BIO & CV
Carmen Amengual (Buenos Aires, 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and independent researcher based in Los Angeles. Her practice draws on fragile archives, micro-histories, and oral narratives to investigate how stories of resistance circulate and transform over time. Through experimental cinema, installation, and critical research, she activates incomplete or forgotten materials —unrealized scripts, unfinished projects, and buried collective and individual dreams— situating them in the present and opening them to experiential dimensions capable of projecting new futurities.
Carmen Amengual (Buenos Aires, 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and independent researcher based in Los Angeles. Her practice draws on fragile archives, micro-histories, and oral narratives to investigate how stories of resistance circulate and transform over time. Through experimental cinema, installation, and critical research, she activates incomplete or forgotten materials —unrealized scripts, unfinished projects, and buried collective and individual dreams— situating them in the present and opening them to experiential dimensions capable of projecting new futurities.
Her work engages with historical and family archives, as well as myths, oral accounts, and literature, to explore the intersections of political memory, biography, and history. Informed by feminist and anti-colonial methodologies, she examines the ruins of emancipatory cultural imaginaries and the forms of sociability, pedagogy, and friendship they sought to create. Her projects span film, sculpture, sound, text, and installation, unfolding layered narratives in which the historical and the speculative converge to reimagine the ties between past and future.
In recent years, Amengual has developed A Non-Coincidental Mirror, a film-research and installation project that reconstructs the legacy of the Third World Filmmakers Meetings (Algiers, 1973 – Buenos Aires, 1974) while revisiting an unrealized documentary project of the era. Its first phase, presented in a solo exhibition at Smack Mellon, New York (2024–25), received the Creative Capital Award (2024), two consecutive Graham Foundation grants (2023–24), and a research fellowship from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2025).
She has participated in programs and residencies including the Whitney Independent Study Program (2021–22), the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics Fellowship (2022–24), and the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2025). Her work has been shown in North America (Smack Mellon, Artists Space, New York; table, Chicago; Human Resources, Los Angeles; Bikini Wax, Mexico City), Europe (Silent Green, Berlin; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris), and Africa (American University, Cairo). She holds a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Buenos Aires and an MFA in Visual Arts from CalArts.
EDUCATION
2021–2022 Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York, US
2016 MFA, Art Program, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, US
2014 BA, Comparative Literature, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025
Artist-in-Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2024
Awardee, Creative Capital, New York, US
Grantee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, US
Grantee, Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant, Los Angeles, US
Grantee, Graham Foundation, Production & Presentation Grant to Individual Artists, Chicago, US
Artist-in-Residence, Rhizome, Algiers, DZ
Grantee, Prospect Art, New Work Grant, Los Angeles, US
Artist-in-Residence, Automata, Los Angeles, US
2023
Grantee, Graham Foundation, Research & Development Grant to Individual Artists, Chicago, US
2022–2024
Artist Fellow, Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, The New School, New York, US
2021–2022 Studio Fellow, Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, US
2019
Artist-in-Residence, SOMA Summer, Mexico City, MX
Artist-in-Residence, The Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, US
2016–2017
Artist-in-Residence, CalArts REEF Residency, Maker City LA, Los Angeles, US
2015
Fellow, CalArts Research Fellowship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, Dean's Reserve Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, CalArts Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2014
Grantee, Dean's Reserve Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, CalArts Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2005
Awardee, Premio Centenario, Primer Salón de Artes Visuales Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Museo Quinta Trabucco, Buenos Aires, AR
2021–2022 Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York, US
2016 MFA, Art Program, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, US
2014 BA, Comparative Literature, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025
Artist-in-Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2024
Awardee, Creative Capital, New York, US
Grantee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, US
Grantee, Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant, Los Angeles, US
Grantee, Graham Foundation, Production & Presentation Grant to Individual Artists, Chicago, US
Artist-in-Residence, Rhizome, Algiers, DZ
Grantee, Prospect Art, New Work Grant, Los Angeles, US
Artist-in-Residence, Automata, Los Angeles, US
2023
Grantee, Graham Foundation, Research & Development Grant to Individual Artists, Chicago, US
2022–2024
Artist Fellow, Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, The New School, New York, US
2021–2022 Studio Fellow, Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, US
2019
Artist-in-Residence, SOMA Summer, Mexico City, MX
Artist-in-Residence, The Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, US
2016–2017
Artist-in-Residence, CalArts REEF Residency, Maker City LA, Los Angeles, US
2015
Fellow, CalArts Research Fellowship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, Dean's Reserve Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, CalArts Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2014
