Editor, curator, and artist, Zapata studied Classical Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His work focuses on automated writing models, visual languages, and net art. He trained as part of the 2016 Photographic Production Seminar at the Centro de la Imagen and was awarded a scholarship by the Foundation of Mexican Letters (2015-16). Zapata's art has been exhibited at the Centro de la Imagen, Progreso Gallery, Cuartelito, the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, the Carrillo Gil Museum, and the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His work is included in the Electronic Literature Collection Volume 4. He has curated exhibitions at Galería Libertad, the Museum of the City of Querétaro, the Oaxaca Book Fair, The Wrong Biennial 2019-20, and Casa Equis.

Artist, researcher, and professor, he holds a master's degree in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art (London) and a bachelor's degree in biology from the Faculty of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He received the Young Creators grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), as well as an honorable mention in hybrid art at the Prix Ars Electronica for his piece This Tape Will Self-Destruct. He has exhibited in various museums and galleries around the world, including Science Gallery Dublin, LUX Pavillon in Mainz, the Saint Etienne Design Biennial, and the Piksel and 404 festivals. As a researcher, he has explored the use of digital technologies for self-representation and their applications in the dissemination of literary archives and musical performance in virtual environments. He received the award for best paper at the Cumulus 2023 conference for his research, Metaphysical instruments: Prototypes for hybrid and live music-making.