Yee I-Lann

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Bio

Yee I-Lann (b. 1971, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia) lives and works in Kota Kinabalu. Her primarily photomedia-based practice, often situated at the shifting nexus of power, colonialism, and neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, explores the impact of historic memory in social experience, often with a particular focus on counter-narrative ‘histories from below’. In recent years, she has started working collaboratively with sea-based and land-based communities and indigenous mediums in Sabah, Malaysia.

Selected recent solo exhibitions include Yee I-Lann: 2005-2016, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines (2016); ZIGAZIG ah!, Silverlens, Manila, Philippines (2019); Yee I-Lann & Collaborators: Borneo Heart, Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (2021) and Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again, CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile), Hong Kong (2021), and At the Roof of the Mouth, Silverlens New York (2022).

Among her selected group exhibitions are the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999, 2021); Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia (2015); Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China (2016); SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, The National Art Center and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2017); Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan (2019); STILL ALIVE: Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan (2022), and; the 17th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2022).

Yee I-Lann (b. 1971, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia) lives and works in Kota Kinabalu. Her primarily photomedia-based practice, often situated at the shifting nexus of power, colonialism, and neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, explores the impact of historic memory in social experience, often with a particular focus on counter-narrative ‘histories from below’. In recent years, she has started working collaboratively with sea-based and land-based communities and indigenous mediums in Sabah, Malaysia.

Selected recent solo exhibitions include Yee I-Lann: 2005-2016, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines (2016); ZIGAZIG ah!, Silverlens, Manila, Philippines (2019); Yee I-Lann & Collaborators: Borneo Heart, Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (2021) and Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again, CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile), Hong Kong (2021), and At the Roof of the Mouth, Silverlens New York (2022).

Among her selected group exhibitions are the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999, 2021); Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia (2015); Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China (2016); SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, The National Art Center and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2017); Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan (2019); STILL ALIVE: Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan (2022), and; the 17th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2022).

Selected Works

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Sulu Stories: The Ch'i-lin of Calauit
2005
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Kinabalu Series: Anak Negeri
2007
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41.73h x 80.71w • in 106h x 205w cm
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Kerbau
2007
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PVC billboard
108h x 384w in • 274.32h x 975.36w cm
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The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #3-5
2010
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Inkjet (giclée) Pigment Print on Premium Luster Photo paper, mounted on aluminium composite using pH-neutral pressure sensitive adhesive
13.78h x 10.24w • in 35h x 26w cm each
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The Orang Besar Series: Fluid World
2010
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direct digital mimaki inkjet print with acid dye, batik crackle Japanese Ai natural indigo dye on 100% silk twill
50.98h x 111.81w in • 129.50h x 284w cm
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Picturing Power: Wherein one cultivates cultural codes, the noble endeavours of mankind and thereby puts them in their place
2013
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Giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 70.87w in • 63h x 180w cm
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Tabled
2013
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Ceramic rimmed flat plates with digital decal prints and back-stamp
11 in diameter
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Nine-Dash Line
2017
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Inkjet pigment print on Hahnemuhle PhotoRag Pearl
86.36h x 287.02w cm • 34h x 113w in
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MEJA
2018
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Split bamboo pus weave, Kayu Tuber black natural dye, Clear PVC glue
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Tikar-A-Gagah
2019
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Pandanus weave and commercial chemical dye
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"whoa whoa yeah yeah"
2019
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Split bamboo pus weave, black natural dye and matt sealant
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TIKAR/MEJA with weaving by Kak Sanah, Kak Kinnohung, Kak Budi, Kak Kuoh, Kak Turuh, Makcik Lokkop, Abang Barahim, Abang Tularan, Adik Darwisa, Adik Alisya, Kak Daiyan, Adik Dayang, Adik Tasya, Adik Dela, Adik Enidah, Adik Norsaida, Makcik Bobog, Kak Rozia
2020
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Bajau Sama DiLaut Pandanus weave with commercial chemical dye
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A collection of 60 Bajau Sama DiLaut mats on which have been woven 60 tables. The table is a representation of administrative power and control – colonial, patriarchal, federal, state power. They are the opposite of the non-hierarchical, community-based, open platform of the tikar. Tikar/Meja forms a message from the people on the mat to the people at the table: The table can be rolled up, “eaten” by the mat. Like in a game of rock, paper, scissors.
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Selected Exhibitions

