Shigeyuki Kihara is a contemporary artist and the first ever New Zealand to hold and exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Kiharas self-portrait photographs in the exhibitions included nudes in provocative poses that portrayed colonial images of polynesian women as sexual objects. Kihara is known as a fa'afafine. Kihara was born in Samoa her 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 which is now known as Massey University.
I like the use of lighting Kihara has used in her work. So for my experiment I will play with lighting and shadow with my self portrait image. I also like the use of colour in this image.
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