Kihara is an artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent who is recognised for her interdisciplinary work – often using photography and textiles – that confronts the construction of historical “truths” in Western discourse and art. In 2022, Kihara was the first Pacific Islander and first fa‘afafine artist to represent the Aotearoa/New Zealand pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Her lush photography, unravels depictions of gender, culture and the Pacific and Indigenous peoples from her own perspective as a member of the fa‘afafine community, Sāmoan for “in the manner of a woman”, broadly understood as third-gender/non-binary/transgender. https://yukikihara.ws/about