In early May 2024, curators E.N. Mirembe, Jesse Mpango, and Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo led a series of workshops across Kampala, Dar es Salaam, and Nairobi in collaboration with British-Ghanaian artist and filmmaker Larry Achiampong. These workshops, developed as part of the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme, were conceptualised in partnership with Achiampong following a meeting between...

Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.) in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) is thrilled to announce the third edition of the prestigious G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This year, two fully-funded six-week residencies at G.A.S. Lagos are being offered to outstanding mid-career professionals based and actively working on the African continent: one residency for a mid-career...

On December 12th, Yinka Shonibare Foundation hosted its annual Patrons & Alumni Winter Soirée at Autograph, London, celebrating the Spirit of Lagos exhibition, co-curated by Autograph Senior Curator, Bindi Vora, and G.A.S. alumni, Lagos Studio Archives (a curatorial collective consisting of Karl Ohiri and Riikka Kassinen). The soirée began with an insightful guided tour of Spirit of...

This autumn, the G.A.S. Foundation hosted residencies in Lagos and Ibadan for artists Shabu Mwangi, Liz Kobusinge, Theophilus Imani, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Ofem Ubi, Avery Youngblood, and Osei Bonsu. Their practices—spanning painting, sculpture, eco-printing, and visual research—engaged with themes of postcolonial histories, cultural memory, and social change. These residencies...

As we near the close of another dynamic year filled with programming and residencies, we’re thrilled to share upcoming and current exhibitions and presentations by our G.A.S. alumni. By the end of 2024, the Foundation will have hosted 71 residents since programming launched in May 2022, and we’re excited to continue following the inspiring journeys of our alumni.

The fifth edition of the Lagos Art Tour began on Tuesday 29th October, with the G.A.S. and Y.S.F. teams warmly welcoming patrons, trustees, and friends of the Foundations from across the globe, who arrived throughout the day at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Early arrivals had the opportunity to attend two optional events: Stories of a Broken Water Cycle, presented by Polly Alakija at...

KUNA MENDE KWENYE MASHINE (There’s a Bug in the Machine) is the third exhibition in the Art Exchange: Moving Image series. Curated by Jesse Gerard Mpango, a founding member of Ajabu Ajabu—a multimedia curatorial collective based in Dar es Salaam—the exhibition invites visitors to reconsider the rhythms of creation and circulation, offering exploration of an alternative...

This autumn, G.A.S. Foundation celebrates four alumni making strides in exhibitions and project debuts that highlight the influence of their residencies in Lagos. Tobi Onabolu's evocative video collage Ojú-Inu premieres in London, blending live action and soundscape to explore media's impact on consciousness. Karl Ohiri and Riikka Kassinen’s Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos...

G.A.S. Foundation’s 2024-25 residency season launched with a dynamic cohort of multidisciplinary practitioners. ⁠Ana Ogunsanya explored her Nigerian-British heritage through Indigenous textile practices, while Phokeng Setai reimagined scaffolding as a site for public art in Lagos. ⁠Meanwhile, Alexandra Martens Serrano engaged with the intersection of quantum technologies and natural...

In transit under another sky is an ambitious exhibition realised across Kampala and Nairobi by curators E.N. Mirembe and Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo. The project brings together the work of 11 artists who engage deeply with themes of transience, marginal identities, and the idea of artistic practice navigating between physical spaces and geographies.

Deutsche Bank today announced its support for Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) and Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation’s joint initiative to nurture the next wave of creative generations in Nigeria: Project Nexus.   Project Nexus is an ambitious residency and education programme designed to nurture and empower artists, art educators, art historians, and curators through...

In the Midst is the first exhibition to be realised as part of the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme. Curated by E.N Mirembe (Kampala, Uganda) and Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo (Nairobi, Kenya), the installation by artists Darlyne Komukama and Liz Kobusinge, which opened at Afropocene Capsule, Kampala on Friday 2nd August 2024, comprises etchings printed on bark cloth and lint paper...