Raven Chacon is a composer, performer, and installation artist born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. A recording artist for twenty-two years, he has appeared on over eighty releases on national and international labels. He has exhibited, performed, or had works performed at LACMA, the Whitney Biennial, Borealis Festival, SITE SANTA FE, the Kennedy Center, and other venues. As an educator, he is the senior composer mentor for the Native American Composer Apprentice Project. In 2022, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Voiceless Mass, and in 2023 he received the MacArthur Fellowship.

Exhibition produced in partnership with Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery.

Countries / Nations / Communities

Navajo Nation and United States

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