Oyasaf
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| Formation | 2007 |
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| Founder | Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Art & Culture Promotion |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Website | www |
Oyasaf is an art foundation that holds a large private art collection in Nigeria.[1][2]
The foundation was created by Omoba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon in 2007.[3][4]
In March 2020, the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art is due to open, a contemporary art museum financed by Oyasaf. The 1,200-foot-square new museum, designed by the architect Jesse Castellote, will be owned and managed by the Pan-Atlantic University. The museum is Nigeria's first privately-funded university museum.[5]
Collection
Fellowship program
The foundation regularly sponsors foreign and Nigerian scholars, curators, artists and art historians to interact with and utilize its art collection for their studies and researches, collaborate with Nigeria’s artists, curators, museums, galleries, other collectors and Nigerian art institutions, for promoting Nigerian art and culture to the world.[3][6]
It sponsored seventeen fellows from the USA, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Some of the previous beneficiaries of the Oyasaf fellowship program are from the following institutions: University of Chicago (USA), University of Wisconsin (USA), Stanford University (USA), University of Vienna (Austria), Rhodes University (South Africa), Ziko Museum (South Africa), Columbia University (USA).[9][10] Most of the foundation's sponsored students are not Nigerian.[11]