Talia Smith
Curator, Australia
Talia Smith (New Zealand / Australia) is an artist and curator from Aotearoa who is now based in Sydney, Australia.
Her curatorial practice focuses on First Nations photographic, moving image and archival practices with a particular interest in how artists are reclaiming the colonial
tool of the camera. She has curated exhibitions for organisations such as Primavera for the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Singapore International Photography Festival, IMA, UTS Gallery, Ballarat Foto Biennale and Cement Fondu among others.
Her writing has appeared in various publications such as Memo Review, Art New Zealand and artist catalogue essays and books, in 2022 she was nominated for Best Art Writing by a New Zealand Maori or Pasifika in the AAANZ awards.
Talia was chair of Runway Journal 2017-18 and is currently a board member at Bus Projects and on the editorial committee for Un Projects. She has completed research residencies in Singapore and Germany and currently works as the
Coordinator of Programming at Blacktown Arts.
CPR 2024: WIBH brings up to 8 international curators to Finland, Norway, and Sweden in September-October 2024 to research the regional art scene with the ambition to get a better understanding of the complex history and current political situation in the Nordics.
Talia Smith