• A New Exhibition by Alumni Chiizii

    A New Exhibition by Alumni Chiizii

    Guest Projects Digital alumni Chiizii has collaborated with Queercircle to produce a new multimedia work that occupies the Queercircle library and reading room. The piece titled Ogoni 9 uncovers the often-forgotten history of a group of...

  • Watch Again: Self, Movement and Memory

    Watch Again: Self, Movement and Memory

    Book your ticket for this talk between Tate Curatorial Assistant Hannah Marsh and Guest Projects Digital alumni Baff Akoto.

  • Explore a New Digital Archive

    Explore a New Digital Archive

    Artist and researcher Chiizii has launched an interdisciplinary online research archive and multi-sited experiential teaching tool designed to...

  • Discover Oracle Afronaut

    Discover Oracle Afronaut

    Oracle Afronaut is an ambitious new work realised by performance artist Steloolive during his Guest Projects Digital Residency. The expansive piece is a dynamic convergence of sculpture, installation, performance and community engagement currently...

Over the past decade, the internationally acclaimed British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA has tirelessly supported the development of early career and African diaspora artists through Guest Projects.

Founded by Shonibare Studio in 2006 the artist residency programme offered early-career multidisciplinary creatives and practitioners free access to a project space in which to collaborate and experiment for one month.

The studio, encompassing the ground floor of a former carpet factory in east London, was an alternative universe and playground for artists, performers and curators, encouraging them to collaborate and make new and experimental work. Over the years it evolved to become a laboratory of ideas and a testing ground for new thoughts and actions in which the possibility of failure became an opportunity for artistic growth.

In response to the global Covid crisis of 2020 Guest Projects has moved away from offering a physical project space, focusing instead on digitally enabling and supporting the creation of new works, trialling of ideas, creative programming and online community engagement. 

Guest Projects Digital has been conceived as a means of continuing to support multidisciplinary artists by providing access to digital and online resources regardless of physical and cultural barriers to collaboration and experimentation.

Open Call: Access ART X Prize 2023

Open Call: Access ART X Prize 2023

We are pleased to announce that the Access ART X Prize 2023, an annual award for emerging...

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Open Call - Art Exchange: Moving Image

Open Call - Art Exchange: Moving...

We’re excited to announce the open call for the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme, a...

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Alumni Chiizii Presents Large Scale Collages at London's Queercircle

Alumni Chiizii Presents Large Scale...

Guest Projects Digital alumni Chiizii has collaborated with Queercircle, London to produce a...

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You're Invited to 'Calling your Body to attention'

You're Invited to 'Calling your Body...

Calling the Body to attention, is former Guest Projects Digital Resident Yewande YoYo...

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Open Call: Access Art X Prize 2022/23

Open Call: Access Art X Prize 2022/23

Applications are now open for the Access ART X Prize. The Prize awards early-career...

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Self, Movement and Memory: Hannah Marsh in Conversation with Baff Akoto

Self, Movement and Memory: Hannah...

Tate Curatorial Assistant Hannah Marsh joins Baff Akoto for a conversation exploring themes of...

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Digital Residency Recipient Chiizii Launches Her Archive Of Igbo Food Culture

Digital Residency Recipient Chiizii...

Artist and researcher Chiizii has used her digital residency to launch an interdisciplinary...

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Digital Residency 2022: Chiizii

Digital Residency 2022: Chiizii

Artist and researcher Chiizii has launched an interdisciplinary online research archive and...

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Announcing Chiizii as the Recipient of our Digital Research Residency

Announcing Chiizii as the Recipient...

Guest Projects Digital is excited to announce Chiizii as the recipient of a new pilot Digital...

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My Practice After Guest Projects Digital 2021: Akwasi Bediako Afrane

My Practice After Guest Projects...

In 2021 Akwasi Bediako Afrane received the Guest Projects Digital 2021 Artist in Focus...

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Artist in Residence: Steloolive

Artist in Residence: Steloolive

From 1st to 27th November Guest Projects Digital will be revealing the process behind the...

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Oracle Afronaut: A Live Performance by Steloolive

Oracle Afronaut: A Live Performance...

Oracle Afronaut is a new performance conceived by Ghanaian artist Steloolive as part of his Guest...

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Artist in Residence: Djofray Makumbu

Artist in Residence: Djofray Makumbu

From 4th to 30th October Guest Projects Digital is revealing intimate insights into the process...

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Artist in Focus: Baff Akoto

Artist in Focus: Baff Akoto

From 20th September until 2nd October Guest Projects Digital is spotlighting the work of...

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Artist in Focus: Denyse Gawu-Mensah

Artist in Focus: Denyse Gawu-Mensah

From 6th September until 18th September Guest Projects Digital is spotlighting the work of...

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Artist in Focus: Akwasi Bediako Afrane

Artist in Focus: Akwasi Bediako...

From 23rd August until 4th September Guest Projects Digital will be spotlighting the work of...

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Announcing Guest Projects Digital 2021

Announcing Guest Projects Digital...

The second edition of the digital artist residency programme returns with an exciting new cohort...

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Digital Residency 2021: Steloolive

Digital Residency 2021: Steloolive

Steloolive is a Ghanaian performance artist who works and lives in Accra, Ghana. Known as a sound...

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Digital Residency 2021: Djofray Makumbu

Digital Residency 2021: Djofray...

Djofray Makumbu is a British Congolese artist born and based in East London. He often works with...

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Artist in Focus 2021: Baff Akoto

Artist in Focus 2021: Baff Akoto

Raised in London and Accra, Baff Akoto is a conceptual artist whose practice spans VR, AR, motion...

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