Parnell Project Space is an exhibition, performance and event space located on the platform at Parnell Station, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
It hosts Te Tuhi’s Curatorial Internship programme , which offers an individual the opportunity to curate a programme of exhibitions and events across a fixed period. It is a paid training position for an emerging art curator in Aotearoa New Zealand to develop their practice through experimentation, hands-on practice and mentorship.
Parnell Project Space engages with contemporary curators and artists who have an interest in experimental and social practices, providing an environment in which they can develop their practices and expand their networks.
Location
Parnell Station
25 Cheshire Street
Parnell 1052
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Te Tuhi at Parnell Station incorporates the Te Tuhi Studios and Parnell Project Space. Find out more about Te Tuhi at Parnell Station here.
Liam Jacobson has been appointed as the new Curatorial Intern.
Beginning in July 2025 and for the following 18 months, Liam Jacobson will be the fifth early-career curator to develop their own project at Te Tuhi’s Parnell Project Space.
Liam Jacobson (Kāi Tahu) is an artist and writer, raised in South Auckland. Jacobson has written alongside a range of artists, galleries and publications, and has toured poetry and theatre across the country and overseas. Jacobson is currently interested in work that is strange, honest and fun. He holds a BA in Sociology and Film. Jacobson's poetry collection was published by Dead Bird Books in 2023.
On being offered the 2025–2026 curatorial internship, Jacobson said: “I’m excited and pretty nervous for this role, but am keen to consider play, resistance and manaakitaka as core impulses of the gallery and project-space. I want to help facilitate a motley as programme, by bringing artists together across a range of disciplines.”
→ Find out more about the curatorial internship here.
→ Read more about previous internships here.
2024 – 2025 Jordan Davey-Emms: soft shell
2022 – 2023 Felixe Laing: Chez Derriere
2021 Jasmine Tuiā
2020 – 2021 James Tapsell-Kururangi: Papatūnga