Allyn Canja is a writer, independent curator, and community organizer based in Iloilo City, Philippines. She has worked with Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference (2015-2016), and the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (2018-2022). She was a fellow of the Goethe Institut's Arts Spaces and Collaborative Projects Program in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Purita Kalaw Ledesma Awards for Art Criticism in 2021 and 2023. She attended art workshops in Vietnam (2019) Thailand (2023). She helps run Thrive Art Gallery.