A Presentation of Residency Research and Monoprinting Workshop led by Semilore Delano
Join us on 22nd May 2026 at G.A.S. Lagos for Șé òrûn jé ârâ – is the sky skin, a presentation of residency research and monoprinting workshop led by current resident Semilore Delano. The premise of this event stems from the title, which operates as a statement rather than a question. It invites us to consider how we understand our bodies beyond ourselves, reflecting on what practices of touch and intimacy with skin might mean within a world shaped by difference.
The evening opens with a presentation of Semilore's residency research and artistic practice. It will trace the ideas shaping her work and as well as draw the audience into the central question: is the sky skin? Șé òrûn jé ârâ?
The second half of the evening moves into a hands-on monoprinting workshop, where participants are introduced to the basic techniques of monoprinting before developing their own prints in response to the themes explored. The session closes with a collective reflection, where participants will review and discuss the works made together.
Event Details
This event has been segmented into two sessions that require individual RSVPs. If you would like to attend both sessions kindly register for each session separately.
Date: 22nd May, 2026
Session One (Presentation): 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Session Two (Monoprinting Workshop - Limited to 20 participants): 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: 9b, Hakeem Dickson Drive, off T.F. Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos
About the Facilitator
Oluwasemilore Delano
Oluwasemilore Delano, from Ogun state, Nigeria, is a London,Lagos-based artist whose practice explores memory, lineage, and Black spatial consciousness through drawing and sculpture. Her practice continually returns to the question of what it means to depict the figure, not just as form, but as a site of perception. She is interested in what it means to look, especially when looking is shaped by materials that push back and have their own histories, contexts, and attitudes. Her work engages with materials like charcoal, concrete, oil, and textured black surfaces to interrogate themes of time, self/communal referencing, and cultural inheritance. Delano began her formal art education with a foundation year at the Royal Drawing School, followed by a BA in Architecture at King’s College, University of Cambridge. She later completed an MFA at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, supported by the Black Academic Futures and Penny Freer Scholarships.
Photo of Oluwasemilore. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oluwasemilore’s residency is generously supported by Adegbola Art Gallery.
