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Atong Atem is an Ethiopian born, South Sudanese artist and writer living in Narrm/ Melbourne. Atem works primarily with photography and video to explore migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the African diaspora and the exploration of identity through portraiture.
Atem explores concepts of home and identity through a critical and sentimental lens and references the works of photographers Malick Sidibe and Seydou Keita and science fiction writers such as Octavia Butler as tools for navigating liminal spaces.
Atem has exhibited her work across Australia, including MUMA Monash, 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 National Gallery of Victoria and MECCA M-Power scholarship in 2018 as well as the Brisbane Powerhouse Melt Portrait Prize in 2017.
Shannon May Powell is a poet and artist whose work poses gestures of longing towards new possibilities of gender, sexuality and trans-corporeal feminism. Their practice is grounded in the body and relationally activated ...
James J. Robinson is an Australian/Filipino artist based in Los Angeles.
James’s work is regularly published by the likes of The New York Times and Vogue Australia, working with names like Kylie Jenner, Rihanna and Virgil Abloh, while creative directing and shooting campaigns for Instagram and Maison Valentino.
With a background in literature and lighting design, James’s work exists within the realms of poetic realism; choosing to shoot in everyday locations we’re familiar with, but amplifying their quiet beauty through lighting.
This style of poetic realism derives from his desire to heal oppressive systems within the industry and media, casting everyone from his family to academics he admires. He hopes to use his work to champion the faces and voices that were missing from the media when he was growing up.
Beyond his photography and filmmaking work, James is also a writer, lighting designer, and public speaker.
