Chong Yi Lin received her Diploma in Fine Arts from the Dasein Academy of Arts in 2013, before receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan, in 2019.

Her works explore the politics of sentiment through a fusion of nostalgia, symbolism, and daily personal rituals in an attempt to capture the complexities of life, love, and loss. She approaches sentiment through a kind of reconciliation via objects; for her, objects have a certain permanence and stability that she finds comforting. Her works tend to feature drawing and textiles, in particular embroidery with thread, which she favours for its malleability and softness. Through the back and forth of her needlework, she embeds her emotions into her objects.

In 2015, she had her first solo exhibition, titled Ashes of Time, at Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space in Kuala Lumpur. Since then, she has exhibited in various art spaces across Kuala Lumpur and Taipei. In 2021, she was selected to undertake a three-month residency at Rimbun Dahan. Garden of the Mind presents a selection of works made during her time at Rimbun Dahan, and is her second solo exhibition.