Ronyel Compra (b. 1985) is a visual artist who experiments with indigenous materials such as non-commercial charcoal, twigs, pebbles, corn cobs, cow bones, and skulls to materialize his works in different formats: painting, video, sculptural installations, performances, and printmaking. Heavily influenced by the discovery of historical and personal accounts in communities, Compra integrates the techniques used in local crafts production and trades into his practice in assessing memory and history, particularly narratives from his hometown of Bogo in the northern part of Cebu. He received his BFA in Painting from the University of the Philippines, Cebu, and was a finalist for the Ateneo Art Awards in 2019. In 2020, he completed an artist residency program at the Bellas Artes Projects in Bataan. Compra is a recipient of the NoExit Grant for Unpaid Artistic Labour— Philippines through Para Site Hong Kong.