Kiona H Niehaus

The word 'power' repeated over and over down the middle of the image, in red and in gold glitter layered on top of each other on a dark yellow background. One 'power' in the middle of the screen is brighter red.

A Power Note

I want to talk about power, the great enabler of so much negative so-called ‘asshole’ behavior. We are more aware than ever that power by domination through degradation is…

A pen and pastel drawing on white paper of caricatured and loosely drawn faces. The faces are defined in black pen, while blue, orange, pink, red, yellow and green pastel is smeared between and around the outlines. The texture of the paper is visible.

BITTER VICTORIES

The second time I went out socially after moving to London, a stranger forced me under pressure to out myself to the group we were sitting with, while discussing how…

A black and white image of a rumpled bed with white sheets and a floral duvet thrown to the side. The white pillow has another darker pillow peeking out from underneath, and a bright window is behind the bed. The wrinkle pattern in the fabric is most heavily emphasized. A paper with text printed on it is on the far corner of the bed.

RELEARNING LOVE

During Coven’s Feminist Conqueerors exhibition, I co-hosted a discussion about queer femme experiences, and I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that it changed my life. This has…

BECOMING OUR QUEENS

I chose to photograph my co-conspirators and fellow witches as their favorite ‘queens’ because I was interested in what that phrase meant to each of them. My own work focuses…

GERMIONE, OR HOW FAN FICTION SAVED MY QUEER LIFE

The fact that I realized I was queer at the tender age of twelve while reading Lord of the Rings FanFiction has become a running joke among my queer friends….

I experienced/participated in Louise Trueheart’s LOVEWELL during COVEN’s Feminist Conqueerors exhibition, and was deeply moved. The piece, performed one night only by Louise, Alicia, and Oliver, is a one on…

A close up low-lit image of a person taken from below. The lighting highlights their chin, lips, and nose, and their arms and long armpit hair. Their arms are raised over their head, with one arm holding the other. Their eyes are closed and their eyes are in shadow. They are wearing bright red lipstick, and they have light skin and short brown hair.

SAFE SPACES FOR QUEER FEMME PHOTOGRAPHERS

Photography has often been said to carry with it a unique sense of democracy as an artistic medium, giving access to expression based on basic visual ability and tools rather…