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Lukman Ipese Embarks on a Residency to Explore Spirituality in Lagos’ Everyday Visual Culture

Lukman Ipese Embarks on a Residency to Explore Spirituality in Lagos’ Everyday Visual Culture

G.A.S. Foundation is excited to welcome London-based graphic designer and visual communicator Lukman Ipese for a four-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across editorial design, photography, digital media, and participatory workshops, he approaches storytelling as a means of connection. His...

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Kush Badhwar Embarks On A Residency Exploring Lagos’ Riparian Zones Through Sound, Film, Video, Artistic And Urban Research

Kush Badhwar Embarks On A Residency Exploring Lagos’ Riparian Zones Through Sound, Film, Video, Artistic And Urban Research

Earlier this week, we welcomed Helsinki-based artist and filmmaker Kush Badhwar for an eight-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across moving image, sound, and research, his multidisciplinary practice explores the effects of mega-project making on environments and social life, particularly...

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Monai McCullough Explores Ecological Research and Plant Knowledge at the G.A.S. Farm House

Monai McCullough Explores Ecological Research and Plant Knowledge at the G.A.S. Farm House

This March, G.A.S. is pleased to welcome U.S. based ecological researcher and farmer Monai McCullough for a six-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Working across research and ecology, her multidisciplinary practice is rooted in the decolonisation of horticulture. Through her work,...

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Okwei Odili to Explore Music, Healing, and Indigenous Knowledge During Residency at the G.A.S. Farm House

Okwei Odili to Explore Music, Healing, and Indigenous Knowledge During Residency at the G.A.S. Farm House

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of welcoming Okwei Odili, a Nigerian Afrobeat musician and cultural practitioner, to the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ for her residency. Based between Lagos and Salvador, her work spans moving image, sound, ecology, and ancestral knowledge systems. ...

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Announcing the Pilot Cohort of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop

Announcing the Pilot Cohort of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop

This March, Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), announced the call for the pilot edition of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop, an initiative designed to support the professional and critical development of emerging local art...

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adeoluwa oluwajoba to Explore Cyanotype Processes and Urban Space During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

adeoluwa oluwajoba to Explore Cyanotype Processes and Urban Space During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

Last week, we welcomed adeoluwa oluwajoba, a Lagos-based mixed media artist and a recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for a residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across painting, collage, and photographic printmaking, adeoluwa’s practice examines the transfer and reproduction...

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Olutomi Kassim to Facilitate Critical Writing Workshop on Art and Social Change During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

Olutomi Kassim to Facilitate Critical Writing Workshop on Art and Social Change During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Olutomi Kassim, a UK-based academic researcher and interdisciplinary artist, for a residency at G.A.S. Lagos as a recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026. Olutomi’s practice sits at the intersection of scholarly research, performance, and...

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Open Call: G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop

Open Call: G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop

Applications Closed

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), is pleased to announce the pilot edition of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop, an initiative designed to support the professional and critical development of emerging local art writers,...

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Revisiting The Short Century Intensive Fellowship

Revisiting The Short Century Intensive Fellowship

Translating Okwui Enwezor’s seminal 2002 exhibition The Short Century into a fellowship programme

From June to November 2025, The Short Century Intensive jointly presented by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) brought together U.S. fellows Pujan Karambeigi, Miatta Kawinzi, sadé powell, Cosmo Whyte, and Najha Zigbi-Johnson to explore the...

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January & February Residency Update

January & February Residency Update

The opening months of 2026 at G.A.S. Foundation unfolded as a period of sustained artistic inquiry, material experimentation, and grounded exchange across its Lagos and Ikiṣẹ sites. Bringing together a cohort of artists and researchers working across disciplines, the January and February...

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Jonathan Chambalin to Transform Agricultural By-Products into Kinetic Energy Systems During Residency

Jonathan Chambalin to Transform Agricultural By-Products into Kinetic Energy Systems During Residency

Last week, we welcomed Jonathan Chambalin, a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and researcher, to G.A.S. Lagos as a recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026. Based in Lagos, Jonathan works across installation, cinemagraphs, sound art, painting, photography, and kinetic sculpture. His...

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Ranti Bam Developed Sculptural Research During G.A.S. Residency

Ranti Bam Developed Sculptural Research During G.A.S. Residency

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of welcoming British-Nigerian artist Ranti Bam for a week-long residency at G.A.S. Foundation. Based in France, her work spans sculpture, installation, and performance. In her practice she works primarily with clay to explore holding, presence, and...

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