Atong Atem

*1994 / Sudan / Australia

Works

Contacts for the work of Atong Atem

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Solo exhibitions

Passage

The Art of Atong Atem

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
30 Oct 2026 – 14 Jun 2027
Self Portraits & Family Studies

David Messum, Online (GB)
1 Sep 2023 – 14 Jan 2024
US

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
1 Mar 2017 – 30 Apr 2017
Atong Atem

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
27 Jan 2017 – 12 Mar 2017

Group

Keep the Fire Burning

Fotografia Europea 2026

Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia (IT)
30 Apr 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Hoda Afshar, Christopher Anderson, Chen Chuanduan, Theo Cottle, Heinz Daniels, Cristina De Middel, Sanne de Wilde, Chloe Dewe Mathews, Antone Dolezal, Eikoh Hosoe, Rinko Kawauchi, Benedicte Kurzen …
Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Nov 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

with Donna Bailey, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Koeller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol, Tracey Moffatt …
National Photographic Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
16 Aug 2025 – 12 Oct 2025

with Hoda Afshar, Paul Blackmore, Michael Cook, Gerwyn Davies, George Fetting, Emmaline Zanelli
On Country: Photography from Australia

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2025 – 5 Oct 2025

with Tony Albert, Ying Ang, Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael , Maree Clarke, David Charles Collins, Michael Cook, Brenda L. Croft, J Davies, Adam Ferguson, Robert Fielding, Ricky Maynard …
A World in Common

Contemporary African Photography

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Feb 2025 – 7 May 2025

with Kelani Abass, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiripi Katembo, Lebohang Kganye, Mario Macilau …
Marvellous Realism

Groundbreaking Contemporary African Photography Show

Fotografiska CN, Shanghai (CN)
30 Aug 2024 – 1 Dec 2024

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Justin Dingwall, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Ayana Jackson, Lebohang Kganye, Michael MacGarry, Mohau Modisakeng, Zanele Muholi, Ruby Okoro, Thania Petersen, Micha Serraf …
Dutch Talent - NOUVELLE FRONTIÈRE

Foam Amsterdam & Unseen

l'Atelier Néerlandais, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 22 Nov 2024

with Stijn Elshuis, Joost Vandebrug
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography

A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today

Tate Modern, London (GB)
6 Jul 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Kelani Abass, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
100 faces

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
4 Mar 2023 – 28 May 2023

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Tony Albert, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Brook Andrew, Harold Cazneaux, Michael Cook, Olive Cotton, Paul Cox, Max Dupain, Rennie Ellis, Sue Ford, Gisele Freund …
Eye Body

TJ Boulting, London (GB)
30 Mar 2023 – 29 Apr 2023

with Poulomi Basu, Juno Calypso, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Rose English, Gabby Laurent, Mitchell Moreno, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Trish Morrissey
WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
1 Oct 2022 – 29 Jan 2023

with Brook Andrew, Rennie Ellis, Petrina Hicks, Tracey Moffatt, Michael Riley, Anne Zahalka
Whose Land Is It?

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
18 Jul 2021 – 19 Sep 2021

with James Tylor, Amanda Williams
Fashioning black identity

Africa and the African diaspora

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
23 Nov 2019 – 9 Feb 2020

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Delphine Diallo, Omar Victor Diop, Seydou Keita, Namsa Leuba
When and Where I Enter

Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (US)
20 Oct 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Nikki S. Lee, Kerry James Marshall, Andrea Robbins, Joachim Schmid, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
15 Dec 2017 – 25 Mar 2018

with Hannah Bronte, Madison Bycroft, Fiona Foley, Lyndall Jones
The Female Gaze

Photo VOGUE Festival 2016

BASE Milano, Milano (IT)
22 Nov 2016 – 26 Nov 2016

with Camilla Akrans, Olivia Bee, Vanessa Beecroft, Cass Bird, Mel Bles, Arvida Bystroem, Juno Calypso, Elinor Carucci, Amanda Charchian, Joana Choumali, Liz Collins, Elaine Constantine …
NATAAL - NEW AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Red Hook Labs Gallery, Brooklyn (US)
7 May 2016 – 15 May 2016

with Owise Abuzaid, Girma Berta, Delphine Diallo, Kadara Enyeasi, Samuel Gratacap, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Nadine Ijewere, Namsa Leuba, Kristin-Lee Moolman, Lakin Ogunbanwo, Ruth Ossai

