Tosin Adeosun: African Style Archive Residency
Monday 17 February - Friday 21 February 2025
Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH
About the residency
Lighthouse is proud to host researcher, curator, and fashion historian Tosin Adeosun for an artist residency dedicated to the development of the African Style Archive—a project capturing, documenting, and preserving African fashion history. Working with Tosin will be her research assistant Roisin Atkins-Dykes.
Programmed by our Future Creative Leaders (FCL) and facilitated by Doctoral Researcher Fez Sibanda, the residency will provide Tosin with the space and support to expand her archival work, bringing together newly sourced materials, magazines, photographs, and books that tell the rich and evolving story of African sartorial history.
Throughout the residency, Tosin will work closely with a research assistant to deepen her investigations into African fashion history. She will receive consultation on the development, design, and structure of the African Style Archive’s digital platform. This time will be dedicated to shaping the future of the archive—exploring the best ways to present and share its invaluable materials.
There will be an Open Session to accompany the residency where audiences will get the chance to ask Tosin questions about her work and gain insights into the African Style Archive, its origins, and how this residency has helped move her work forward.
The Open Session will be on Friday 21 February, from 6.30 - 9 pm at the Lighthouse Project Space. Book your FREE ticket here.
Residency dates: Monday 17 February - Friday 21 February 2025 + Open Session on Friday 21 February.
Location: Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH (map)
ABOUT
Tosin Adeosun (she/her) is a London-based researcher, curator, and consultant specialising in the culture, art, and fashion history of the African diaspora. She is the founder of African Style Archive, dedicated to preserving, documenting, and celebrating African fashion history and its global influence. She collaborates with archives, communities, brands, and institutions to curate compelling stories. Tosin has worked with institutions like Google Arts & Culture, Byredo, Guest Artist Space Lagos, London College of Fashion, and Modern Art Oxford, unearthing compelling narratives.
www.tosinadeosun.com | @africanstylearchive @motown_gal
Roisin Atkins-Dykes (she/her) is Research Assistant for Africa Style Archive (ASA). She is a Graduate student of Anthropology from University College London, and now working as Project Assistant Intern with Kinetika Bloco. Roisin is currently exploring mediums of archival research, and most recently completed a short film production and editing with Four Corners Galleries. She is currently working on a project as an oral histories interviewer with MayDay Rooms and completing an archivist placement with Tower Hamlets Library and Archives.
Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership. Funded and supported by Art Fund’s ‘Reimagine Grants’ and Chalk Cliff Trust, over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.
