Gavilán Rayna Russom

Gavilán Rayna Russom is a visionary artist born in Providence, Rhode Island and currently based in New York City. Over the past two decades she has produced a complex body of works oriented towards providing alternatives to binary thought and fixed modes of categorization.

In addition to an extensive discography of recorded music, she has presented solo and collaborative works in performance, video, and installation at international institutions including Moma PS1, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, the São Paulo Biennial, Art Basel, Art Basel Miami, the Donau Festival, Kunsthalle Zürich, Big Ears Festival, Foksall Gallery Foundation, the Center for Art, Research, and Alliances, Chicago Filmmakers, the Museum of Modern Art, Moogfest, E-Flux, Knockdown Center, the Sydney Opera House, and the Hirshorn Museum.

Since her teens, Rayna has been involved with clubs, artist run venues, and other “underground” spaces of artistic exchange and community. She has presented her own work and curated events in and for these spaces over more than thirty years and has consistently advocated for their cultural value in her writing and public speaking.