“The meaning of my Japanese name is ‘naked autumn trees clothed by the falls of gentle snowflakes’,” says Samoan artist, Yuki Kihara.
“It [speaks of] seasonal changes between autumn and winter, and I kind of feel my name epitomises the way I approach my art practice, which is that I always want to be somewhere in the middle, as a mediator of various forces and ideas.”
Indeed, Kihara’s work reflects the essence of her name.
An interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Samoan descent working and living in Samoa over the past 12 . . .