Raven Halfmoon

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Born1991 (age 34–35)
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
CitizenshipCaddo Nation
United States
EducationUniversity of Arkansas
Websitewww.ravenhalfmoon.com
Raven Halfmoon
Born1991 (age 34–35)
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
CitizenshipCaddo Nation
United States
EducationUniversity of Arkansas
Websitewww.ravenhalfmoon.com

Raven Halfmoon (born 1991)[1] is a painter and sculptor from the Caddo Nation known for oversize clay-based sculptures.

A member of the Caddo Nation, Halfmoon grew up in Binger and Norman, Oklahoma.[2] She was introduced to working with clay at the age of thirteen and was influenced by Caddo artist Jeri Redcorn.[3][2] She studied at the University of Arkansas, graduating with a double bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology and ceramics and painting.[4][3] Halfmoon completed two-year residency at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in 2021.[5]

Halfmoon's first solo exhibit, Okla Homma to Manahatta, debuted in 2021 at Ross+Kramer in New York City.[3][2] It was developed during her Bray Foundation residency.[6][2] The title of the show combined the Choctaw phrase that gave Oklahoma its name with the Lenape word for Manhattan.[7][2] The collection consisted of ten large-scale pieces, some weighing upwards of 450 pounds and standing 6 feet tall.[3]

Education

Halfmoon at the age of thirteen was taught how to make clay vessels that were a part of her culture, by the Caddo elders such as Jeri Redcorn. Within her time At the start of her career, she attended the University of Arkansas, within that time frame there she was able to obtain two bachelor's degrees one in ceramics and the other in cultural anthropology. Her time in college allowed her to experiment, having a 3-ft kiln access she always tried to make big pieces of work, in her continued work she uses the coil method. During her time in college, her work had expanded in the Caddo traditions during the time of her classes, taking an anthropology class she learned more about her culture such as how the Olmec heads Easter islands were made.

Artmaking process

The artwork that she focuses on sculpting, which relies on using her ancestry in her Caddo nation, she uses her artwork to revisit old Caddo pottery traditions.

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Exhibitions

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