Born 1985, New Zealand
Lives in Sydney, Australia
EDUCATION
2012 - Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts - Photography - Unitec, NZ
2007 - Bachelor of Design Graphic Design - Unitec, NZ
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO
2018 A long distance relationship - PhotoAccess Canberra (upcoming)
Words for Distance - Wellington Street Projects Sydney (upcoming)
The Heart is the strongest muscle in the body, Window Online (upcoming)
2017 Experiments in Distance - Bus Projects, Melbourne
2016 Free View - KINGS ARI, Melbourne
2015 Plants & Rags - Te Tuhi, Auckland
Solo Sausage - Artstation, Auckland
2014 Lead us outside, lead us out quietly - Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
2013 Slow Breath - Workers Window, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Pink Frost, Tinning St Presents Melbourne curated by Charlotte Watson (upcoming)
Cul-de-sac, Rm gallery Auckland curated by Chloe Geoghan
Transcendence, Firstdraft Sydney curated by Nanette Orly
And they all say your name, Blindside Melbourne with Zainab Hikmet
Don't forget, Meanwhile Wellington with Natasha Matila-Smith
2017
Cold Islander, Waikato Museum, NZ
An Architecture, Down/Under Sydney
Softly, Softly, Interlude Gallery, Sydney
MONO, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
One if By Night, Bike NYC, New York
Feedback Loop, Blak Dot Gallery Melbourne
2016
Photo+graphy - Interlude Gallery, Sydney
Navigate - Studio One, Auckland
Offstage - Artspace, Auckland
Ten hours ahead behind, Gone Fishing, Leipzig Germany
2015
NZ Feminism, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
The View, Wellington Street Projects, Sydney
Breathing Room, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Lay of the Land, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
Title, What’s in a Title?, Yes Collective, Auckland
November at Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2014
December Group Show - 10x8 Gallery, Sydney
Started from the bottom - Pilot, Hamilton
Making Visible - Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland
Give me your attention - Fresh & Fruity Gallery, Dunedin
W.e.l.c.o.m.e - Artspace, Auckland
National Contemporary Arts Awards - Waikato Museum, Hamilton
Off-Stage 6 - Whau Arts Festival, Auckland
Seeing the Landscape - Uxbridge, Auckland
The Breakup - 107 Projects, Sydney
Fruhlings Salon - Galerie Pavlova, Berlin, Germany
Awkward Feelings - George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Single Brown Female – Pearce Gallery, Auckland
For the Vogels - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2013
Off-stage – Artspace, Auckland
Off Broadway – North Art, Auckland
National Contemporary Art Awards – Waikato Museum, Hamilton
Recent Auckland Photography – North Art, Auckland
Epiclectic – Nook Gallery, Auckland
2012
Land/Scape – Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
This Must be the Place – St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Eden Arts Awards – Unitec, Auckland
A Trace from a certain moment – Te Po Gallery, Auckland
New Kids on the Block – Unitec, Auckland
One Night Stand – Snake Pit, Auckland
AWARDS
2017 - Bundanon Trust Residency
2016 - 4A Curatorial Intensive Participant
2014 - Finalist in the National Contemporary Art Awards
2013 - Finalist in the National Contemporary Art Awards
2012 - Finalist in the Eden Arts Awards
Publications
2014 // ISON issue 6 - New Zealand
Invisible Territories Project Archonic - Sydney, Australia
MeMento Magazine - PhotoForum, New Zealand
Lead us outside, lead us out quietly - Self Published, New Zealand
2013 // Pictures they want to make – Edited by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward
Hanfling with foreword by Ron Brownson
2012 // I-Land – edited by Tessa Laird for Papakura Art Gallery
New kids on the block – edited by Talia Smith
This must be the place (self published)
Online links
Mark Amery reviews Talia Smith's 'Lead us outside, lead us out quietly'
The Weather Was Ideal - Excerpt Magazine
Gather & Hunt interview
Maude Magazine
NZ Herald - Fashion Plate
Gather & Hunt interview