Tilga Art Fund Residencies

 

In May 2023 Yinka Shonibare Foundation and Guest Artists Space Foundation announced a new collaborative open call with Tilga Art Fund, a philanthropic initiative launched by our residency Patron, Wally Bakare, to foster criticality, broaden artistic practice and engage new and exciting modes of art-making among young contemporary African artists. The 2023 edition of the prize was targeted at young artists across all creative disciplines working and living in Uganda, or of Ugandan descent.

Katesi Kalange

Uganda | Apr - Jun 2024

 

Katesi Jacqueline Kalange is a process-based visual artist from Uganda. She holds a master’s degree in Art and Industrial Design from Kyambogo University, Uganda. Katesi's work weaves together sculpture, architecture, research, installation and performance art. Drawing deeply from African indigenous wisdom, she is fascinated by its historical role in nurturing harmonious coexistence among humans and other beings within shared ecosystems.

 

She has exhibited at the Kla Art festival 2021 in Uganda, Pink flame exhibition at village market, Kenya in 2022, Silent Invasions exhibition at Amasaka gallery, Uganda in 2023, among others. She recieved the Prince Claus Mentorship Award in 2021, and was the second alternate in the inaugural El Anatsui Fellowship 2023, and participated in the inaugural Venice Architecture Biennale College in 2023. 

 

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Ugo Ahiakwo 

Nigeria | 2024

 

Ugo Ahiakwo (b. 1998, Lagos, Nigeria) is a sculptor, curator, and furniture designer who lives and works in Lagos. In his artistic practice, he merges his knowledge of art and design with his environment and objects. Believing that everything has a voice, Ahiakwo develops his work in an abstract and minimalist style to connect with these objects and share personal or observed stories.

 

He has since participated in several group shows, including “Factory Reset: Continued” curated by renowned artist Dennis Osadebe for Koenig Galerie x Numero Berlin, Germany; “Reverie” by The Dada Gallery; "“Afterimages” by Rele Gallery, Lagos: and most recently participated in +234 Art Fair, Lagos. He recently had another solo exhibition “Sparks Fly” at Borna Soglo Gallery, Cotonou, Benin Republic (April - May 2024) 

 

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