Artwork Collection

Writing

A collection of Talia's published works.

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Review: "A bell I never hear" — Cindy Hill
Review: "A bell I never hear" — Cindy Hill

Publication

Review: "A bell I never hear" — Cindy Hill

"A bell I never hear" ran from 31 October to 7 December 2024 at Centre Clark, Montreal. Read as published through C Magazine: https://cmagazine.com/articles/a-bell-i-never-hear-cindy-hill Image: Cindy Hill, Bridle Fantasy, 2023

Sprawl
Sprawl

Publication

Sprawl

A poem on suburban childhood and grief. Published in Milk Bag Magazine, Issue 1.1, Spring 2025. To order a copy and support emerging writers: https://online.fliphtml5.com/osqzy/yppw/#p=1

Cul-de-sacs and Capitalism: How Arcade Fire’s, The Suburbs, Addresses Neoliberal Suburbanization’s Structure of Feeling
Cul-de-sacs and Capitalism: How Arcade Fire’s, The Suburbs, Addresses Neoliberal Suburbanization’s Structure of Feeling

Publication

Cul-de-sacs and Capitalism: How Arcade Fire’s, The Suburbs, Addresses Neoliberal Suburbanization’s Structure of Feeling

Emerging in 2010, Arcade Fire’s third studio album, The Suburbs, uses its titular motifs of sprawling identical houses, dead shopping malls, and pavement-pounding bike rides to explore the effects of neoliberal capitalism on mental health.... More

Shamanism and Biopolitics: A Post-War Reading of Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me
Shamanism and Biopolitics: A Post-War Reading of Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me

Essay

Shamanism and Biopolitics: A Post-War Reading of Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me

German artist Joseph Beuys’ 1974 performance piece I Like America and America Likes Me, is the subject of innumerable research and discussion, packed with criticism of his tendency to self-mythologize and cast himself as a shamanic healer. The... More

Which As You Know Means Violence: Book Review
Which As You Know Means Violence: Book Review

Essay

Which As You Know Means Violence: Book Review

Written by critic and essayist, Philippa Snow, Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self Injury as Art and Entertainment, critically reflects on famous performance artists who pursued pain and self-injury at the forefront of their practices. Over... More

Haunting the Junkyard
Haunting the Junkyard

Publication

Haunting the Junkyard

An experimental collection of Talia's writing on her personal experiences navigating loss and the body's memory. This is her first publication. This is a living collection and will grow with future editions. Please contact to inquire about a... More

In Life and Grief, I'll Always Admire You Lady Liberty!
In Life and Grief, I'll Always Admire You Lady Liberty!

Publication

In Life and Grief, I'll Always Admire You Lady Liberty!

This short ramble on the everyday application of patinas serves as a love letter to the body. Summoning Lady Liberty as a divine feminine, it asks the author and readers alike to adopt a new methodology of body positivity and self-care, equating... More

Masochistic Performance Art as an Abject Response to Biopolitical Gender Identity
Masochistic Performance Art as an Abject Response to Biopolitical Gender Identity

Essay

Masochistic Performance Art as an Abject Response to Biopolitical Gender Identity

Feminist art has been deeply interdisciplinary since the first wave’s iteration of women's suffrage. By the 1970’s, the global effort towards gender equality prompted visceral evocations, transcending a classical plane to performance and body art.... More

Work by

Talia Veneruz aka. Talia

Criticism and Curatorial Practice

“Talia navigates themes of feminist bodily autonomy, the embodiment of trauma, and the intersections of movement, sexuality and grief.”