Atong Atem’s exhibition Banksia will be on show at Gosford Regional Gallery from February 24 to April 15. As part of the Hometown series, the exhibition, visiting from Melbourne’s MARS Gallery, recognises the practices of artists with connection to the Central Coast. Atong Atem’s digital photograph WaterHer work explores the inherent intimacy of portraiture and photography as well as the role photographers take as storytellers. She has exhibited her work widely across Australia and internationally, including recent exhibitions at the TATE Modern, Wereld Museum Rotterdam and regional exhibitions at UQ Art Gallery, Tweed Gallery and Adelaide Perry Gallery. In 2022, Atem received the La Prairie Art Award and in 2018, she was the recipient of the National Gallery of Victoria and MECCA M-Power scholarship.
