# Atong Atem

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The new 'canon', Renaissance woman Lavinia Fontana and Atong Atem's collage vision

Who makes up “the canon” in Art today? A new book picks 50 artists from around the world, and across centuries, to take a meaningful snapshot of art masters.Plus, a curator on 16th C. artist Lavinia Fontana, Europe's first female professional painter.And Atong Atem's panoramic collage that charts 1…

'It lit a fire in me': How Atong Atem flips the ethnographic gaze

Australian-South Sudanese artist Atong Atem brilliantly flips the Ethnographic gaze to create gorgeous studio portraits with a powerful statement. Plus, how does the medium of video art exist in the era of binge watching? And Namila chats to incoming guest host Daniel Browning, a familiar voice to …

Finding power and beauty in the individual

Atong Atem is a Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist, whose work features young African Australians looking bold, powerful and regal - a welcome change to the tradition of ethnographic photography. We also visit the studio of Darwin artist Franck Gohier, and delve into the world of monsters and de…

Life With... Atong Atem

A growing presence in the global art world, with appearances from the Art Gallery of New South Wales to Tate Modern, London, Atong is an unstoppable creative force. Winning the inaugural La Prairie Art Award brought years of practice to the forefront of the Australian public, and what seemed like “…

Ep. 1 Colonisation & Women with Atong Atem & Yhonnie Scarce

Episode 1 dives into the powerful intersection of women and colonisation. Naarm based artists Atong Atem and Yhonnie Scarce's ideas challenge and redefine our understanding of these themes. Sophie Gerhard, NGV’s Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, brings her invaluable perspective to the c…

INSIDE THE GALLERY (Australia) - ATONG ATEM: I CAN'T BE INVISIBLE

"I'm a black woman in the world. Every day when I step outside of my door, I can't be invisible."  From Tate Modern to the National Gallery of Victoria, Atong Atem has captured the eye of curators, critics and collectors alike as an artist who creates beautifully crafted images that explore family…

Reframing the portrait

The self-portrait is perhaps the most ubiquitous image of the modern era, but how do contemporary artists use the portrait, not just to reflect themselves or their subject, but to shift our understanding of who we are and who we can be? Atong Atem takes us into her practice of self-portraiture, exp…

On Refusing to be "A Subtle Girl": Artistry, Creativity, Style

Artist Atong Atem proclaims proudly, "I'm not a subtle girl". In this episode filled with laughter and the sharing of history and creative influences, Olivia and Atong joke about painfully plain interior design trends, the pipeline from large families to the decision to elope, and Atong's view of h…

Natasha Walsh

Australian Women Artists   The podcast    Ep. 42 Natasha Walsh   Natasha Walsh doesn’t make art for the Archibald Portrait Prize. She is really interested in building her practice in a way that interests her.  Nevertheless, in 2025, in her early 30s, she became an Archibald finalist for the 8th tim…

Atong Atem: “Gossip has been a tool to keep women safe”

As I listen back to the incredibly funny and clever and cool and curious artist and mother, Atong Atem, whose worked with the likes of Tate Modern in London and the NGV more locally here in Melbourne, the first question I ask in this interview is challenging me a little. You'll have to listen to fi…