About the Artist

Yee I-Lann (b. 1971) lives and works in her hometown Kota Kinabalu. I-Lann has also worked in art department and as a production designer in the Malaysian film industry. With rock ‘n roll subculture archivist, musician and designer Joe Kidd, she shares KerbauWorks, a cross-discipline label and space. She is currently a Board member of Forever Sabah and co-founder of KOTA-K Studio.

She has held solo exhibitions in Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Adelaide, New York and Dallas, including a major presentation at Ayala Museum, Manila in 2016 and at CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong in 2021. She has participated in international exhibitions since the 1990s, most recently Istanbul Biennial, Aichi Triennale and Bangkok Art Biennale (all 2022), Indian Ocean Craft Triennale (2021), In Our Best Interests: Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities during a Cold War (NTU ADM Gallery Singapore, 2021 and further iterations in Manila & Busan), Looking for Another Family: 2020 Asia Project (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea); Asian Art Biennial: The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea (2019), Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980 to Now (2017-2020) and BODY/PLAY/ POLITICS (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2016).

For Yee I-Lann's full biography, visit Silverlens.

Instagram: @yeeilann