Biography

Ryan Frigillana (b. Iligan City, Philippines) is a lens-based artist working between Long Island, New York, and Southaven, Mississippi. Drawing from his Adventist roots and an upbringing shaped by migration, he combines photographs with reworked materials—including print media, family and public archives, and biblical illustrations from his childhood—to address the fractures and continuities of diaspora and faith. Through artist books and installations, he approaches photography as a form of evidence, allegory, and prayer: as record, symbol, and confession.

His work has been exhibited at Light Work, Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Houston Center for Photography, and Candela Photographic Arts, among others, and has appeared in Aperture, The New Yorker, Der Greif, PhMuseum, Booooooom, Humble Arts Foundation, and publications by Atlanta Center for Photography. He is a recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography (2025), the JGS Fellowship for Photography (2025, 2021), the Penumbra Workspace Program (2024), the Aperture & Google Creator Labs Photo Fund (2023), the En Foco Photography Fellowship (2023), and the Penumbra Foundation Risograph Print & Publication Residency (2021).

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Contact

• Email: rfphoto@ryanfrigillana.com

• Instagram: @ryan.frigillana

• CV: PDF