Raven Irabor: alchemizing pain into art, life as a creative director and growing up in the tumblr era
this week on @thesoftlifepod we step into the vibrant world of Raven Irabor, (@ravencherisse) a Trinidadian-Nigerian Pan-African artist from the Bronx, NYC. Raven opens up about her creative journey, sharing how her teenage years as young artist during the Tumblr era shaped her artistic practice and how she’s now intentionally navigating the creative industry. she also reveals the power of community healing and her latest exhibit, ’Last Night I Cried Unveiling Liminal Spaces,’ which was recently on display at @gallery90220 this spring. in this conversation, we discuss: alchemizing pain into art: we discuss her latest exhibition, “Last Night I Cried…Unveiling Liminal Spaces” which was on display at the Black owned gallery- 90220, in LA which portrays her journey of transforming the liminal space of heartbreak into creative expression. life as a creative director, producer and image maker: from curating to producing installations, Raven gives us a glimpse into her life as a multi-hyphenate artist and image maker, carving out her own lane. growing up in the Tumblr era: Raven shares how the gritty and graffiti-filled streets of the Lower East Side in NYC, her strolls through SoHo, and being part of the underground Tumblr creative era have kept her inspired throughout her creative career. available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and more.