Elijah Jamal Asani

Elijah Jamal Asani is a Nigerian-American experimental artist and educator based in Chicago. He is self-taught as a music producer, designer, and filmmaker, and holds a degree in creative writing. During a 2022 Artist in Residence stint at Grand Canyon, he created audio-visual works and musical compositions drawn from sounds recorded in the canyon. The Conservancy later invited him back for a live performance in February 2026.