Atong Atem is a
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
-based artist originally from
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...
. She has had exhibitions at
Melbourne's Immigration Museum, NGV's Triennial, Melbourne's winter arts festival Rising, Messums London, as well as works in Red Hook Labs (New York),
Vogue Fashion Fair (Milan) and the Unseen Amsterdam art fair.
She has been commissioned to adorn two facades of Hanover House on Melbourne's Southbank.
In 2021 she released ''Banksia'', a video exploring African immigration to Australia.
References
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21st-century Australian women artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
South Sudanese emigrants to Australia