G.A.S. Foundation is excited to introduce Erika Allen, an American social change artist embarking on an immersive three-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise. Working across painting, installation, photography, multidisciplinary research, curatorial practice and literature, Erika's practice focuses on the healing arts, exploring how structural oppression impacts society and humanity, and seeking to understand, deconstruct and reveal its effects.

We are excited to welcome May Okafor, a Nigerian artist, researcher, and educator, for an eight-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. May is the first resident under the new ceramics development initiative established through collaboration with ceramic artist Isis Dove-Edwin. Based in Enugu, her multidisciplinary practice spans ceramics, installation, performance, mixed media, and writing. Centring clay as both a material and a conceptual point of departure, her work explores its deep connections to the human body through its pliability, cultural meanings, and transformative possibilities.

This October, we are delighted to share recent achievements from G.A.S. alumni, who continue to make significant contributions across the global arts landscape. From a feature in The New York Times and the inaugural Tacchini Prize to the Cassirer Welz Award, new residencies in Cairo, Laikipia, and Cape Town, and a first monograph, these updates highlight the breadth of practices and critical dialogues being shaped by our community.

Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.) and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) announce a partnership with London-based ceramic artist Isis Dove-Edwin to establish a ceramics development initiative at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise. The initiative includes a permanent ceramics studio with a potter's wheel and a gas kiln, specialist technical support for kiln firing, and an eight-week, fully funded residency for a Nigerian ceramicist.

We are delighted to welcome Shalom Dubas, an American-Nigerian musician and artist, to G.A.S. Lagos for a three-week residency. Her multidisciplinary practice spans performance, music, and research, with a focus on developing sustainable pathways to success for independent artists.

We are thrilled to welcome Nigerian artist Juwon Aderemi for a three-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Based in Kwara State, he works across painting and drawing, his practice investigates memory, lived experience, and the ways human presence persists through domestic spaces and everyday objects.

Last week, we welcomed Dr Christine Checinska, a British artist, designer, curator and storyteller of Caribbean descent, to G.A.S. Lagos for her residency. Based in London, Christine’s multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, printmaking, installation, textiles, fashion, curating and literature. She is the V&A’s inaugural Senior Curator of Africa and Diaspora Textiles and Fashion, and Lead Curator of the international touring exhibition Africa Fashion.

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) are pleased to announce a partnership with Amsterdam-based collective Archival Consciousness through Biblio-Graph, a web application for digitising, publishing, archiving, and interacting with collections. The platform will support our organisations in expanding digital access to our collections and work across Africa and beyond.

Join us on 14 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.