Shigeyuki Kihara

Contemporary artist, Person or entity appearing in film

1975 –

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Who is Shigeyuki Kihara?

Shigeyuki Kihara is a contemporary artist and the first New Zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Titled Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs, the exhibition opened from 7 October 2008 to 1 February 2009. Kihara's self-portrait photographs in the exhibitions included nudes in provocative poses that portrayed colonial images of Polynesian women as sexual objects. Kihara is also a fa'afafine, the 3rd gender of Samoa. Born in Samoa, Kihara's mother is Samoan and her father Japanese. Kihara immigrated to New Zealand at the age of sixteen to further her studies. She trained in fashion design at Wellington Polytech. In 1995, while still a student, Kihara's Graffiti Dress - Bombacific was purchased by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

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Born
1975
Samoa
Nationality
  • New Zealand
Profession
Education
  • Massey University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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