A Presentation of New Mixed-Media Works and Hands-on Book Sculpture Workshop Led by Adeyinka Akingbade
Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on 23rd July 2026 for Exodus, a presentation of new mixed-media works by current resident Adeyinka Akingbade, developed during his four-week residency. Expanding his ongoing project Exodus, Adeyinka transforms discarded books and found materials into sculptural works that reflect on displacement, survival, memory, and the communities forced to flee violence. Through repurposed books, metal, wood, and school uniform fabric, the works bear witness to lives interrupted while exploring the power of materials to hold memory.
Following the presentation, Adeyinka will lead a hands-on workshop introducing participants to his book-sculpting techniques. Grounded in play and experimentation, the session invites participants to transform discarded books into sculptural forms inspired by the themes explored in the presentation, before closing with a collective reflection.
The works will remain on view until 7th August 2026 following the opening and can be visited on weekdays from 10am-4pm.
Event Details
Date: 23rd July, 2026
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 9b, Hakeem Dickson Drive, off T.F. Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos
This event is free to attend, however it is mandatory to register to secure your spot.
About the Facilitator
Adeyinka Akingbade
Adeyinka Akingbade is an award-winning painter, photographer, and graphic designer. He participated in the 2010 CCA Lagos residency program Independence and the Ambivalence of Promise and won first prize at the 2011 Lagos Black Heritage Festival’s Walls of Prison into Fields of Freedom competition. His experimental photography appeared in German magazine BORRIOLAH-GHA he exhibited at the 25th Annual Festival of the Arts in Chicago in 2014. Akingbade undertook a 6-week residency in Sweden in 2016 and participated in ArtX Lagos in 2019 with Bloom Art Gallery. Collaborated with Peju Alatise on Alasiri: Doors for Concealment or Revelation at the 2021 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition, and again on 12 Seasons of Silifat at Nike Art Gallery in 2023. In 2021 he was selected among the top portrait artists for PORTRETO: Strokes of Expression, an international virtual group show curated by Neeraji Mittra. His work is held in private collections in Nigeria and abroad.
Photo of Adeyinka Akingbade. Image courtesy of the artist.
Adeyinka's residency is generously supported by Bloom Art Lagos and G.A.S. Trustee Ugoma Ebilah.
