About

Raven Halfmoon

Raven Halfmoon is an artist and sculptor from Norman, Oklahoma. She is a citizen of the Caddo Nation and also Choctaw, Delaware, and Otoe Missouria. Raven holds a double bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas, where she majored in ceramics/painting and cultural anthropology.

In 2023, Raven’s solo exhibition Flags of Our Mothers was featured at The Aldridge Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT). It will open at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE) in May 2024. Salon 94 (New York, NY) will showcase Raven’s next solo exhibition, Neesh & Soku (Moon & Sun), in September 2024. 

Raven’s sculptures are in the permanent collections of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, and the Montclair Art Museum. In 2023, she was selected as an Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow (Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN), and in 2024, she was a finalist for the international Loewe Craft Prize (Loewe Foundation, Madrid, Spain). 

Halfmoon is represented by Kouri+Corrao Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, Ross+Kramer Gallery in New York, NY. Salon 94 will be her representative for her solo exhibition, with them opening in September of 2024.

In process piece by Raven Halfmoon.

Awards

Below is a list of awards and recognitions given to Raven Halfmoon.

LEOWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE RECIPIENT

Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship

2024 -PARIS, FRANCE

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2022 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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Virginia A. Groot Foundation Sculpture Grant Recipient

Burke Prize Finalist, Museum of Arts and Design

2019 - NEW YORK, NY

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2022 - HIGHWOOD, IL

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2021 - BOZEMAN, MT

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2019 - AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

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Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist

2019 - CERAMICS MONTHLY

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American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award

Tinworks Artist Grant

PUBLICATIONS

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