Ryan J Raffa is an artist and musician based in Taipei, Taiwan. Their work with sound, image and immersive environments is rooted in the transformative power of improvisation, shaped by a sense of place, the prismatic lens of Eastern thought, and observations within our shared sonic vocabularies.

Recent recorded works include:

Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop - Only Came To Say Goodbye (Crash Symbols)
Reign of Ferns - Out Beyond Is (Longform Editions)
Ryan J Raffa - 4 e and a (Group Tightener)
Ryan J Raffa & Nico Rosenberg - On Thin Air (Muzan Editions)
Ryan J Raffa - We Have Always Existed (Aural Canyon)

Recent exhibitions include Memory Field (Mastu Biennial, 2025) and Sound of the Beyond (Mastu Biennial, 2025) with Taiwanese luminaries Lim Giong and Hsin-Chien Huang.

For a full list of past recordings, exhibitions, and courses taught, please reference my full bio here. For information about upcoming work, follow me on Instagram or sign up for my newsletter. Say hello at [ryan dot raffa (at) gmail dot com].