 Kijima graduated with a BFA degree in 2002, and later earned her MFA in Fiber and Material Studies in 2005.Kijima's artwork is notable for her use of appropriation and traditional quilting techniques to create colorful, chaotic fabric collages from found materials, including bed sheets, vintage kimonos, t-shirts, picnic blankets, curtains, pillowcases, and dishtowels.Many of Kijima's works incorporate familiar pop culture iconography in ambiguous, often poetic, ways.