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Welcome to the website of Shigeyuki Kihara, a leading Samoan-born interdisciplinary artist currently based between Apia, Samoa; Auckland, New Zealand; and Sydney, Australia.

 

Upcoming Lecture

‘Culture for Sale: A Post-Colonial Völkerschau’ is the title of Shigeyuki Kihara’s presentation on Sunday 19 February, 2012 – to be held at Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures in Porirua.

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In August 2011 performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara travelled to Germany with the support of the Visitor’s program from the Goethe-Institut to investigate museum archives held across Germany to research materials related to the German administration of Samoa from 1900 till 1914…. read full article here

Culture for Sale: a Post-Colonial Völkerschau

‘Culture for Sale: a Post-Colonial Völkerschau’

A lecture by artist Shigeyuki Kihara

Held at Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Porirua, New Zealand

Sunday 19 February, 2012 – at 2pm

Duration: 45 minute talk and 15 minute Q&A

FREE ENTRY

Taualuga: The Last Dance

Video still of 'Taualuga: The Last Dance' performance

‘Taualuga: The Last Dance’

A one-off performance by artist Shigeyuki Kihara

Held at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

Thursday 23 February, 2012 – starts 4pm

FREE ENTRY

Read the full media release here…

Shigeyuki Kihara embarks on German Samoa relations

Apia and Auckland-based international artist and independent curator Shigeyuki Kihara will commence her research into the shared history between Germany and Samoa courtesy of the Visitor Program funded by the Goethe-Institute New Zealand. She will be Artist-In-Residence at MATCHPOINT, an initiative of the Theater Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany from August to October 2011. Read more…

 

Click here to view the programme for Leaving the Comfort Zone (8 – 12 September 2011) (pdf).

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit / Shigeyuki Kihara from Shigeyuki Kihara on Vimeo.

Edge of Elsewhere 2011

Festive greetings for the New Year

Talofa lava and festive greetings,

2010 has been a very busy year for me especially with international travels for projects including residencies, exhibitions, commissions, public performances and a rewarding acquisition to top it all off!

My special thanks for 2010 go out to the warm-hearted grassroots communities who participated in the Talanoa: Walk the Talk performance series staged in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne.

Follow this link to the TV news article about ‘Talanoa: Walk the Talk VII’ performance project (in collaboration with Dumbai Dancing Group of Sudan and Te Roro n Rikirake Kiribati Youth Group, commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria Melbourne for Emerge Festival 2010) produced by the Pacific Pulse program on Australia Network TV.

Soon I’ll be back in Sydney to start the pre-production for my upcoming interdisciplinary project entitled BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit.

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit is part of a major 3 year project entitled Edge of Elsewhere commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art for Sydney Festival 2010, 2011 and 2012. Edge of Elsewhere, curated by Lisa Havilah (Campbelltown Arts Centre), Aaron Seeto (4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) and Dr Thomas Berghuis (University of Sydney), invites international artists to create work in collaboration with Sydney communities. More information is listed here.

Highlights of projects for 2010

Here is the list of highlights of my projects I participated in this year:

Selected Group Exhibitions:
Last ride in a hot air balloon, 4th Auckland Triennial, curator Natasha Conland, Artspace,New Zealand
Edge of Elsewhere, curators Lisa Havilah, Aaron Seeto and Dr Thomas Berghuis, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
Samoan Art: Urban, curator Giles Peterson, The de Young Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
UNNERVED; the New Zealand project, curator Maud Page, Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane touring to National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, Australia
The Gaze, curator Mark Hutchins, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Niu Pasifik: Urban Art from the Pacific Rim, curator Giles Peterson, C.N Gorman Museum, California, USA
Voiceless, curator Dr Gene Sherman, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia
Tiaho (To Shine) – Contemporary Photography From Oceania, curator Giles Peterson touring Palacio Municipal de Ciudad, Instituto Latino de Mexico preparatoria and National Autonomous University of Mexico City, Mexico

Selected Performances/Theatre:
The Last Dance, dance theatre showing supported by Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand and Auckland Festival, TAPAC, Auckland, New Zealand
Talanoa; Walk the Talk VI, Commissioned by 4th Auckland Triennial and ARTSPACE, New Zealand for Last Ride On A Hot Air Balloon 4th Auckland Triennial
Talanoa; Walk the Talk V, Commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art for Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
Talanoa; Walk the Talk VII, Commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria for Emerge Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Culture Court, Supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria and National Gallery of Victoria International, held at National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, Australia

Selected Public Speaking Engagements:
‘Pacific Thought Symposium’, MAU Dance Company and Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
‘Edge of Elsewhere’ Artist panel, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
‘Physical Freedoms; Explorations of the Body’, panel discussions, 4th Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand
‘In Conversation’, ARTSPACE, 4th Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand
‘Artist talk’, National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, Australia
‘Artist talk’, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
‘Talanoa Forum’, part of Talanoa; Walk the Talk VII commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
‘Industry panel’, Manukau School of Visual Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
‘Artist talk’, Whitecliff College of Art and Design, Auckland, New Zealand
‘Industry presentation’, New Zealand Festival of the Arts and Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand, New Zealand

