Internationally renowned artist Yuki Kihara - the first Fa'afafine and Pacific artist to
represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the Venice Biennale - reframes history through a contemporary
queer Indigenous lens. Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first
Fa'afafine artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International Art
Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia with a ground-breaking exhibition of new work that
addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time. Kihara's work interrogates and
dismantles gender roles consumerism (mis)representation and colonial legacies in the
Pacific. Edited by Natalie King who has commissioned provocative essays from contributors from
around the world this publication contextualises Kihara's lifetime of works which puncture
and expose queer and question dominant narratives turning so-called history on its head.
