Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart Launches the First Major
Exhibit Expansion Since Opening.
“Mega Art Zone,” an exciting new space to view and purchase
local Las Vegas artists’ work, grows exhibit footprint.
In the first notable expansion of the immersive art exhibition since opening, Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart yesterday launched the Mega Art Zone. Adjacent to the Omega Mart box office, Meow Wolf has created an energetic showcase for a whole host of local artists.
The Mega Art Zone is a graffitied spot that deepens the existing Omega Mart narrative while showcasing the talents of more than 40 local Las Vegas artists. Meow Wolf founders and artists traveled from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Las Vegas to work in collaboration with local artists. The creative team worked overnight and into the early morning hours over four consecutive nights while AREA15 was closed to create the new Mega Art Zone. The finished installation features two functioning vending machines filled with mini art available for the public to purchase, so everyone can take home a little piece of local art.
“Our creative collaboration took an underutilized space and created a vibrant, engaging space, full of visual stimulation, that showcases dozens of Las Vegas artists,” enthused Alex Bennett, Interim General Manager – Meow Wolf Las Vegas. “Even better, shoppers can actually purchase local art.”
Elements in the space include:
- Two vending machines full of local-artist-made mini art and gift items available for purchase.
- Money funnel sculptures atop vending machines, created by local artist Luis Varela-Rico.
- A “broken” vending machine with a “propaganda” monitor mounted inside.
- Participating artist Nicole Cochener and her Gallery To Go company collaborated on the mini art vending; curating and stocking the clever machines.
- Graffiti “frosting” throughout, co-designed and painted by local artist Izaac Zevalking, Recycled Propaganda.
- The graffiti includes an embedded call-out to the late Meow Wolf Co-founder Matt King whose birthday is, in fact, September 6th.
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About Meow Wolf
Recognized in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies (2022 and 2020), Meow Wolf is a Santa Fe-based arts and entertainment company that creates immersive, interactive experiences to transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration. The company’s first location in Santa Fe opened in 2016 and showcases the THEA Award-winning, international sensation, House Of Eternal Return, where two million visitors have now discovered a multidimensional mystery house with secret passages, portals to magical worlds, and surreal, maximalist and mesmerizing art exhibits. In 2019, Meow Wolf expanded beyond Santa Fe and opened Kaleidoscape, the world’s first artist-driven ride at Elitch Gardens in Denver. Meow Wolf opened their second permanent installation, Omega Mart, at AREA15 in Las Vegas and their third permanent installation in Denver opened in September 2021, Convergence Station. The next permanent exhibitions will open in Grapevine, TX in 2023, and Houston, TX in 2024. Meow Wolf is proud to be the only certified B-Corporation in the themed entertainment industry, with a team dedicated to social impact and building a more inclusive and sustainable economy.