Atong Atem will light up Footscray with six photographic lightbox installations for the In Focus festival held by Maribyrnong Council from 21 April to 31 May.
In Focus festival celebrates the creative diversity that defines Maribyrnong, bringing together internationally recognised and emerging photographers whose work spans portraiture, documentary storytelling, landscapes and diaspora narratives.
Atong’s works are currently on permanent exhibition at the National Maritime Museum of the Netherlands for Shadows of the Atlantic. Locally, Atong is showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales' portico, Liverpool Powerhouse for Revealing Dress (8 November 2025 – 19 April 2026) and at the National Portrait Gallery's forecourt until July 2026. Atong will show next at Aotearoa Art Fair on the MARS stand April (30 – May 4), Latrobe Art Institute for My Blood Sings Old Songs (22 May – 9 August) and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery for a solo exhibition (16 May – 18 July).
