BIOGRAPHY

Yee I-Lann (b. 1971, Kota Kinabalu) lives and works in Kota Kinabalu. Her primarily photomediabased art practice speculates on issues of culture, power and the role of historical memory in our social experience. Such layers necessitate an extensive and multi-layered visual vocabulary drawn from research, historical references, popular culture, archives and everyday objects.

Yee graduated from the University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) in 1993 with a major in Photography and a minor in Cinematography. She has in recent years incorporated indigenous mediums such as batik as well as bamboo, mengkuang and pandanus weaving in her artwork.

I-Lann has exhibited extensively worldwide and her artworks are in major public, corporate and private collections.