A Presentation of Research and Interactive Workshops with Ọmọlará Williams McCallister and Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà
Join us on 14th October 2026 for an Open Studio with current residents Ọmọlará Williams McCallister and Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà, who will share their practices and research developed during their residencies.
Guests are invited to explore Ọmọlará’s material, embodied and text-based research through artworks, a living archive and archival annotations developed over two months in residence. The session will also feature an interactive element, inviting guests to try some of the processes that shape Ọmọlará’s practice, including weaving on a portable loom, making a sheet of handmade paper and creating an archival annotation to be placed in a book in the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive.
Kévin-Adémọ́lá’s presentation will feature an immersive installation combining cyanotypes on fabric and ceramic vessels, rooted in the aesthetics of Black Atlantic altars. Conceived at Farm House Ikiṣẹ, the works reflect Kévin-Adémọ́lá’s research into àṣẹ, a Yorùbá spiritual and philosophical concept.
The Open Studio will conclude with an opportunity for questions, discussion and exchange.
Event Details
Date: 14th October 2026
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 9b, Hakeem Dickson Drive, off T.F. Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos
This event is free to attend, however it is essential to RSVP to secure your spot.
(L) Image courtesy of Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà. (R) Image courtesy of Ọmọlará Williams McCallister.
About the Residents
About Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà
Of French and Nigerian origin, Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà was born in 1996 in Longjumeau (91), France. He began his artistic career after studying tropical agronomy engineering at ISTOM, from which he graduated in 2019. During this period of time he attended ENSAPC courses as an auditor. His multidisciplinary practice explores the themes of the sacred, the black experience, and the occult. His research on the Black Atlantic led him to obtain a degree in Yoruba language, literature, and civilization from INALCO in 2024. Winner of the 2024 ADIAF Emerging Artist Grant, a Taylor Prize in 2022, and finalist for the 2025 Sheds Prize, he was invited to Rio de Janeiro for the 2025 Oficina Solar residency at Solar dos Abacaxis (supported by La FAB). He was hosted in 2025-26 by the Cité Internationale des Arts, in 2024 by Villa Belleville and in 2021 by Le Consulat Voltaire.
Image of Kévin-Adémọ́lá Ṣàngósànyà. Photo: Ludwig Norlander.
About Ọmọlará Williams McCallister
Ọmọlará Williams McCallister is a Miami based artist who uses fiber in various forms to hand craft works that explore systems of power, Williams McCallister's place within these systems and how these systems shape ȯ's social identities. Ọmọlará has spent the last 5 years learning to create Ọmọlará’s materials from plants that are local to Ọmọlará. Now Ọmọlará uses the materials that Ọmọlará make from local plants to create sculpture, interactive & immersive installations, and social practice works that bring other people into conversation about how collective action can lead to collective care and mutual thriving. Ọmọlará holds certifications in hand weaving and hand papermaking. Ọmọlará completed residencies at Mass MOCA, Art PACE, Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Monson Arts, and more. In 2024, Ọmọlará was a semifinalist for the Joan Mitchell Award and a finalist for a US Artists Fellowship.
Headshot of Ọmọlará Williams McCallister. Photo: Rob Ferrell.
Ọmọlará's residency is generously supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art while Kévin's residency is supported by the Yinka Shonibare Foundation.
