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.

Join us for In Pieces, a collage workshop that invites you to explore culture through the powerful lens of your personal experiences. This interactive session will begin with a presentation that will uncover collage as a language of autoethnographic expression, an approach that combines the personal with the cultural to tell stories rooted in individual lived experiences.

Following the presentation, participants will engage in an introspective mind-mapping activity designed to uncover the themes and stories most significant to themselves. This reflective exercise will serve as the foundation for a hands-on collaging workshop, where there will be an opportunity to create your own piece of autoethnographic art.

In transit under another sky is an ambitious exhibition realised across Kampala and Nairobi by curators E.N. Mirembe and Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo. The project brings together the work of 11 artists who engage deeply with themes of transience, marginal identities, and the idea of artistic practice navigating between physical spaces and geographies.

In August, we were pleased to welcome Misheck Masamvu as our second Goodman Gallery-funded resident at G.A.S. Foundation. Known for a distinct practice that spans painting, drawing, and sculpture, Misheck’s residency in Nigeria presents an exciting opportunity for him to engage with and respond directly to the local context through the development of a new body of work.

Misheck, who will spend the majority of his residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ijebu, hopes that his immersion in an environment that intersects agricultural life with an artistic setting will provide a fresh perspective and inspire new approaches to his creative process.

Whether starting one’s art career or entering a more established stage, artist residencies can offer valuable resources and professional connections in a mostly opaque art world, not to mention time to focus on making work. Insiders shared the best 35 residencies globally and told us why they're worth it.

This week we’re welcoming multidisciplinary sculptor, filmmaker, and researcher Alexandra Martens Serrano to G.A.S. Lagos. Alexandra was awarded the residency after being selected for the Goethe-Institut supported Studio Quantum programme. This innovative global constellation of residencies and supporting public interventions located across Dublin, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Karlsruhe, Rotterdam, Bangalore and London, will explore emerging quantum technologies through the prism of art. 

Scaffolding Futures reimagines scaffolding as more than just a construction tool but as a transformative element in contemporary art, design, and urbanism. This event invites participants to explore the radical possibilities of scaffolds as potential sites of exhibition-making in public spaces. Through a combination of a lecture presentation and discussions, this program will delve into the physical, materialistic, and cultural implications of scaffolding, highlighting its role in shaping urban environments and artistic practices.

Deutsche Bank today announced its support for Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) and Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation’s joint initiative to nurture the next wave of creative generations in Nigeria: Project Nexus.

Project Nexus is an ambitious residency and education programme designed to nurture and empower artists, art educators, art historians, and curators through a series of residencies, professional development workshops, and educational initiatives over three years. The project embodies the spirit of collaboration and cultural exchange that lies at the heart of both Foundations’ missions, aiming to encourage and cultivate artistic excellence and curatorial innovation.

G.A.S. Foundation is thrilled to welcome Ana Ogunsanya, a multidisciplinary artist and designer, as our new resident. Ana's diverse portfolio spans printmaking, textiles, fashion, crafts, and design, with a deep passion for exploring her Nigerian-British heritage. This residency in Lagos, Nigeria, holds significant importance for Ana, as it offers an ideal hub for delving into her Yoruba culture. Primarily focused on research, this residency will provide Ana with the opportunity to create meaningful connections, foster personal growth, and gain a deeper understanding of the crafts that inspire her artistic practice.