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Centre for Contemporary Art
CCA, Lagos
is an independent non-profit making visual
art organization founded in December 2007
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Archives & Memories
Exhibition Date: 12th February – 31st May, 2025.
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Centre for Contemporary Art
– CCA, Lagos
The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA,Lagos) is an independent non-profit making visual art organization founded in December 2007 by Bisi Silva (1962 – 2019) to provide a platform for the development, presentation, and discussion of contemporary visual art and culture.
Exhibitions
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Our Library
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Workshops
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WELCOME TO CCA
Centre for Contemporary Art
– CCA, Lagos
The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA,Lagos) is an independent non-profit making visual art organization founded in December 2007 by Bisi Silva (1962 – 2019) to provide a platform for the development, presentation, and discussion of contemporary visual art and culture.
Exhibitions
Explore some of our exhibitions. Check out some of the finest artistes…
Our Library
Check out some the books in our library for sale alongside other resources…
Aá¹£Ãkò
Find out about our innovative programme Àsìkò, and what it is designed for…
Workshops
Check out some of topical issues discussed in some of our workshops…
In 2010, CCA Lagos began an innovative programme aimed at :
Bridging Educational Gaps in African Art Discourse
Filling a gap in the educational system in Nigeria and many African countries, which tend to ignore the critical methodologies and histories that underpin artistic practice.
Encouraging Critical Thinking
Using the format of part art workshop, part residency and part art academy, the art school programme will focus partially on technique and primarily on methodology, critical thinking, and the implementation of conceptual ideas.
Helping to Promote Artists
The programme will be of benefit to people interested in thinking through the conception and execution of work, artists who are curious and interested in experimenting with modes of practice and thought outside of the traditional modes of working but not to its total exclusion.
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In 2010, CCA Lagos began an innovative programme aimed at :
Bridging Educational Gaps in African Art Discourse
Filling a gap in the educational system in Nigeria and many African countries, which tend to ignore the critical methodologies and histories that underpin artistic practice.
Encouraging Critical Thinking
Using the format of part art workshop, part residency and part art academy, the art school programme will focus partially on technique and primarily on methodology, critical thinking, and the implementation of conceptual ideas.
Helping to Promote Artists
The programme will be of benefit to people interested in thinking through the conception and execution of work, artists who are curious and interested in experimenting with modes of practice and thought outside of the traditional modes of working but not to its total exclusion.
Showing Now
Archives and Memories foregrounds the passage of time to explore how it actively shapes the interplay between personal and collective memory.
Featuring works by Ndidi Dike, Ngozi-Omeje Ezema, Odun Orimolade, Taiye Idahor, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, and Wura-Natasha Ogunji, whose work intersect with the curatorial archive of Bisi Silva.
Exhibition Dates: February 12, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Location: CCA, Lagos, 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos
Showing Now
Archives and Memories foregrounds the passage of time to explore how it actively shapes the interplay between personal and collective memory.
Featuring works by Ndidi Dike, Ngozi-Omeje Ezema, Odun Orimolade, Taiye Idahor, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, and Wura-Natasha Ogunji, whose work intersect with the curatorial archive of Bisi Silva.
Exhibition Dates: February 12, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Location: CCA, Lagos, 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos
OUR PUBLISHING INITIATIVE
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Art-iculate
OUR PUBLISHING INITIATIVE
Art-iculate
The Centre for Contemporary, Lagos (www.ccalagos.org) through a new publishing initiative is expanding the remit of Art-iculate. The objective is to develop three different types of publications.
The Centre for Contemporary, Lagos (www.ccalagos.org) through a new publishing initiative is expanding the remit of Art-iculate. The objective is to develop three different types of publications.
Monographic Publication
The first will involve in-depth monographic publications on Modern Nigerian artists whose important contributions to Nigerian and Africa Art for over half a century will form an important addition to the Histories of Art across the continent.
Pocket Size Books
The second will focus on pocket size books developed featuring emerging/midcareer artists and the final segment will be survey publications on artists and the art sector in Nigeria and other African countries highlighting new artists, trends as well as focusing on a specific medium or even a theme.
Respond to Vaccum
The aim of the publishing initiative responds to the vacuum in platforms for critical, artistic and curatorial activities on the printed page.
ART EXHIBITIONS
Our exhibitions present a coherent and effective story for different themes in compilations rendered into a thoughtful selection of works.
Our exhibitions present a coherent and effective story for different themes in compilations rendered into a thoughtful selection of works.
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THE PIONEER
Bisi Silva
Bold Curator of Contemporary African Art
Olabisi (Bisi) Obafunke Silva
Bisi Silva graduated with an MA in Visual Arts Administration: Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1996. In the early days of her career, Silva worked as an independent curator and founded Fourth Dial Art, a non-profit project in London dedicated..
THE TEAM
Management
The team members behind the daily activities at CCA. Visit our managment page to know more…
Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithful
Artistic Director
Peter Okotor
Exhibition and Technical Manager
Kemi Aderinto
Office Manager
Events
News & Updates
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At CCA Lagos, we always want to keep you informed about our projects, art workshops and exhibitions.
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Symposium Explores Decolonizing Textile Traditions in Nigeria
"From Adire to Ankara" Symposium Explores Decolonizing Textile Traditions in Nigeria On Monday, June 30th, scholars, artists, curators, and cultural practitioners gathered at Reed Hall, University of Exeter, for the symposium “From Adire to Ankara: Decolonizing...
Collective Remembering: Exploring the CCA Lagos Archives
As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering reflective and context-driven creative practice, our Collective Remembering Archives Workshop brought together artists for a powerful encounter with the rich legacy held within the CCA Lagos archives. Through guided...