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- 1981 b. 1981, Guadalajara, Mexico. Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
E D U C A T I O N
2007 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
2004 BA, University of California, Los Angeles
R E S I D E N C I E S
2025 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2021 ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ
2020 Stairwell LA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Casa Taller Joe Clemente Orozco/Paos, Guadalajara, MX
2019 LaunchPad LaB, La Boissière, FR
2009 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
A W A R D S
2024 Independent Master Artist Award, City of Los Angeles
2024 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Lighting Fund Grant
2023 Cultural Trailblazer, City of Los Angeles
2020 Fellows of Contemporary Art
2019 Tiffany Foundation Grant
2019 Artadia Los Angeles
2018 Nancy Graves Foundation Artist Grant
2015 YoYoYo Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2013 Emerging Artist Grant, California Community Foundation
S E L E C T E D W O R K S I N C O L L E C T I O N
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, San DIego, CA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, Kadist International, Mohn Art Collective (MAC3)
T E A C H I N G
- 2024, 2026 – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 – California State University, Los Angeles, CA
- 2013, 2014 – Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
G U E S T S P E A K E R I N V I T A T I O N S
Art Center College of Art and Design, Buckinghamshire New University, California Institute of the Arts, California State University Long Beach, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design, Princeton University, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Stanford University, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Southern California, University of Texas Austin, University of Texas Rio Grande
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2026 the body draws the room: Human Resources, HRLA, Los Angeles, CA
2025 gajes del oficio, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2024 Holding, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
2023 I won’t abandon you, I see you, we are safe, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Filtration System for a Processed-based Practice, Museum of Contemporary Art, San DIego, CA
Her Forms of Other, Commonwealth and Council, Mexico City, MX
2021 Be Loved, Primary, Nottingham, UK
2020 Glove Hand Dog, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
Hand Dog Glove, Clockshop, Los Angeles, CA
Dog Glove Hand, Stairwell LA, Los Angeles, CA
Me At Market, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin
2019 As Above, So Below, New Museum, New York, NY
Nutrition for a Better life (Compre Chatarra), Ballon Rouge, Istanbul, Turkey
Manéjese Con Cuidado, PAOS, Guadalajara, Mexico
2018 Warm is a Black, Ballon Rouge Collective, New York, NY
If only it were that easy…, 18th Street Arts Center Artist Lab, Santa Monica, CA
2017 Pyramids, Panel LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Alex’s Room, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
Mansion Magnolia, Shulamit Nazarian, Venice, CA
2015 Houses he wanted to build, Adjunct Positions, Los Angeles, CA
A Vast Furniture, MAK Center & High Desert Test Sites, Los Angeles/29 Palms, CA
2014 My father’s side of Home, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2013 720 Sq.ft. Shape Seeps Through, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012 This Thing Open, Carmen Argote Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2010 720 Sq.ft. Household Mutations—Part B, G727, Los Angeles, CA
720 Sq.ft. Household Mutations—Part A, The Francis, Los Angeles, CA
P U B L I C A R T
2016 Metro Expo Line (17th St/Santa Monica College Station), Santa Monica, CA
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2026 Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials, The Hammer, Los Angeles, CA
2025 ONLYARTFANZ PERFORMANCE: Phallus :: Fascinum :: Fascism, The Box Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Deep Cuts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Does the flower hear the Bee?, Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
To Bright Disturbances, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
Hold My Hand in Yours, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
City of Los Angeles Independent Master Artist Award exhibition (COLA 2025), Los Angeles
Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Grounded, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Galleon Trade, Silverlens Gallery, NYC, NY
2024
Experimentation: The Art of Controlled Procedures, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
Flow States – LA TRIENAL, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Mis/Communication: Power in Language in Contemporary Art, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
2023 La Vida Secreta de las piedras, Commonwealth and Council, Mexico City, MX
Illuminate LA: Artist Reflections on Monuments and Public Space, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
No Forms, Hill Art Foundation, New York, NY
Shadow Tracer: Works on Paper, Aspen Museum of Art, Aspen, CO
