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Stay Golden, 2016

Trees I have seen, 2016

I haven't been posting in ages because I am slack. I have a residency with new work that I have made here in Sydney on show at Studio One in Auckland (formerly artstation). Please go have a look if you can, more things will be added over the month until the end.

Heap, 2015

I took some photos while I was in New Zealand for a new project, the scans are terrible (or perhaps it is my bad exposures ha) so these will take a bit of work.

Look Up, 2014 (shown as part of OffStage at the Whau Arts Festival 2014)

When I first moved to Sydney I was staying in spare rooms and on couches at various friends places. I did this for just over three months before finding something permanent. It seemed that wherever I moved in Sydney there were the planes, coming and going in different directions and at all times of the day and well into evening. In Stanmore, an inner west suburb, I was missing home and had no job. I would sit out on the little concrete balcony of my friend's apartment for hours just looking up and watching the planes.

I felt weirdly connected to these planes, their movements became the only constant thing at a point of my life where everything was changing.

I saw you once, 2014

Some of my work from the series This must be the place, 2012 now showing at Franklin Arts Centre in Auckland as part of the show Making Visible curated by Ioana Gordon-Smith.

Burst, 2014

'One' 2014, HD video. Duration 2.26.

Part of Single Brown Female (Leilani Heather and Talia Smith) showing now at Artspace.

Opening this Friday at Artspace in Auckland, NZ my collaborative project with Leilani Heather called - Single Brown Female is part of an amazing show titled W e l c o m e and curated by Ahilapalapa Rands. As part of our project we also have a wee gift giveaway.

More details on the show here: http://artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2014/

Modern Lovers, 2013

This series of work titled Modern Lovers has been a long time coming, there is a potential solo show in NZ so time to start working on this again.

Two years ago I went to the Royal Easter show in Melbourne and there was this amazing cake decorating display. One of them included this amazing cake as a roast chicken.

Take it for a spin, 2014

http://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/curatorial-residency-at-gaffa-gallery-sydney

HELLO ALL. I am going to do a curatorial residency in Sydney for 6 months very soon, I am trying to raise some funds to get me there. Any help to support this emerging curator would be amazing!! Spread the word if you can.

xTalia

Tomorrow evening a small show I curated with Natasha Matila-Smith opens at George Fraser Gallery in Auckland. It features some new work made by Leilani Heather and myself as Single Brown Female, a video piece titled 'Two'.

The lovely Mark Amery wrote about my show at EyeContact, follow the link: http://eyecontactsite.com/2014/05/aucklands-vacant-lots#c1610

Lead us outside, lead us out quietly

The often overlooked spaces of industrial areas and failed development sites are examined in Auckland artist Talia Smith's first solo exhibition Lead us outside, lead us out quietly at Enjoy Gallery, Wellington. Through photography, video and a publication the exhibition examines what happens to such spaces when their intended function is abandoned. The sites now seem to have only a transitional present or future and have begun to be retaken by nature. These places are neither glamorous nor beautiful, but there is something within each overlooked and overgrown blade of grass that resonates. By finding quiet beauty within these spaces, perhaps we will recognise and respond to the quiet, fleeting, often ignored moments in our own lives - before time passes on again. Join us for the opening on Wednesday 16th April, 6:00pm. Read more about the show on our website - http://enjoy.org.nz/node/3097

If you are in the area please come to the opening and see the show x

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