YGBI Research Residency (Young, Gifted, Black Italia)

Initiated in 2020

Holding space for artists, making space for each other.

A research residency for young artists of African descent working in Italy . Providing and infrastructure for artistic development, critical dialogue, mentorship and collective exchange

28 artists and curators - 8 mentors - 10 institutional exhibitions

VOL. I

BINTA DIAW

FRANCIS OFFMAN

RAZIEL PERIN

EMMANUEL YORO

VICTOR FOTSO NYIE

VOL. II

ADJI DIEYE

SILVIA ROSI

KELLY COSTIGLIOLO

CHRISTIAN OFFMAN

VOL. III

JERMAY MICHAEL GABRIEL

OFELIA OMOYELE BALOGUN

IISMAEL LO

VOL. IV

MISTURA ALLISON

ELENA NDIDI

THEOPHILUS IMANI

LEYLA DEGAN

VOL. V

OMì

LEILA BENCHARNIA

BRIANDA CARRERAS

SOUKAINA ABROUR

VOL. VI

PATRICIA TAIDE

STEPHANY NWOBODO

DAMIANO TATA

MOHAMMED EL HAJOUI

VOL. VII

LUC NDIKUBWIMANA

ELAINE ADORNO

WISSAL HOUBABI

IVNA LA MART

YGBI began with a simple question: what happens when we gather not to create but just to be, to connect, to breath.

Since 2020, YGBI has brought young artists together for intensive periods of research, conversation and studio practice, accompanied by a mentor whose role is to listen, challenge and help open new directions.

The residency is built around collectivity. It creates a temporary space in which artists can exchange experiences, develop ideas, encounter new perspectives and build relationships that continue beyond the residency itself.

Leyla Degan - Jermay Michael Gabriel - Ismael Lo - Kelly Costigliolo - Binta Diaw - Adji Dieye - Silvia Rosi - Soukaina Abrour - Leila Bencharnia - Omar Gabriel - Elena Ndidi Akilo - Mistura Allison - Christian Offman - Raziel Perin - Victor Fotso Nyie - Mohammed El Hajoui - Patricia Taide - Stephany Nwobodo - Theophilus Imani - Francis Offman - Ofelia Omoyele Balogun - Brianda Carreras - Wissal Houbabi - Elaine Adorno - Ivna La Mart - Luc Ndikubwimana