Artist Reflections on Public Monuments and Public Space, Illuminate LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Evidence: Selections from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Everything Connected, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
6 Degrees, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium
Everything Just Changed, No?, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Love in Bright Landscapes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA
2020 45 at 45: 45 years with 45 artists, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
Hindsight is 2020, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2019 Searching the Sky for Rain, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Paroxysm of Sublime, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Breaking Bread, Oxy Arts, Los Angeles, CA
“CALL GIOVANNI”, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
Room for Failure, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, FL
Monarchs, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2018 Made in L.A. 2018, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The House Imaginary, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Extracorporeal, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Names Printed in Black, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Omega Workshop, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, NY
Pacific Standard Time Performance Festival, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Monarchs, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Deterioro y Poder, Instituto de Visión, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 Monarchs, Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha, NE
Tierra.Sangre.Oro. Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Home—So Different, So Appealing, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA and Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Escape Attempts, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Venice, CA
Workbook/Notebook, Armory Center for the Arts at La Casita, Pasadena, CA
2016 PlaceBound, Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
On Inhabiting, Ave 50 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 En La Espera, Me Fui Y Luego Regrese, Mexican Consulate, Los Angeles, CA
The House on Mango Street, The National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Perfect Strangers Art and Performance Festival, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2014 5th Chicana/o Biennial, MACLA, San Jose, CA
Watermelons, no catchies or bouncies, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
Million Year Picnic, Gallery Fu, Japan
Ex nihilo, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Unsparing Quality, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 SUR Biennial, Rio Hondo College, Torrance, CA
SUR Biennial, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
First Anniversary Show, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Surface Tension_LA, G727, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Birds, Michael’s Restaurant Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Terra-Byte 3.0, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA
Storefront, Harvey Levin Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 Terra-Byte 2.0, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA
W O R D S A N D P U B L I C A T I O N S
Gyorody, Andrea, Carmen Argote, ArtForum, November, 2023
Dove, Linda, Cultural Daily August, 2023
Simoñ-Trench, Chela, “Artist Spotlight: Carmen Argote” Gallery Platform, July 2023
Dixon Evans, Julia, “The Art is in the process for Carmen Argote” KPBS, August 25, 2022
Lugo, Helena, Remaking, “Re-mother, and Transformation” Terremoto, October 20, 2022
Wolf, Jessica, ‘The LA Art Show has a strong UCLA vibe” July, 2021
Gyorody, Andrea, Thoughts on Food Material Carmen Argote, (Digest, Issue 06}, September, 2020
Campbell, Andy. “Carmen Argote: Commonwealth and Council,” Artforum, October/November, 2020
Haigney, Sophie, “A Fresh Vision for Minimalism Foregrounds Female Artists” Artsy, October, 2020
Turner, Nancy Kay, “Artist Profile: Carmen Argote,” Art and Cake, August 18, 2020
Di Liscia, Valentina, “How LatinX Artists Were Shut Out of Art History” Hyperallergic, August, 2020
Civic Imagination: Southland Sessions, Screening of Last Light, KCET, 2020
Carmen Argote: Film Premiere and Edition Launch, ParisLA, 2020
Castro, Leslie Moody, “Me at Market: Talking with Carmen Argote.” Glasstire, March 2, 2020
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Meet an Artist,” LA Weekly, April 15, 2019
Chang, Scarlett. “Carmen Argote: Riding it Out.” Artillery Magazine, May 1, 2018
Jao, Carren. “A Motorcycle Journey Leads to Healing.” KCET Artbound, 2018
Choksi, Neha, “Utensils: Working Small,” X-TRA, Summer, 2018
Albarracin, Victor. “Houses, Mansions, and Pyramids.” Terremoto Magazine, 2017
Slenske, Michael. “Hecho en México, Made for LA.” LALA Magazine, 2017
Wagley, Catherine. Best up-and coming artist, LA Weekly Best of LA 2016
Yates, Calder. “Carmen Argote: Mansion Magnolia at Shulamit Nazarian,” DailyServing, 2016
Personal Architecture, Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. Volume 41, Spring, 2016
Fabrik 25. Emergent Presence. ARTRA Curatorial, June, 2014
Moore, Alex, “Wild Cats and Meadowlarks: Creating in L.A.” The Paris Review, 2012