Parasite
448 Karangahape Road
2020–2022


Parasite was a gallery founded and directed by DJCS from 2020 to 2022, operating from the staircase of his home at 448 Karangahape Road, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Parasite was the first explicitly queer focused contemporary art gallery in Aotearoa New Zealand, presenting emerging and established artists. Artists presented by Parasite subsequently received significant institutional recognition, including major exhibitions, acquisitions, international residencies and selection for the Walters Prize. Parasite was supported by Creative New Zealand.


Grindhouse–Tash Keddy
Steel Ribs–Lila Bullen-Smith
As Above So Below–Ali Senescall
Still Life–Nayan Patel
Daddy–Samuel Te Kani
For Future Breeders–Owen Connors
Salon de la Mort–Owen Connors, Nayan Patel, Aliyah Winter
Command & Conquer: The Covert Sculpture–Cao Xun
Splitting Lips, Limbs & Eyes–Obadiah Russon
New World Daughter: a sterile sermon on the vile waha of a fuckin’ leitī–p Walters
Maybe someone is starting to bloom–Laura Duffy
On My Volcano Grows the Grass–Deborah Rundle
The last opening


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