. Predominantly based in sculpture, installation and painting, each body of work is made with careful consideration to the properties of the space it occupies.
Emanuel has been subject of solo exhibitions at Thomas Duncan Gallery in Los Angeles, Coma Gallery in Sidney, SALTS in Basel, T293 in Rome, Index in Stockholm and Project Native Informant in London as well as recognized international awards. He was also included in group exhibitions at Sadie Coles HQ in London, Postcodes in São Paulo, Museo Capadimonte in Napels and South London Gallery in London to name but a few.