South London Gallery Partnership

In 2023 G.A.S. Foundation partnered with South London Gallery (SLG) as a means of facilitating opportunities for research, and ultimately, the commissioning of new artwork for their highly anticipated exhibition, Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes. Known as ‘Little Lagos’, Peckham (where SLG is situated) is home to one of the largest Nigerian diaspora communities in the UK.

 

Former Guest Projects Digital alumni, resercher and UK-based Nigerian mutidisciplinary artist Chiizii was selected for the opportunity. She will exhibit new work that was in part developed during her Lagos residency alongside G.A.S. Founder, Yinka Shonibare CBE. RA, G.A.S. Director Temitayo Ogunbiyi, G.A.S. alumni, Seyi Adelekun and friends of the Foundation such as Ndidi Dike and Victor Ehikhamenor. 

 

The exhibition is free and runs from 5th July until 29th October 2023 at both the main gallery and fires station galleries at SLG.

Chiizii

United Kingdom | April - May 2023

 

Chiizii is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and researcher born in London and raised in New York and Igbo. Working heavily with but not limited to painting, collage and textile design, her work centres the specificities of Igbo, Nigerian and African experiences and histories. Her research aims to establish the significance of art in the communication and maintenance of Igbo food culture as well as the use of making art as a learning method and presenting art as a teaching method. Recent shows include RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy 2021, Collective Processes Gucci Circolo 2021, Blacklisted: An Indefinite Revolution and Christie's 2020.

 

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