aboutdjcs

[aboutdjcs]

djcs.free [at] gmail.com CV b. 1994 in New Plymouth, New Zealand.  DJCS is an artist and curator from Ngāmotu. They are interested in the production of political subjectivities, dreams, and violence in postcolonial world(s), and make use of art to redistribute care, belonging and value. DJCS is the director of Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Previously they were an assistant curator at Artspace Aotearoa, and were the founder of artist-run gallery Parasite, Tāmaki Makaurau. DJCS has worked in public, private and artist-run galleries since 2012, and curated independent exhibitions and events across Aotearoa. Education: BFA, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ Solo & Duo Exhibitions: 2023       Backdirt (w Priscilla Rose Howe), The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ 2022     Broken Sovereignty, Lightship, Auckland, NZ   Becoming Animals, Play_Station, Wellington, NZ 2021       Urban Nothing, RM Gallery and Project Space, Auckland, NZ 2019       Intimate Atmospheres, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ 2018       After Jack, Window, Auckland, NZ After Carmen, Meanwhile, Auckland, NZ Group Exhibitions: 2022       Twisting, turning, winding, Objectspace, Auckland, NZ Wild Once More, Te Tuhi, Auckland, NZ 2020      Social Practice, Auckland, NZ Queer Pavilion, Auckland, NZ 2018       Under Your Skin You Look Divine, Basement Specialist Adult Store and Cruise Club, Auckland, NZ 2017       I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, because I don't hate you; I love you (curated by Misal Adnan Yildiz),  Artspace Aotearoa with Michael Lett, Auckland, NZ Curatorial: 2024 Paul Johns: Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them, The Dowse (via City Gallery Wellington), Wellington, NZ Alexandra McFarlane: Extraordinary Contact, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, NZ Justice for Palestine: Gaza: the Soul of Souls,  Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, NZ Te Waka Hourua: Whītiki, Mātike, Whakatika, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, NZ 2022 Ciwas Tahos (Anchi Lin): mgluw tuqiy na Temahahoi/malahang cu awusa Temahahoi na tu’uy/Finding pathways to Temahahoi, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland; The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ Cushla Donaldson with Quentin Lind: Neighbourhood of Truth, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland; City Gallery Wellington, Wellington; Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ Tobias Allen: The Tableau of Two Throats, S&M's Cocktail Lounge, Wellington, NZ Prairie's Drama Club, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ Alexandra McFarlane: Nina’s Dance, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ The Killing: ILYSM, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ Hana Pera Aoake: te tamaiti te ao, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ IM/PERFECT, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ Nayan Patel, Parasite, Auckland, NZ 2021 Bronte Perry: Guilty Pleasures, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ Apexalternativeconcubine, Angel Fitzgerald, Priscilla Rose Howe, Xi Li, Ming Ranginui, Obadiah Russon & Anto Yeldezian: Cruel Optimism, Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, NZ Deborah Rundle: On My Volcano Grows the Grass, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Laura Duffy: Maybe someone is starting to bloom, Parasite, Auckland, NZ p.Walters: New World Daughter; a sterile sermon on the vile waha of a fuckin' leitī, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Obadiah Russon: Splitting Lips, Limbs and Eyes, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Xun Cao: Command & Conquer: The Covert Sculpture, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Owen Connors, Nayan Patel & Aliyah Winter: Salon De La Mort, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, NZ 2020 Owen Connors: For Future Breeders, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Nayan Patel: Still Life, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Samuel Te Kani: Daddy, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Aliyah Winter: Hypno.Matrix, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Ali Senescall: As Above So Below, Parasite, Auckland, NZ Ali Senescall, Tash Keddy & Samuel Te Kani: On Rat Bones, May Fair Art Fair, Auckland, NZ Tash Keddy: Grind House, Parasite, Auckland, NZ 2018 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: Under Your Skin You Look Divine, Basement Specialist Adult Store and Cruise Club, Auckland, NZ 2017 Abby Gamit, Allyson Hambert, Tommo Jiang, Samuel Te Kani, Bronte Perry, Pati Solomona Tyrell, Jaimee Stockman Young: The Windows Are Alive, Auckland Pride Festival, Auckland, NZ 2016 Penny Goring, Aurelia Guo, Orion Facey, Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, George Watson, Jack Hadley, Cristine Brache, Clara Chon, Katherine Botton, Hana Pera Aoake, Owen Connors: NSFW, New Zealand Fashion Week, Auckland, NZ Lila Bullen-Smith, Ashleigh Fanauga Tofa, Hipera Kelly, Jessica Robins, Nadine Paredes, Tommo Jiang, Quishile Charan, Talei Yates, Uma Tuffnell: dorf, White Night, Auckland Central Library, Auckland, NZ Ashley Fanuga Tofa, Bridget Rigger, Brittany French, Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua, Dan Nash, Emilie Rākete, Faith Wilson, Hana Pera Aoake, Haley Jean, Jennifer Katherine Shields, Hera Wing, Jess Francis, Lana Lopesi, Lila Bullen-Smith, Mya Middleton, Piu Piu Maya Turei, Quishile Charan, Robin Murphy, Ruby Papāli’i-Curtin, Sacha Donnell, Samuel Te Kani, Theo Macdonald, Tash Keddy, Dreary Modern Life, Hapori, Hashtag500words, Parahistory, Yoursdankley: Bus of Tales, White Night, Auckland Central Library, Auckland, NZ 2015 Mobile Library, White Night, Auckland Central Library, Auckland, NZ Residencies & Grants: 2021 Creative New Zealand Arts Grant 2020 Creative New Zealand Arts Continuity Grant 2019 Artist-in-residence, RM Gallery, Auckland, NZ