Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon | |
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Chacon speaking at Columbia University in 2022 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) Fort Defiance, Arizona, United States |
| Education | California Institute of the Arts University of New Mexico |
| Known for | sound art, non-vocal instrumentalist, installation art, composer, musician, visual artist |
| Style | noise music, experimental sound, composer, musician, visual artist |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship 2023
Pulitzer Prize 2022 |
| Website | spiderwebsinthesky |
Raven Chacon (born 1977) is a Diné composer, musician and artist. Born in Fort Defiance, Arizona within the Navajo Nation, Chacon became the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music, for his Voiceless Mass in 2022.
He has also been a solo performer of noise music and worked with groups such as Postcommodity.