Atong Atem
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
8 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
Melbourne
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Works by Atong Atem
Atong Atem is an Ethiopian born, South Sudanese artist and writer based in Narrm/Melbourne. She works primarily with photography and video to explore migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the African diaspora and the exploration of identity through portraiture. Atem has exhibited her work across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Gertrude Contemporary, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Internationally at Red Hook Labs in New York, Vogue Fashion Fair in Milan and Unseen Amsterdam art fair.
Atem was the recipient of the inaugural La Prairie Art Award in 2022, NGV and MECCA M-Power scholarship in 2018 as well as the Brisbane Powerhouse Melt Portrait Prize in 2017.