Silver Eye

Next Salon: Friday, August 28, 6-7:30pm

Join us for a fun and thoughtful evening with fellow photography lovers. Our monthly Salon is a casual, welcoming gathering where you can meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and enjoy great conversation about photography. 

This month, Ryan Frigillana, featured artist in our most recent exhibition Tears, Blood, Sweat, will share recent work, and everyone is welcome to bring work to share, ask for feedback, or simply join the conversation.

Whether you're excited to share new work, looking for fresh perspectives, or just want to come for the refreshments and good company, we'd love to see you there!

Image Credit: Blue Sky Gallery

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

Frigillana has exhibited at Light Work, Houston Center for Photography, Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, and Candela Photographic Arts. He is a recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography (‘25), the JGS Fellowship for Photography (‘25, ‘21), the Aperture & Google Creator Labs Photo Fund (‘23), and the En Foco Photography Fellowship (‘23), and has completed residencies through the Penumbra Workspace Program (‘24) and the Penumbra Foundation Risograph Print & Publication Residency (‘21). His work has been published by Aperture, Atlanta Center for Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, Booooooom, PhMuseum, Der Greif, Musée magazine, and The New Yorker among others. He holds a BFA in Photography and Related Media (2020) from the Fashion Institute of Technology.