Raven Chacon, Iggor Cavalera & Laima Leyton
Raven Chacon, Iggor Cavalera & Laima Leyton
For Zitkála-Ša, 2017–2020
Courtesy of the artist and Whitney Museum of American Art


Raven Chacon (1977, Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. Lives in New York) is a composer, performer, and installation artist. He holds a degree in music from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree from the California Institute of the Arts. Chacon is known for exploring the intersections of sound, space, and Indigenous histories. In 2022, he became the first Native American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition Voiceless Mass, and in 2023 he was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. His work has been presented at events such as the Whitney Biennial (New York), documenta 14 (Kassel), the Sydney Biennale, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He also serves as senior composer and mentor for the Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP).
Iggor Cavalera
Laima Leyton