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 of images, exploring how visual fragments can be layered to create intricate and often disjointed scenes of bodies and landscapes. His work investigates the shifting relationships between image, meaning, and spatial experience.

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 textile-based art, examining how artistic practice can function as a catalyst for civic dialogue and social transformation. Her current work explores the role of cultural production as a form of “soft power” capable of addressing post-colonial governance challenges and encouraging communal reflection on justice, memory, and democratic futures.

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, researchers and cultural practitioners. This edition will explore critical art writing practices while examining how writing can function as a tool for activism, encouraging readers to ask questions, challenge dominant narratives, and engage more deeply with the social and political contexts that shape contemporary art. Structured as a three-day intensive programme, the workshop will take place at G.A.S. Lagos from 31st March to 2nd April 2026 and will provide practical training for selected paticipants. Through a series of workshops, readings, and lectures led by current resident Olutomi Kassim, in collaboration with other industry professionals, participants will develop essential writing skills for navigating and contributing impactful and thought-provoking contemporary art discourse.

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on March 12th, 2026, for AgroArt: (Agri)cultural Production, a presentation of research and reflections on the intersections of art, technology, and agricultural cultivation by current resident Ryan Tenney. The event will begin with an overview of his residency, including his immersion in building relationships with local farmers and plants at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. During this time, he explored sustainable practices and developed paintings that incorporate solar panels and microcontrollers alongside other experimental prototypes.

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