Carmen Argote draws connections to the body, class, and economic structures in relation to architecture and personal history. Her process of deconstructing materials along with the action of walking develops the visual language of her work in site-specific sculpture, installation, drawings, video, and performance.

Born in 1981 in Guadalajara, Mexico, Argote currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received a MFA in 2007 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she also received a BFA in 2004. Argote's works are in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; among others. Argote is represented by Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, California and is co-chair of the Artist Council at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, (2023), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, (2022),  Primary. Nottingham, UK (2021), Clockshop, Los Angeles (2020); Stairwell LA, Los Angeles (2020),  Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin (2020); New Museum, New York (2019); PAOS, Guadalajara, Mexico (2019); Ballon Rouge Collective, Istanbul, Turkey (2019) and New York (2018); Instituto de Visión, Bogotá, Colombia (2018); Panel LA, Los Angeles (2017); Adjunct Positions Gallery, Los Angeles (2015); MAK Center, Los Angeles (2015); Human Resources, Los Angeles (2014); and Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles (2013). Argote has been featured in group exhibitions at Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2023); Hill Art Foundation, New York (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2021), Liebaert Projects, Kortrijik, BE (2021); Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA, SculptureCenter, New York (2019); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana (2017); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (2017), Ballroom Marfa (2017); and Denver Art Museum (2017). She is the recipient of the Cultural Trailblazer Award (2023), the Fellows of Contemporary Art Award (2020), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2019); Artadia Los Angeles award (2019), Artist Community Engagement Grant from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation (2015) and a California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2013)