Events

Frieze London 2026

Frieze Masters 2026

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
14 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Eileen Agar, Francis Alys, Mohammed Alfaraj, Tina Barney, Poulomi Basu, Ruth Bernhard, Inaki Bonillas, Stefan Brüggemann, Dirk Braeckman, Claude Cahun, Sophie Calle …
Sydney Contemporary 2026 - Photo Sydney

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
3 Sep 2026 – 6 Sep 2026

with Paul Blackmore, Danica Chappell, Ellen Dahl, Sarah Ducker, Rex Dupain, Jackson Farley, Mark Forbes, Geoffrey Goddard, Luke Hardy, Thomas Hartstang, Christopher Ireland, Cybele Malinowski …
Paris Photo 2025 - Emergence sector

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Chloé Azzopardi, Sibusiso Bheka, Sylvie Bonnot, Rodrigo Braga, Rodrigo Chapa, Nicolas Dhervillers, Camila Falquez, Claudia Fuggetti, Andras Ladocsi, Marine Lanier, Suwon Lee …
Paris Photo 2025 - Emergence sector

Mars Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Rencontres d'Arles 2025

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2025 – 5 Oct 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Octavio Aguilar, Tony Albert, Jean-Michel André, Claudia Andujar, David Armstrong, Letizia Battaglia, Kwame Brathwaite, Elisa Jane Carmichael , Sonja Carmichael, Sarah Carp, Olivier Christinat …
EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography 2025

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2025

with Kelani Abass, Lena-Lotte Agger, Susanne Ahner, Anna Aicher, Kathleen Alisch, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Ilit Azoulay, Yevgenia Belorusets, Cana Bilir-Meier, Benedikt Burger, Cihan Cakmak, Edson Chagas …
UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR 2024

Unseen Photo, Amsterdam (NL)
20 Sep 2024 – 22 Sep 2024

with AiRich, Ali Bilge Akkaya, Daniel Arsham, Hugo Aveta, Juan Baraja, Janette Beckman, Vincent Bezuidenhout, Nora Bibel, Jodi Bieber, Eleye Boerenkamps, Pietro Bologna, Melanie Bonajo …
PhotoIreland 2023

R/evolutions

PhotoIreland, Dublin (IE)
30 Jun 2023 – 27 Aug 2023

with Heather Agyepong, Helene A. Amouzou, Monica de Miranda, Zanele Muholi, Bernice Mulenga, Frida Orupabo, Silvia Rosi
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
13 Oct 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Prince Gyasi, Zanele Muholi, Bernice Mulenga
photo basel 2022

Mars Gallery, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2022

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2022 – 31 May 2022

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Farah Al Qasimi, Lara Almarcegui, Stephen Andrews, Claudia Andujar, Raymond Boisjoly, Sandra Brewster, Sophie Calle, Jorian Charlton, Jorian Charlton, Wendy Coburn …
PHOTO 2022 - Being Human

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
29 Apr 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Hoda Afshar, Hoda Afshar, Ying Ang, Poulomi Basu, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Hannah Bronte, Dana Claxton, Eamonn Doyle, Jess T. Dugan, Matthieu Gafsou, Ashley Gilbertson …
PHOTO 2021

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
18 Feb 2021 – 7 Mar 2021

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Arvida Bystroem, SIM Chi Yin, Kenta Cobayashi, Sara Cwynar, Simon Fujiwara, Gustavo Germano, Felicity Hammond, Nanna Heitmann …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs, Arvida Bystroem …
Sydney Contemporary 2019

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
12 Sep 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Laurence Aberhart, Boomoon, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Edward Burtynsky, Anna Carey, Tamara Dean, Lalla Essaydi, Elger Esser, Bill Henson, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Karen Knorr, Anne Noble …