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  • YUKI KIHARA

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      Yuki Kihara is one of New Zealand’s leading interdisciplinary artists whose work engages in a variety of social, political and cultural issues.

      Often referencing Pacific history, her work explores the varying relationships between gender, race, culture and politics. Of Samoan and Japanese heritage, Kihara immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand from Samoa at the age of sixteen. She trained in Fashion Design and Technology at Wellington Polytechnic (now Massey University) and found early success in her second year of study when Graffiti Dress, 1995 was purchased by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.  Since then, Kihara has worked across a wide range

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