“Brayan Enriquez’s approach to portraiture was expansive yet vulnerable in such a way that his work offers a sense of intimacy with lived experiences of migration, diaspora and loss.” – juror Denise Ryner, Andrea B. Laporte Curator, ICA Philadelphia

“Brayan’s practice exemplifies how photography, as a medium for remembering, can enmesh personal exploration, family archive, and broader cultural histories. I am drawn into his process of learning through the lens, through the camera as a technology of connection, and I find myself implicated in his process of searching to know more about each other.” – Sarah Higgins, Director, Art Papers

Brayan Enriquez (b. 2000) is a first-generation Mexican American artist based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a BFA in Photography from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University. Enriquez is a recipient of Atlanta Center for Photography’s 2025 Emerging Artist Fellowship and Aperture and Google’s 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund. His work has been featured in Burnaway, Number:Inc, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ArtsATL, and The New York Times.

Currently, his work seeks familial reconciliation as he travels to Mexico to connect with his extended family, many of whom he had never met or had not seen since their deportation from the U.S. over a decade ago. Using photography and collage, he travels to his parents’ hometowns in Acapulco and Tampico as he reaches for resonance among his family, the landscape, and their family archive. Through this newfound closeness, he aspires to mine lived experiences spanning generations and nation-states, imaging the effects of U.S. immigration policies and sharing a familial knowledge drafted from memory out of reach.