Grantee, Dean's Reserve Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Grantee, CalArts Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2005
Awardee, Premio Centenario, Primer Salón de Artes Visuales Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Museo Quinta Trabucco, Buenos Aires, AR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024–25
A Non-Coincidental Mirror, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, US
2019
Only a Truncated and Imaginary Vision, Biquini Wax EPS, Mexico City, MX
2018
The Tenuous Arithmetic of Kinship, table, Chicago, US
The Ages, Dread Lounge, Los Angeles, US
2016
Playing Around Her, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2015
Other Words, Other Worlds, Gallery D300, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sentient, Office Hours, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, US
2022
Everything Is Common, Whitney ISP 2021–22, Artists Space, New York, US
Kinetic Lullaby, NYSS Dumbo Gallery, Brooklyn, US
2020
Artist Run Chicago 2.0 (with Kyle Bellucci Johanson), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US
2019
The International Expanded Field, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
2016
Exit Interview, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
2015
Summer Recital: A Sculpture Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Mid-Residency Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2014
Six Against the Cyclops, E.D. Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Works on Paper, Antenna Studio, Los Angeles, US
Curiouser & Curiouser, Art Division, Los Angeles, US
2005 Premio Centenario, Museo Quinta Trabucco, Buenos Aires, AR
2024–25
A Non-Coincidental Mirror, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, US
2019
Only a Truncated and Imaginary Vision, Biquini Wax EPS, Mexico City, MX
2018
The Tenuous Arithmetic of Kinship, table, Chicago, US
The Ages, Dread Lounge, Los Angeles, US
2016
Playing Around Her, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2015
Other Words, Other Worlds, Gallery D300, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sentient, Office Hours, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, US
2022
Everything Is Common, Whitney ISP 2021–22, Artists Space, New York, US
Kinetic Lullaby, NYSS Dumbo Gallery, Brooklyn, US
2020
Artist Run Chicago 2.0 (with Kyle Bellucci Johanson), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US
2019
The International Expanded Field, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
2016
Exit Interview, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
2015
Summer Recital: A Sculpture Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
Mid-Residency Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2014
Six Against the Cyclops, E.D. Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Works on Paper, Antenna Studio, Los Angeles, US
Curiouser & Curiouser, Art Division, Los Angeles, US
2005 Premio Centenario, Museo Quinta Trabucco, Buenos Aires, AR
SCREENINGS (selected)
2025
Non-Aligned Visions, Public Trust, Philadelphia, US
Ciné Club, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
A Non-Coincidental Mirror, e-flux Screening Room, Brooklyn, New York, US
2024
Tiny Sketches for a Piece on Language and Power, Prospect Art, Los Angeles, US
Footprints of the Forgotten, Los Angeles Filmforum, 2220 Arts + Archives, US
2019
The International Expanded Field, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, US
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS
2025
Visible Evidence, conference. Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
SUR O NO SUR. International Conference. University of Valparaíso. School of Film Studies. Chile
A Non-Coincidental Mirror: Book release. Public conversation between Yasmina Price and Carmen Amengual moderated by Eriola Pira.
Carmen Amengual and Soyoung Yoon in conversation: E-flux screening room. New York.
2024 Footprints of the Forgotten, (speaker). Los Angeles Filmforum. 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles.
2023 Film-Act: Third Cinema and its legacies, (speaker), American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema, (speaker) Silent Green & Film Arsenal, Berlin.
2022 Vera List Center for Arts and Politics 2022 Forum, (speaker). The New School, New York.
2020 Adelita Husni Bey and Simon Leung in conversation (Presenter and organizer). REDCAT, Los Angeles
2019 Lyric Poetry is Dead. Book release and panel discussion, with Ezequiel Zaidenwerg, Carmen Amengual and Robin Meyers. Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop, Brooklyn, NY
2017 In search of The Words of Others. León Ferrari, The Words of Others. panel discussion with Ruth Estévez, Carmen Amengual and Jen Hoffer. REDCAT, Los Angeles
Media & Democracy: From the Vietnam War to the Consolidation of “Alternative Facts” in the Digital Era: Marc Cooper, Robert Scheer and Suzi Weissman in conversation. (Organizer)REDCAT, Los Angeles
2016 Arts and Politics. A Latin American perspective. LATlab Laboratory for Latin American Art/Thinking. CalArts REEF Residency, Maker City LA, Los Angeles
2025
Non-Aligned Visions, Public Trust, Philadelphia, US
Ciné Club, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
A Non-Coincidental Mirror, e-flux Screening Room, Brooklyn, New York, US
2024
Tiny Sketches for a Piece on Language and Power, Prospect Art, Los Angeles, US
Footprints of the Forgotten, Los Angeles Filmforum, 2220 Arts + Archives, US
2019
The International Expanded Field, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, US
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS
2025
Visible Evidence, conference. Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
SUR O NO SUR. International Conference. University of Valparaíso. School of Film Studies. Chile
A Non-Coincidental Mirror: Book release. Public conversation between Yasmina Price and Carmen Amengual moderated by Eriola Pira.
Carmen Amengual and Soyoung Yoon in conversation: E-flux screening room. New York.
2024 Footprints of the Forgotten, (speaker). Los Angeles Filmforum. 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles.
2023 Film-Act: Third Cinema and its legacies, (speaker), American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema, (speaker) Silent Green & Film Arsenal, Berlin.
