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 opens at Autograph London, showcasing the legacy of a renowned Lagos studio. Miriam Bettin’s Grow It, Show It! at Museum Folkwang interrogates hair as a symbol of identity and resistance, while Rafael Kouto's Circular Heroes project on upcycling debuts at Photo Vogue Festival 2025 in Milan. Each project reflects deep engagement with Nigerian culture, history, and aesthetics.

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 ecologies. Misheck Masamvu spent time at the G.A.S. Farm House developing new works that were informed by the Nigerian cultural landscape. ⁠The season continues with ART X Prize winner Shabu Mwangi, who is deepening his exploration of identity and power dynamics ahead of his presentation at the 9th edition of the fair.⁠
⁠

Guest Artists Space Foundation is excited to welcome Kenyan multidisciplinary artist Shabu Mwangi for a residency from September to November 2024. Mwangi’s dynamic practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, often focusing on the effects of structural and historical violence, as well as marginalization, on both individual and collective psyches. His work offers a powerful commentary on the societal and cultural tensions that shape contemporary life.

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on September 27, 2024, for After the Future, an immersive evening with artist Alexandra Martens Serrano. The event will kick off with an artist talk, where Serrano will share her innovative approach to art, science, and social change. Following this, guests will participate in a speculative futures session, culminating in a collaborative drawing exercise, Exquisite Corpse, which will encourage dialogue around the evolving relationship between art and technology.

Goethe-Institut is partnering with G.A.S. Foundation to facilitate one Lagos-based residency within the framework of its Studio Quantum programme.  This innovative global constellation of residencies and supporting public interventions will explore emerging quantum technologies through the prism of art in Lagos, Dublin, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Karlsruhe, Rotterdam, Bangalore and London.