Biography

Iván Argote works across sculpture, public installation, film, painting, and performance. His practice reimagines public space by questioning historical narratives, monuments, and systems of power through humour, tenderness, and poetic intervention. Blending critique with playful gestures, he transforms public sites into spaces for dialogue, inviting audiences to reconsider how memory and belonging are constructed and how shared spaces might foster new ways of living together. His work has been presented in leading institutions including the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2022); the 60th Venice Biennale (2024); Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2025); and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) (2025). Argote studied graphic design at the National University of Colombia (2004) before earning an MFA from the ENSBA, Paris (2008). He received the SAM Prize for Contemporary Art (2011) and the Audi Talents Award (2013).

Artworks

Souq Al Mina

The Other, Me & The Others

Iván Argote

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Souq Al Mina

Figurines

Iván Argote

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