DJCS
Curator
Positions
Founder & Director, COMMODE, Pōneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (2025–)
Director, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Pōneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (2023–2025)
Assistant Curator, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (2022–2023)
Founder & Director, Parasite, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (2020–2022)
Co-Director, RM Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (2016–2018)
Selected curatorial projects
2026
Critical Condition, Hana Pera Aoake, Brooke Pou, Jess Clifford, Tom Denize, Cushla Donaldson, Sinag Fernandez, Emily Lyall, Manon, Ryder Smith, Bonni Tamati, COMMODE
Wānanga: Manifesto in the Bamboo Forest 竹林里的誓言, Jieying Cai 蔡杰盈, Emily Lyall, Te Ara Minhinnick, Ethan Morais, Mathilde Polmard, Sage Rossie-Tong, Zed Xu 榛子瞬, COMMODE
HELL, Ys Blue (with Veale Moss and Odeious), COMMODE
Catgirl Exhaust Fan, Cassie Gilmore-Freeth, COMMODE in collaboration with MESH
Checkmate, Tyne Gordon, Paul Johns, Fiona Clark, Frankie Matchitt-Millar, Jo Bragg, Georgina Brett, Rozanna Lee, Connor Ward, M.H. Greville, Priscilla Rose Howe, Aaron King-Cole, Jude Saint, Holly Walker, B. Gladding, James Bowen, Jack Ellery, Marie Lawrence, James Tapsell-Kururangi, Mallory Elmo, Cassie Gilmore-Freeth, Hannah Ireland, Stella Corkery, Felix Huber, Silva McDowell, Raewyn Atkinson, Catherine Griffiths, Samuel Mark Clyma, James Dobson, Juliet Carpenter, Rea Burton with Nicola Blumenthal, Dayle Palfreyman, Henrietta Fisher, Riley Eastes, Tom Denize, Laura Duffy, Turumeke Harrington, Willa Cameron, Kat Lang, Ys Blue, Qianye + Qianhe Lin, Noa Noa Von Bassewitz, Millie Dunstall, Tobias Allen, Cushla Donaldson, susu, Max Fleury, Elvis Booth-Claveria, Jillian Allen, Alexandra McFarlane, Fu-On Chung, Hera Wing, George Turner, Sophia Smolenski, James Oram, Anto Yeldezian, Isla Cameron, Ducklingmonster, Kris Girven, Phoebe Laird, Deborah Rundle, Ella Sutherland, Emily Brown, Daniella Bay, p.Walters, Nadia, Aroha Matchitt-Millar, Emily Lyall, Sena Park, Zina Swanson, Fetishini, Ziggy Lever, Lucy Meyle, Chloe Jaques, Russell Kleyn, Tehani Buchanan-Whaipooti, Renati Waaka, Christopher Ulutupu, Mariadelle Gamit, Juniper May, Ngahuia Harrison, Piupiu Maya Turei, Te Ara Minhinnick, Fionn Walker, Carlos Knight, Matthew Whiteman, Rosie McBride, Jieying Cai, Cerys Wiles, Quentin Lind, Thorfina, Robbie Fraser, Meighan Ellis, Bronte Perry, Luke Shaw, Ben Lysaght, Antje Barke, Lucy Reid, Manon, Lucía Mañetto-Munro, Hana Pera Aoake, Keelin Bell, Aliyah Winter, Carmel Rowden, Oscar Bannan, Georgette Brown, val smith, Ted Whitaker, Ritual Heaps, Madison Kelly, Taarn Scott, Ed Ritchie, Lucas Reuben, Frances Libeau, Hamish Garry, Matt Tini, Jack Hadley, Heidi Brickell, Lily McElhone, Dayle Palfreyman, Benjamin James Nicol, Hannah Rose Arnold, Elijah Wolt, Bonni Tamati, Will Bennett, Sasha Francis, Natasha Matila-Smith, Lance Strickland, Julia Palm, Nikolai Sim, Emily Berryman, Taylor Wagstaff, Lani Kalapu, and more, COMMODE
2025
NO FUTURE, Fiona Clark, Elvis Booth-Claveria, Hamish Garry, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
The Other Half (for Annie Victoria Ribe), Fiona Clark, COMMODE
Boudinet’s Curtain, Mayank Agarwal, COMMODE
I’m Feeling Twitchy, Jack Ellery, COMMODE
Beverley and Vicki, Paul Johns, COMMODE in collaboration with MESH
An Ethics of Witnessing [ROT], Fetishini, Ys Blue, Chloe Jaques, Kat Lang, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
An Ethics of Witnessing, Fetishini, Aroha and Frankie Matchitt-Millar, p Walters, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Chapter Break: Enjoy Studio Programme, Fetishini, Aroha and Frankie Matchitt-Millar, p Walters, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Karamu Meets Coffee, Keelin Bell, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space (in collaboration with Mother of Coffee)
The Harvest, Elvis Booth-Claveria, Jack Ellery, Kat Lang, Aroha Matchitt-Millar, COMMODE at Aotearoa Art Fair
The Shamash stays the same but the Atua is different, Mariam Tawfik, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Where Is My Childhood?, Ali Asfour, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Iterations/Alterations, Catherine Griffiths, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Low Tide, Manu Vaea, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Rutu, Rongo and Rita, Maungarongo Te Kawa, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Cruise, Telly Tuita, DJCS
2024
Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them, Paul Johns, Wellington City Gallery with The Dowse Art Museum
Extraordinary Contact, Alexandra McFarlane, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Funny How I’m Always On the End of a Longing Arrow, Henrietta Fisher, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Stitching Solidarity: Artists for Palestine, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space (co-curated with Elle Loui August, Zoe Black, Abby Cunnane, Simon Gennard, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Milly Mitchell-Anyon, Israel Randell, Matariki Williams)
Māori for a Free Palestine, Ngāpuhi Aunties, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
