Ale de la Puente & Emilio Hinojosa

Emilio Chapela doesn’t just make art—he investigates reality. A visual artist, researcher, and current PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth, Chapela moves fluidly between disciplines, blending science, tech, and philosophy into poetic explorations of time, space, and matter. His mediums? Rivers, volcanoes, plants, gravity—forces both tangible and cosmic.

His practice often crosses into the absurd, where math meets metaphor and objectivity becomes a playground for speculation. From data systems and computer-generated statements to encyclopedic archives built from Google search results, Chapela’s work prods the boundaries of language, knowledge, and the digital age.

He has exhibited widely in Mexico and abroad, and his recent solo exhibition En el tiempo de la rosa no envejece el jardinero (Laboratorio Arte Alameda, CDMX) invited viewers into a collaborative constellation of artists, architects, and astronomers—all searching for new ways to measure what we think we know.

Whether through pixels or particles, Chapela asks us to pause, observe, and question the systems shaping our world—and maybe laugh a little along the way.