Talia Goldsmith was born in Israel and moved to South Africa in 1984. She studied art at the Kalisher School of Art in Tel Aviv. 

Goldsmith has an inner fascination with found materials and their use. Talia infuses her work with unusual and unique combinations of recycled materials. Her use of organic forms, texture, weaving, stitching, manipulation, and human labor are all influenced by Yemenese roots, as well as her life in South Africa. Goldsmith has always said, ” Roots are the Essence”. Her work is a story that knits together material, religion, culture, and history. Her focus as an artist is to comment on the human condition through means and metaphors of interrogating the human form, language, spirituality, and music. Talia’s work is part of collections in South Africa, Israel, Canada and New York. She has had several solo exhibitions as well as group exhibitions.

Solo Exhibitions 
2010
Kriah-(Ritual of mourning) Sculptures – metal mesh and cement

2014
Singing Roots, Old Womans Gaol, Constitution Hill 

Group Exhibitions 
2023
Optimal Vibrations, Group Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sunny Side Up, Group Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

 2019
SculptX, Melrose Gallery
Material Identity, Melrose Gallery 

2018
Priest Gallery, RMB. Turbine Art Fair
Julie Miler Gallery, Mall of Africa 

2017
Hazard Gallery, Maboneng.Tectonics curated by Jonathan Freemantle.

 2016
Submission for the Dakar International Bienalle

Stephan Welz & Co., Fine Art & Design Auctioneers, May 2016

2015
The Gavin Project, Garden Court Rosebank

That Art Fair, The Gavin Project Gallery, Cape Town

The Gavin Project Gallery, Turbine Hall

S.Art Gallery, Hout Bay

Light The Flame Exhibition curated by Jessica Deutsch 2015