Mestiza/Mestizo is an exhibition that acknowledges, interrogates, and celebrates the multifaceted nature of identity. Drawing from key components of Kleine’s practice, the exhibition speaks to their lived experience as a ‘mestizo’ (i.e. a person of ‘mixed’ Filipino descent). This is expressed through photographic and digital narratives that depict Kleine performing in a variety of guises. 

Kleine’s life as someone labelled a ‘mestizo’ drives their interest in identities considered fluid, non-binary, and ‘in-between’. Each project in the exhibition tells a story about an identity in flux. Photography is engaged to depict representations of people in ways that question our static perceptions of them. Video performances manipulate the dialogue of real people to express the multifaceted relationships we have with ourselves and others. These efforts demonstrate the capacity for identity to evolve and break away from limiting frameworks. This appreciates the importance of diverse and evolving perspectives about people in Australia's multicultural community.