Olivia Komahcheet (she/her) | 2023 Native Launchpad Associate Artist

Tribal Affiliation: Comanche, Otoe-Missouria

Artistic Discipline: Music

Location: Austin, TX

Olivia Komahcheet is an Indigenous/American composer, producer, musician, and artist whose work spans spaces of music, visual media, and phantasmagoria.

Olivia's original music can be heard on Brooks Running; Square Register; and Shudder TV. A 2021 Sundance Composers’ Lab Fellow, Olivia worked closely with film and television composers on her craft and has worked with creative advisors including Kathryn Bostic; Laura Karpman; Blake Neely; Heather McIntosh; George S. Clinton; Mychael Danna; Jeff Rona; and Christopher Willis.

Her original music has been married to films screened at First Americans Museum and TIFF Film Festival. Her latest work on feature film Frybread Face and Me directed by Billy Luther and produced by Tiaka Waititi premiered worldwide at SXSW 2023. Olivia has also worked with top brands Instagram; Ableton; Walrus Audio; Beatclub; Old Blood Noise; and Native Audio.

Olivia's touring experience encompasses over 50 live performances throughout the U.S. and Canada, including The NAMM Show; SXSW; House of Blues Las Vegas; International Indigenous Music Summit; and The Gathering of Nations.  Olivia has performed virtually alongside Jewel; AWOLNATION; Jason Mraz; Sia; Mike Posner and many more, and collectively intertwines a multitude of soundscapes often integrating alternative/indie, experimental art pop and indietronica.

Her single, MEEKU, was included on NPR Radio; CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation); and Denver’s 303 Magazine. As a musician, she has performed and collaborated with genres from rap to rock. Olivia is an alumni of NYC Sound Thinking Mentorship Program; a Native American Arts and Cultures LIFT grantee; and WAA’s Performing Arts Discovery program.

Endorsed by Keeley Electronics, current member of Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and VIP Platinum Producer of Timbaland’s Beatclub, Olivia is an emerging talent and active voice among the next generation of music industry leaders.