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Yinka Shonibare Foundation, Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Road, London (2026)

S.) Foundation in Nigeria and Guest Projects in London amongst other initiatives.

05/01/2026

We are proud to share this season's alumni updates, reflecting 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 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.

Slide 1: Benson Apah Wins First Place at the 2025 Earth Partner Prize
Slide 2: Osei Bonsu Is Promoted to Jorge M. Pérez Senior Curator of International Art, Africa and Diaspora at Tate Modern
Slide 3: Ofem Ubi Wins Special Audience Prize at the 2025 Ma***to International Videopoetry Festival
Slide 4: Gaia Ozwyn Featured in ArtCube’s 2026 Discoveries Report
Slide 5: Emma Prempeh’s What’s Left (2024) Enters the Tate Collection
Slide 6: Umar Rashid Wins Inaugural AMA Artist Award

28/11/2025

The inaugural edition of the Re:assemblages Symposium, jointly presented by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) within the framework of the second edition of the Re:assemblages programme, took place from November 4th-5th, 2025.

Framed around Ecotones, The Living Archive, Annotations and The Short Century, the symposium explored transitional zones as sites of renewal, considered archives and libraries as future-shaping practices, attended to gaps and silences in the archive, and revisited Africa’s twentieth-century histories of independence and cultural production.

Across panels, interactive workshops, roundtables, and performances, the programme was shaped by practitioners, scholars, artists and cultural workers whose contributions deepened our understanding of archives histories of the African and diasporic world.

🔗 Tap the following link for the full recap https://yinkashonibarefoundation.com/News/event-recap-reassemblages-symposium-2025⁠
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Re:assemblages is made possible through the generous support of Terra Foundation for American Art (), Afreximbank under the auspices of the Afreximbank Art Program (), The Osahon Okunbo Foundation (), Bank of America (), VFD Microfinance Bank () and Bookcraft Africa ().⁠
Re:assemblages is curated by Naima Hassan with thematic contributions from Maryam Kazeem, Ann Marie Peña and Jonn Gale ().⁠

25/11/2025

On 9 October 2025, patrons and friends of Yinka Shonibare Foundation and G.A.S. Foundation gathered in London as Tate Modern hosted a landmark public conversation held in conjunction with its Nigerian Modernism exhibition, curated by 2024 G.A.S. alumnus Osei Bonsu. The discussion brought together Yinka Shonibare CBE, founder of Y.S.F. and the G.A.S. Foundation, and Booker Prize–winning writer Sir Ben Okri, offering a rare dialogue between two leading cultural figures whose work has both shaped and been shaped by global understandings of Nigerian Modernism.

Read more in the following link: https://yinkashonibarefoundation.com/News/event-recap-yinka-shonibare-sir-ben-okri-in-conversation

15/11/2025

As we enter our third year of programming and residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, we are thrilled to present our second Impact Report. It chronicles our journey from digital programming to welcoming our 85th G.A.S. resident in June 2025. Throughout this transformative period, we have remained committed to facilitating global cultural exchange and building a resilient cultural infrastructure. The outcomes speak to the tangible value of our work: supporting artists, researchers, and creative practitioners across disciplines, fostering collaboration and mentorship, and expanding access to resources, networks, and opportunities that enable creative risk-taking, innovation, and growth.

Read more in the following link: https://yinkashonibarefoundation.com//Support-Us/Impact-Report-2024-25

02/10/2025

This week, we are pleased to be spotlighting a new body of work by Kosisochukwu Nnebe, who was a recipient of the 2023 G.A.S. Fellowship Award.

"Guaranteed Nigerian Adire Eleko - Available by the Yard!" is a new work by Nigerian-Canadian artist Kosisochukwu Nnebe, exploring the circulation and social function of Nigerian textiles.

Embracing the tradition of Aso-Ebi—the purchase and wearing of a common cloth ("family fabric") to signal kinship —Nnebe stages the beginnings of a fabric store where handmade fabrics are available for purchase by the yard, their circulation and wear creating new forms of connection.

For this body of work, Nnebe adapts the traditional process of tie-dye with indigo (adire in Yoruba) to produce what she calls adire or tie-dye photographs. She uses this technique to develop archival images highlighting the historical significance of dress-code —specifically the wrapper—in gendered protest movements in Nigeria, notably the 1949 Abeokuta Women's War and the 1929 Aba Women's War.

In another design, she examines the origins of the cassava used in textile production in Nigeria, revealing connections between Nigerians and the Tainos— indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and South America - rooted in the transmission of Indigenous knowledge.

The installation’s title and sticker play on the dominance of Dutch wax print in the African textile market, while positioning the work within the context of an ongoing revitalisation of the domestic textile industry in Nigeria.

15/09/2025

Across July and August, G.A.S. Foundation hosted three residents whose practices spanned research, performance, installation, and sound, yet converged on shared themes of heritage, ecology, and community. Pelumi Odubanjo traced Afro-Brazilian histories across Lagos, Badagry, and Ibadan, Dr. Ietef Vita rooted his eco-hip-hop practice in Nigerian landscapes, while Olufela Omokeko is deepening his Mobile Food Museum project through sculptural and installation-based works that celebrate Yoruba agricultural identity.

Together, their residencies reflect the breadth of experimentation and dialogue nurtured at G.A.S.

Read more about their residencies in the following link:
https://yinkashonibarefoundation.com/News/july-and-august-residency-update

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