A Closing Conversation, Process Screening, and Q&A with Adeyinka Akingbade
Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on 7th August 2026 for the closing event of Exodus, marking the final day of Adeyinka Akingbade's residency presentation. This finissage offers one last opportunity to experience the works within the context of the exhibition, meet the artist, and reflect on the ideas that shaped the project, including forced displacement, memory, and communities affected by violence.
The evening will include a screening of behind-the-scenes footage documenting Adeyinka's residency process, followed by an open conversation and Q&A where visitors can engage directly with the artist.
Event Details
Date: 7th August 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: G.A.S. Lagos, 9b Hakeem Dickson Drive, off T.F. Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos
This event is free to attend, however it is mandatory to register to secure your spot.
About the Facilitator
Adeyinka Akingbade
Adeyinka Akingbade is an award-winning painter, photographer, and graphic designer. He participated in the 2010 CCA Lagos residency program Independence and the Ambivalence of Promise and won first prize at the 2011 Lagos Black Heritage Festival’s Walls of Prison into Fields of Freedom competition. His experimental photography appeared in German magazine BORRIOLAH-GHA he exhibited at the 25th Annual Festival of the Arts in Chicago in 2014. Akingbade undertook a 6-week residency in Sweden in 2016 and participated in ArtX Lagos in 2019 with Bloom Art Gallery. Collaborated with Peju Alatise on Alasiri: Doors for Concealment or Revelation at the 2021 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition, and again on 12 Seasons of Silifat at Nike Art Gallery in 2023. In 2021 he was selected among the top portrait artists for PORTRETO: Strokes of Expression, an international virtual group show curated by Neeraji Mittra. His work is held in private collections in Nigeria and abroad.
Adeyinka's residency is generously supported by Bloom Art Lagos and G.A.S. Trustee Ugoma Ebilah.