iMpOrTanT iNfOrMaTiOn, 5ever Books, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Karrabing Film Collective, Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Metabolism, Eugenia Lim, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
A Koru is a Trajectory, Heidi Brickell, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Gaza: the Soul of Souls, Justice for Palestine, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
God the Mechanical Mother, Kat Lang, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Proposal for a Body, Jo Bragg and Georgina Brett, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Whītiki, Mātike, Whakatika! Te Waka Hourua, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
2023
All This Work Is Necessary, Ashleigh Taupaki, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
A Map So Big It Blocks the Sun, Quentin Lind, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
CAN, Grant Priest, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Ngā Hau o Tāwhirimātea, Hana Pera Aoake, Riki Gooch, Taarn Scott, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
2022
Finding pathways to Temahahoi, Anchi Lin, Artspace Aotearoa
The Tableau of Two Throats, Tobias Allen, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
ILYSM, The Killing, Artspace Aotearoa
Neighbourhood of Truth, Cushla Donaldson, Artspace Aotearoa
te tamaiti, te ao, Artspace Aotearoa
Prairie's Drama Club, Artspace Aotearoa
Nina’s Dance, Alexandra McFarlane, Artspace Aotearoa
IM/PERFECT: Tipping Point, Alexandra McFarlane, Artspace Aotearoa
IM/PERFECT: K'Road Expression, Marika Venczellak, Artspace Aotearoa
IM/PERFECT: I Wouldn't Pick A Fight With A Swan, Personally, Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith, Artspace Aotearoa
2021
Guilty Pleasures, Bronte Perry, Artspace Aotearoa
Cruel Optimism, Artspace Aotearoa (co-curated with Tyson Campbell)
On My Volcano Grows the Grass by Deborah Rundle, Parasite
Maybe someone is starting to bloom by Laura Duffy, Parasite
New World Daughter; a sterile sermon on the vile waha of a fuckin' leitī by p.Walters, Parasite
Splitting Lips, Limbs and Eyes by Obadiah Russon, Parasite
Command & Conquer: The Covert Sculpture by Xun Cao, Parasite
Salon De La Mort, Owen Connors, Nayan Patel, Aliyah Winter, Auckland Art Fair
2020
For Future Breeders by Owen Connors, Parasite
Still Life by Nayan Patel, Parasite
Daddy by Samuel Te Kani, Parasite
Hypno.Matrix by Aliyah Winter, Parasite
As Above So Below by Ali Senescall, Parasite
On Rat Bones, May Fair Art Fair
Grind House by Tash Keddy, Parasite
2018
Under Your Skin You Look Divine, val smith, Jordana Bragg, Tash Keddy, Lila Bullen-Smith, Owen Connors, Aliyah Winter, Abbey Gamit, Richard Orjis, Juliet Carpenter with George Banach-Salas, Ary Jansen, Samuel Te Kani, Jessica Morgan, Alice Senescall, Jaimee Stockman-Young, Magdalena Hoult, Natasha Matila-Smith, Hera Wing & DJCS, Basement Specialist Adult Store and Cruise Club
Duplicate, Shi Xu, RM Gallery and Projectspace
2017
The Windows Are Alive, Abby Gamit, Allyson Hambert, Tommo Jiang, Samuel te Kani, Bronte Perry, Pati Solomona Tyrell, Jaimee Stockman Young, Auckland Pride Festival
2016
NSFW, Hana Pera Aoake, Cristine Brache, Clara Chon, Owen Connors, Max Trevor Thomas Edmond, Orion Facey, Zara McGunnigle, Penny Goring with Aurelia Guo, Jack Hadley, George Watson, New Zealand Fashion Week
dorf, Lila Bullen-Smith, Ashleigh Fanauga Tofa, Hipera Kelly, Jessica Robins, Nadine Paredes, Tommo Jiang, Quishile Charan, Talei Yates, Uma Tuffnell, White Night, Auckland Central Library
Bus of Tales, Ashley Fanuga Tofa, Bridget Rigger, Brittany French, Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua, Dan Nash, Emilie Raakete, Faith Wilson, Hana Pera Aoake, Haley Jean, Jennifer Katherine Shields, Jennifer Seddon, Jess Francis, Lana Lopesi, Lila Bullen-Smith, Mya Middleton, Piu Piu Maya Turei, Quishile Charan, Robin Murphy, Ruby Papaali’i-Curtin, Sacha Donnell, Samuel Te Kani, Theo Macdonald, Tash Keddy, Dreary Modern Life, Hapori, Hashtag500words, Parahistory, Yoursdankley:Horsestance, White Night, Auckland Central Library
He aha e tangi te kainga rite? / What sounds like home?, Uniform, RM Gallery and Projectspace
2015
Mobile Library, White Night, Auckland Central Library
Professional contributions
Visiting Curator. Visiting Curators Programme, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 2026.
Mentorship and professional development support for artists and emerging arts practitioners.
Facilitated acquisitions of artists’ work into private and public collections including Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Adam Art Gallery and The Dowse Art Museum.
Grants and awards
Creative New Zealand Creative Impact Fund, 2025
Creative New Zealand Arts Grant, 2021
Creative New Zealand Arts Continuity Fund, 2020
Earlier experience (2012-2018) includes curatorial, gallery, technical and operational roles across Auckland and New Plymouth, including positions at Auckland Art Gallery, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, George Fraser Gallery & Projectspace, Trish Clark Gallery and Lesley Kreisler Gallery, and Creative Director (Pride) for the Karangahape Road Business Association.