2022 Vera List Center for Arts and Politics 2022 Forum, (speaker). The New School, New York.
2020 Adelita Husni Bey and Simon Leung in conversation (Presenter and organizer). REDCAT, Los Angeles
2019 Lyric Poetry is Dead. Book release and panel discussion, with Ezequiel Zaidenwerg, Carmen Amengual and Robin Meyers. Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop, Brooklyn, NY
2017 In search of The Words of Others. León Ferrari, The Words of Others. panel discussion with Ruth Estévez, Carmen Amengual and Jen Hoffer. REDCAT, Los Angeles
Media & Democracy: From the Vietnam War to the Consolidation of “Alternative Facts” in the Digital Era: Marc Cooper, Robert Scheer and Suzi Weissman in conversation. (Organizer)REDCAT, Los Angeles
2016 Arts and Politics. A Latin American perspective. LATlab Laboratory for Latin American Art/Thinking. CalArts REEF Residency, Maker City LA, Los Angeles
CURATORIAL & ORGANIZING (selected)
2025
Co-curator, To Trace the Line Where Your Body Cut the Air, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, US
2021
Curator, Aria Dean: Suite!, Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
2020
Assistant Curator, Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1970–2019, REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
Co-Curator, 50+50: A Creative Century from Chouinard to CalArts, REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
2017
Assistant Curator & Research Associate. The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War, REDCAT / PST:LA/LA
Co-Director LATlab, Laboratory for Latin American Art & Thinking. Los Angeles, US
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Guest Lecturer, MFA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, US
2022 Visiting Lecturer, MFA, Parsons School of Art, The New School, US
2020 Faculty, Exercises in Close Reading: Text/Space, The Southland Institute, Los Angeles, US
2019 Faculty, The Southland Institute, Los Angeles, US
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
Visiting Faculty, CalArts Winter Session, Seminar: The Idea of Latin America
2016 Graduate Assistant, Thomas Lawson: Thinking about Painting, CalArts, US
2025
Co-curator, To Trace the Line Where Your Body Cut the Air, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, US
2021
Curator, Aria Dean: Suite!, Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
2020
Assistant Curator, Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1970–2019, REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
Co-Curator, 50+50: A Creative Century from Chouinard to CalArts, REDCAT, Los Angeles, US
2017
Assistant Curator & Research Associate. The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War, REDCAT / PST:LA/LA
Co-Director LATlab, Laboratory for Latin American Art & Thinking. Los Angeles, US
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Guest Lecturer, MFA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, US
2022 Visiting Lecturer, MFA, Parsons School of Art, The New School, US
2020 Faculty, Exercises in Close Reading: Text/Space, The Southland Institute, Los Angeles, US
2019 Faculty, The Southland Institute, Los Angeles, US
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
Visiting Faculty, CalArts Winter Session, Seminar: The Idea of Latin America
2016 Graduate Assistant, Thomas Lawson: Thinking about Painting, CalArts, US
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS (selected)
2025
A Non-Coincidental Mirror Catalogue, Vera List Center, New York, US
“The Voice of the Wet Concrete: A Conversation” (with Soyoung Yoon), e-flux Notes, Feb 2025
AK Latif. "From Buenos Aires to Beirut: Circuits of Cinematic Solidarities". Senses of Cinema, May 2025.
2024
“The 10 Exhibitions to See in December,” ArtReview, Dec 2024
Between Illusion and Revolution, in Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema, Archive Books, Berlin
Revista Concreta #22 (Contributor), Editorial Concreta, Spain
2021 “Unseen in the Archives: Inclusion and Omission,” East of Borneo, Jan 2021
2019 Kirsten Mairead Gill, “Only a Truncated and Imaginary Vision,” Island Island
2018 Lyric Poetry Is Dead, drawings by Amengual, Cardboard House Press, NY
2017 “Introduction: The Words of Others” (with Ruth Estévez), in León Ferrari: The Words of Others, REDCAT / X Artists’ Books, Los Angeles
2025
A Non-Coincidental Mirror Catalogue, Vera List Center, New York, US
“The Voice of the Wet Concrete: A Conversation” (with Soyoung Yoon), e-flux Notes, Feb 2025
AK Latif. "From Buenos Aires to Beirut: Circuits of Cinematic Solidarities". Senses of Cinema, May 2025.
2024
“The 10 Exhibitions to See in December,” ArtReview, Dec 2024
Between Illusion and Revolution, in Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema, Archive Books, Berlin
Revista Concreta #22 (Contributor), Editorial Concreta, Spain
2021 “Unseen in the Archives: Inclusion and Omission,” East of Borneo, Jan 2021
2019 Kirsten Mairead Gill, “Only a Truncated and Imaginary Vision,” Island Island
2018 Lyric Poetry Is Dead, drawings by Amengual, Cardboard House Press, NY
2017 “Introduction: The Words of Others” (with Ruth Estévez), in León Ferrari: The Words of Others, REDCAT / X Artists’ Books, Los Angeles