Artist in Residence:
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Grants:
Creative New Zealand Arts Council travel grant to participate in ConversAsians Symposium held as part of the Singapore International Arts Festival, Singapore
Creative New Zealand Arts Council grant to stage the dance production of The Last Dance supported by Auckland Arts Festival

Acquisition:
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand

Selected bibliography:
Susan Bright, ‘AutoFocus; Self Portraiture in Contemporary Photography’, Thames & Hudson, UK
Tessa Laird, ‘4th Auckland Triennial Review’, Art & Australia
Christopher Allen, ‘Cheap Trick’, Weekend Australian Review, 22-23 May 2010
Maud Page, ‘Unnerved; New Zealand Project’ catalogue, Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
Allan Smith, ‘Last ride on a hot air balloon’ review, Art New Zealand / Number 134 / Winter 2010
Rebecca Rice, ‘Capturing the Gaze’ review, Art New Zealand / Number 134 / Winter 2010
Nicola Harvey, ‘Art World’, MindFood magazine, New Zealand
‘Talanoa; Walk the Talk VI’, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne

Bring Your Game

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit curated by artist Shigeyuki Kihara featuring international hip hop artists King Kapisi and Teremoana Rapley at Campbelltown Arts Centre, 13 January 2011.

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit is an interdisciplinary project conceived and curated by artist and independent curator Shigeyuki Kihara which explores audience participation through public discussions, live music performance, mentoring and workshops and video documentation.

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit also includes workshops personally led by international hip hop artist King Kapisi and Teremoana Rapley to eventuate into a live ‘n’ direct concert to officially launch the Edge of Elsewhere exhibition held at Campbelltown Arts Centre on 14 January 2011 as part of Sydney Festival.

The documentation of BRING YOUR GAME through video installations will be presented as part of the Edge of Elsewhere exhibition. The documentation will focus on the highlights of the workshops and live ‘n’ direct performance together with interviews from the participants.

BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit is part of a major 3 year project entitled Edge of Elsewhere commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art for Sydney Festival 2010, 2011 and 2012. BRING YOUR GAME Hip Hop Summit is my second project (third and final project in 2012) for Edge of Elsewhere.

Participating artists in Edge of Elsewhere include:
Kimsooja (Korea)
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (Korea)
Brook Andrew (Australia)
Richard Bell (Australia)
Dacchi Dang (Australia)
Newell Harry (Australia)
Khaled Sabsabi (Australia)
Wang Jianwei (China)
Arahmaiani (Indonesia)
Michael Tuffery, (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Lisa Reihana (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Shigeyuki Kihara (Samoa/Aotearoa New Zealand)

For more information please visit:
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2011/Visual-Arts/Edge-of-Elsewhere-Campbelltown/

Or keep updated with the progress by visiting:
http://www.facebook.com/BringYourGameHipHopSummit

See the flyer below for more information!

Edge of Elsewhere at Sydney Festival January 2011

‘Edge of Elsewhere’ at Sydney Festival January 2011

Presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and Sydney Festival held between 15 January to 15 March 2011.

Now in its second year, Edge of Elsewhere continues to showcase contemporary artists from across the Asia-Pacific with works commissioned through ongoing community engagement. With a bold commitment to artistic collaboration, Edge of Elsewhere engages Sydney’s diverse communities to tell suburban stories and examine contemporary ideas.

Artists include:
Brook Andrew (Australia)
Arahmaiani (Indonesia)
Richard Bell (Australia)
Michael Tuffery (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Dacchi Dang (Australia)
Newell Harry (Australia)
Shigeyuki Kihara (Samoa/Aotearoa New Zealand)
Kimsooja (Korea)
Lisa Reihana (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Khaled Sabsabi (Australia)
Wang Jianwei (China)
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (Korea)

For more information please visit the Sydney Festival website.

Samoan Art: Urban

‘Samoan Art: Urban’ group exhibition at the de Young Fine Art Museum of San Francisco

Dates: 6 – 31 October 2010

The Samoan Art: Urban group exhibition curated by New Zealand-based, independent curator Giles Peterson features works by Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Marlaina Key, Siliga David Setoga, Greg Semu, Niki Hastings-McFall, Shigeyuki Kihara, Taniela Taniela, Lonnie Hutchinson and Rosanna Raymond. Moving image by  Angela Tiatia, Janet Lilo, Marlon Rivers, Michel Tuffery and Lisa Taouma.

Samoan Art: Urban is the first group exhibition of work by contemporary Samoan artists in the United States. Samoan Art: Urban features multimedia work including graffiti art, animation, digital and analogue photography, self-portraiture, hip hop music video, documentary film and performance. The artists in Samoan Art: Urban navigate a range of issues and concerns such as identity and identification, spirituality, the environment, colonisation, youth and street culture, survival and what it is to speak from the position of different cultures. Samoan Art: Urban is a snapshot of the exciting contemporary art being produced by Niu Urban Pasifik artists working in the diaspora today.

For more information please visit:

http://deyoung.famsf.org/