G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Fiyin Koko Tunde-Onadele, a multidisciplinary Nigerian artist, for a residency taking place between G.A.S. Lagos and the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise from January to February 2026. Working across painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation, and moving image, Tunde-Onadele’s practice is grounded in womanism, memory, play, and embodied experience. Her work explores how personal and collective stories—particularly those centered on women—are formed, remembered, and transformed over time.

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Daniel Oluwaloni Abiodun, a Lagos-based photographer and filmmaker, for a residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise from February to March 2026. Working across photography, moving image, and sound, Abiodun’s practice examines everyday life in Nigeria through the lens of identity, community, and the dynamic tension between tradition and modernity. His work blends candid street photography with stylised portraiture to construct intimate visual narratives rooted in lived experience.

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Ryan Tenney, an interdisciplinary artist and agroecological practitioner based in Kansas City, for a residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise from January to March 2026. Working across painting, installation, digital media, and ecological research, Tenney’s practice sits at the intersection of art, agriculture, technology, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. His work investigates how creative and agrarian practices can operate as tools for liberation, collective care, and alternative futures.

On November 28, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted Our Key Images, a printmaking workshop led by artist and educator Daniel Minter. The session introduced participants to Daniel’s approach to relief block carving and the use of personal symbols as foundational elements within his assemblage practice.

In November, we welcomed Dutch-Curaçaoan artist, poet, and activist Quinsy Gario for a month-long residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across performance, film, photography, and text, Quinsy’s practice interrogates how histories of enslavement and displacement continue to circulate, emotionally, materially, and politically, tracing suppressed narratives and advocating for justice, recognition, and repair. Quinsy arrived in Lagos at a pivotal moment in his research, focused on human remains discovered in St. Martin, believed to be linked to Nigeria and dated between 1660–1680. His residency offered dedicated time to explore questions of belonging, return, and the ethical responsibilities attached to repatriation. During his stay, he connected with local artists, theatre-makers, poets, and researchers addressing related themes, including colonial memory, slavery, and the politics of preservation.

Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.), in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), is thrilled to announce the fourth edition of the prestigious fully funded G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This year’s call, the largest to date, offers five residencies for Nigerian based and diaspora artists/writers and three residencies for artists based in the United States. These opportunities are open to outstanding emerging to mid-career arts professionals.

This round of alumni updates reflects the continued impact of G.A.S. Foundation’s community across artistic, curatorial, and institutional contexts worldwide. From major international prizes and museum acquisitions to curatorial leadership and critical recognition, these milestones speak to the depth, rigor, and ambition of our alumni’s practices. Together, they underscore G.A.S.’s ongoing commitment to supporting research-driven, socially engaged, and globally resonant work—long after each residency, fellowship, or programme has concluded.

On December 12th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted Cultivating Your Creative Purpose, a workshop for emerging artists and cultural practitioners. The event featured a screening of The Salt of the Earth by German filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders and Brazilian filmmaker Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, followed by an artist-led dialogue with Kwadwo Asiedu. 

Originally aired live during the 2025 Re:assemblages Symposium, this segment, now available on YouTube, offers on-the-ground coverage, audience engagement, and key moments that shaped the event’s atmosphere and discussions.

Earlier this week, a new and slightly different Art Week affair took place: the Re: assemblages symposium, hosted by the Alliance Française de Lagos, organised by the Guest Artists Space and Yinka Shonibare Foundations and curated by Naima Hassan. The event brought together cultural practitioners including artists, curators, archivists and scholars from across Africa and the world in wide-ranging conversations about African and Afro-diasporic art archives. These are The Art Newspaper’s three key takeaways from the event.

Timed to coincide with the Art X Lagos fair, the gathering was initiated by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and his Guest Artists Space Foundation. The Re:assemblages programme, curated by Berlin-based researcher Naima Hassan, saw contributions from more than 70 African and Afro-diasporic artists, academics and collectors seeking to “reimagine” archives not as “static repositories” but as “dynamic infrastructures for cultural production and exchange”. Events included the launch of the African Arts Libraries Lab, a network connecting institutions and publishers in Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt and SA (represented by the African Literary Cities research project at the University of Cape Town).