About Our Foundation

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation is a Nigerian non-profit founded in 2019 by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA and an esteemed board of Directors. It delivers residencies and public programmes across two sites located in Lagos and Ijebu. The multi-use live/work spaces host multidisciplinary artists, researchers and curators from all over the world in awarded residencies for up to three months.

 

The Foundation’s mission is underpinned by an ethos that strives to create a platform for creative and career development and knowledge exchange.

Event: Art and Research Workshop

Event: Art and Research Workshop

Architecture Photographer in residence at G.A.S. Foundation, Amanda Iheme, invites you to apply...

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A Look Inside the Nigerian Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

A Look Inside the Nigerian Pavilion...

Today marks the unveiling of the Nigerian Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition - La...

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G.A.S. Welcomes Tilga Art Fund Resident, Katesi Kalange

G.A.S. Welcomes Tilga Art Fund...

Jacqueline Katesi Kalange, a multidisciplinary artist based in Kampala has begun...

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Event: African Glass Futures

Event: African Glass Futures

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos for African Glass Futures, a talk and rare glass presentation hosted...

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How You Can Support Our Foundation

Your generous contributions support the Foundation’s distinctive interdisciplinary residencies, research, education programmes and public events.