Michelle Aubert

Michelle Aubert translates what the eye can't quite hold — the shimmer at the edge of feeling, the afterimage of longing, the luminous residue of a moment already gone. A Mexican visual artist living between Mexico City and Paris, she works in photography the way a poet works in breath: bending light, fracturing the familiar, making the invisible pulse.

Trained at the University of the Arts London, Michelle began her practice in 2020, reaching almost immediately for the unconventional — experimenting with tools and processes that push photography beyond its own borders. Her debut solo show at Galería Casa Terra saw her piece Golden (from the series Pandemic Illusion) recognized by ArtFinder among outstanding emerging artists. That same year, her work sat alongside luminaries like Betsabeé Romero and Brian Nissen in a charity auction for Fundación Origen.

Her second solo exhibition, Close but Far (2024) at Galería Unión, marked a turning point — a symbolic series tracing emotional rebirth through fragmentation and the slow, brave work of self-reconstruction. Most recently, she presented large-scale photographic works and an audiovisual installation with Trastienda Machete Gallery in Guadalajara.

With upcoming presentations at Swab Barcelona and new shows in Paris and Mexico, Michelle continues to map the territory between perception and emotion — one luminous fragment at a time. At Lola, she invites you to look closely and find yourself in the space between.

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