Eme Ospina-López

Artivist, Projections Designer, and Transdisciplinary Collaborator

2026 Make a Wave

Theater

Eme Ospina-López (they/él) is a shapeshifting storyteller and trans artivist. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia Eme is now weaving roots in communities across and beyond Chicago. By crafting live experiences and bringing new works to life, Eme dedicates their work to stories that defy erasure and invite us to reckon with our roles in the making of liberated futures.

They move with the conviction that, as co-creators and co-participants in collective intentions and rituals, we reveal how deeply our struggles and freedoms are connected. Eme trusts that collaborative creative practices illuminate a critical need: to unlearn and dismantle what destroys us to rebuild a future centered on life, people, and collective care.

Eme Ospina-López's Website

Featured Artworks

Projections of two man standing outside displayed over the theater set of a kitchen in a home.

Lost and Found, A community experience, 2025 By Dawn Theatre Project Text, sound design and video mapping for "The Dream Sequence" by Eme Ospina-López

Spark, 2026 By Free Street Theatre's Youth Ensemble Media Design for CRT TV wall by Eme Ospina-López

Three performers are lifting a four performer into the air in an orange lit room. Behind them is a projection of the moon.

Lost and Found, A community experience, 2025 By Dawn Theatre Project Text, sound design, and video mapping for "The Dream Sequence" by Eme Ospina-López

The set of a house split in two, one is indoors and the other is outdoors. On top of the house and in the backdrop there are projections of hands, the sky and the moon.

Black Square, contemporary opera, 2024 Composed by Ilya Demutsky; Written by Olga Maslova and Igor Konyukhov Projections Design by Eme Ospina-López

A group of performers dressed as clowns stand on stage behind them is a projection of distorted buildings and telephone polls.

Aquí o Allá, a circus, 2026 Performance by The Actors Gymnasium & La Vuelta Theatre Lab Projections Design by Eme Ospina-López

Audience members stand on stage chatting there is a projection screen up in the background.

First Annual Social Change Theater Festival, 2025 Co-Produced by Still Point and The Local Lab Tech Lead: Eme Ospina-López

Tambo and Bones by Refracted Theatre Company, 2024

By Refracted Theatre Company

Video and Projections Design by Eme Ospina-López
Women Beware Women by Blue In The Right Way, 2024
By Blue In The Right Way

Video and Projections Design by Eme Ospina-López