Talia Smith is an artist and curator from Aotearoa based in Sydney. Smith is of Cook Island, Samoan and Pakeha heritage. She has curated exhibitions for organisations such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Singapore International Photography Festival, IMA, UTS Gallery, MAMA Albury and Ballarat Foto Biennale among others. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Memo, Art New Zealand, artist catalogue essays and books. Smith has completed research residencies in Singapore, Germany and the Nordic region. She currently works as the Coordinator Programming at Blacktown Arts.