Yuki Kihara

Yuki Kihara is an interdisciplinary artist whose work seeks to challenge dominant and singular historical narratives through art, dance, and curatorial practice. Kihara lives and works in Sāmoa, where she has been based over the past 11 years. Kihara is a research fellow at the National Museum of World Cultures in The Netherlands.

A publication entitled ‘Samoan Queer Lives’ featuring 14 autobiographical chapters from Sāmoan Fa’afafine (third gender) & LGBTIQ+ based in Sāmoa, American Sāmoa, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawai’i & Turtle Island the United States of America co-edited by Kihara and Dan Taulapapa McMullin published by Little Island Press was launched in October 2018 in Sāmoa. As a writer, Kihara’s essays have been published in Prestel, Cambridge Scholars Publishing and University of Hawaii Press.

Yuki Kihara represents Aotearoa New Zealand at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022.