Raven Chacon
“This arrangement of "greater than" symbols acknowledges humility with optimism, signaling toward the future, and Indigenous geometries, while providing opportunity for "silent" interlude between other phrases.”
BIO
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. As a solo artist, collaborator, or with Postcommodity, Chacon has exhibited in a variety of museum internationally. Every year, he teaches 20 students to write string quartets for the Native American Composer Apprenticeship Project (NACAP). He is the recipient of the United States Artists fellowship in Music, The Creative Capital award in Visual Arts, The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation artist fellowship, and the American Academy’s Berlin Prize for Music Composition.
OWN WORDS
Hear from Raven Chacon: