Iván Argote

Born in 1983 in Bogotá, Colombia. He lives and works in Paris, France.

Iván Argote is renowned for a body of work exploring the relationship between history, politics and the construction of our own subjectivities. Argote’s videos, sculptures, collages and installations in public space address how we relate to each other, to power and heritage and challenge notions of monument and monumentality with tenderness and humour.

Iván Argote’s ambitious work is currently on view at the High Line in New York, for which he created “Dinosaur”, a 6,4-meter-tall replica of a pigeon, canonis­ing the common street bird as part of the Plinth Commission programme, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Argote is the first Plinth artist from the global south, and the youngest yet.

Argote also participated in the 2024 Venice Biennale curated by Adriano Pedrosa, with an ambitious outdoor installation in the Giardini. In 2022 he was nominated for the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp and also participated in an artist residency at the Villa Medici, Rome.

The artist has presented work in institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Biennale de Lyon; ASU Art Museum, Phoenix; MALBA, Buenos Aires; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City; Desert X, Coachella Valley; Caixa Forum, Barcelona; Casa Encendida, Madrid, among others.

His works are part of important collections such as Guggenheim Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; ASU Art Museum, Phoenix; Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris; Colección de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá; Kadist Foundation, San Francisco; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami; MACBA, Barcelona; MUNTREF, Buenos Aires; Saatchi Art, London, among others.