Alex Elmestad, born 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri, studied at Kansas City Art Institute, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Missouri St. Louis. In 2007 he established a studio dedicated to spatial research and sensory design.

Collaborating with skilled craftsmen, material specialists, and others his studio develops interactive installations, sensory architecture, public interventions, participatory projects, social happenings, and experimental artworks that explore the concept of perception while also questioning the context and meaning of various forms of space. Producing mostly experiential works, Elmestad often builds personal and community relationships in order to achieve larger projects. Focusing less on materiality and more on the human experience, his recent projects evolve around the conversations, relationships, curiosities, self-discoveries, and the social personalities that make up an individual. With this tactic his practice becomes relational and observers frequently become participants. The projects more often then not examine how we perceive our environments and how that interpretation or misinterpretation connects us to each other.