In February 2026, G.A.S. Foundation was formally announced as a participant in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. During the opening week of 5–9 May, the Foundation presented Chorus, a major installation developed through its residency programme...

Adeyinka Akingbade, a Lagos-based painter, photographer, and graphic designer, joins us for a four-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, photography, mixed media, installation and research, and is concerned with the repurposing of materials that are often...

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) are pleased to announce a new residency collaboration with nonprofit art collective Floating Museum through The Burroughs Residency in Chicago, United States. This initiative expands both organisations'...

Earlier this month, we welcomed Kamael Kirkland and Maryam Muhammad to G.A.S. Lagos for an eight-week internship, delivered in partnership with Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective (AUC Collective). Now in its third year, this...

In December 2025, G.A.S. Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), announced the call for the fourth edition of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award, supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This year, the award offered multiple fully funded residencies,...

Earlier this month, we welcomed Kim M. Reynolds, a U.S. writer, educator, maker and recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for an eight-week at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Her multidisciplinary practice spans research, literature, culinary arts, and food history, with a focus on...

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Moses Hamborg, a Los Angeles-based painter and recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for an eight-week at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Working at the intersection of figurative painting and material research, Moses’ practice explores how...

Akir Hall, a London-based biodesigner, material researcher, and recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, joins us for an eight-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. His interdisciplinary practice spans textiles, craft, research, design, and ecology, exploring the intersection...

Earlier this month, we welcomed Yoma Emore, a multidisciplinary artist and a recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for a residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Based in Lagos, her artistic practice spans textiles, embroidery, hand-felting, and printmaking. Rooted in personal and collective memory,...

In December 2025, G.A.S. Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation, announced the call for the fourth edition of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This year, the award offered multiple fully funded residencies, including two slots dedicated to outstanding emerging African artists...

The March and April residencies at G.A.S. Foundation extended this trajectory of inquiry through a deepened engagement with research, ecology, and the expanded field of artistic practice. Across both Lagos and Ikiṣẹ, residents approached the programme as a site for sustained investigation,...

Earlier this week, we welcomed British-Nigerian artist Oluwasemilore Delano for a six-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Based between London and Lagos, Oluwasemilore works across painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, installation, and architecture. Her multidisciplinary practice explores...