NEW YORK
08 September - 05 November 2022
At the Roof of the Mouth
Silverlens, New York
Many languages meet for presentation: the digital pixel and the tikar weave, traditional and contemporary motifs, popular song, bodily gesture and sound, photographic image, and script. These position art-making and aesthetics as a means of bridging and understanding diverse experiences and stories.
ISTANBUL
17 September - 20 November 2022
17th Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
The projects of this biennial, the correspondents of this newspaper, the guests at this get-together, will be individuals and groups making sense of our times – of this planetary dysfunction we created and must face together – learning and sharing very old and very new techniques, insights from near and far.
SEOUL
02 September - 05 September 2022
Frieze Seoul: The Sea and The Jungle
Booth A24, COEX, 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Silverlens is proud to present three important and deeply collected artists from Southeast Asia in the inaugural Frieze Seoul: Yee I-Lann (1971, Kota Kinabalu), Patricia Perez Eustaquio (1977, Cebu/Baguio), and Pow Martinez (1983, Manila). The Philippines and Borneo sit squarely between the jungle and the sea. The artists are presenting works that talk about this rich ecosystem of cultural pollination.
NAGOYA
30 July - 10 October 2022
Aichi Triennale: STILL ALIVE
Arimatsu, Nagoya City
Curated by Mami Kataoka This international art festival to be held in 2022 will offer a multi-dimensional interpretation of the words “STILL ALIVE,” revisiting the origins and sources of contemporary art while also focusing on the gaps between domains that have come to be classed according to fixed categories, all the while shuttling back and forth between the past, present, and future.
BASEL
13 June - 19 June 2022
Art Basel 2022: Feature and Unlimited
Feature Booth S4 and Unlimited Booth U24
, Messe 
Basel, Switzerland
In Art Basel 2022, Silverlens presents the work of Kota Kinabalu-born-and-based artist Yee I-Lann in the Feature and Unlimited sectors. I-Lann’s practice has consistently spoken to urgencies in the contemporary world, from the vantage point of where she is from, mining personal story, Southeast Asian cultures and histories, local knowledge, critical theory, and mass aesthetics and experience.
HONG KONG
24 May - 29 May 2022
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Silverlens presents Nicole Coson, Dina Gadia, Pow Martinez, and Yee I-Lann in a show of force of contemporary artists from the Asia Pacific. In southeast Asia, where all are from originally, artists often come together through informal networks, establishing communities and collectives that become long-term structures of artistic collaboration and exchange.
SINGAPORE
15 January - 23 January 2022
S.E.A. Focus: All States No State
Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore
Silverlens presents Dina Gadia, Yee I-Lann, Maria Taniguchi, and Mit Jai Inn in All States No State. In S.E.A., artists often come together through informal networks, establishing communities and collectives that become long-term structures of artistic collaboration and exchange. Such is the practice of all three artists. The title is taken from a series of flags of imagined countries made by Gadia.
HONG KONG
01 September - 07 November 2021
Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again
Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile, Hongkong
Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again is the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Yee I-Lann, an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist from Kota Kinabalu, the State of Sabah, Malaysia.
KOTA KINABALU
02 May - 30 May 2021
Borneo Heart
Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu
Borneo Heart presents the work of Kota Kinabalu-born and based artist Yee I-Lann, made in collaboration with weavers, filmmakers, dancers, other fellow creative producers and friends. It offers a shared platform and a site of exchange for the peoples of tanah (land) and air (water/sea), and for traditional and contemporary art practices. Borneo Heart celebrates the possibility of creating new spaces, aesthetic languages and shared ideas through conversation and collaboration.
16 June - 19 June 2021
Art Basel OVR: Portals
I-Lann Yee & Collaborators: Borneo Heart offers a shared platform and a site of exchange for the peoples of tanah (land) and air (water/sea), prompting us to reflect on home and distance, power and representation, love and community.
SINGAPORE
15 January - 19 January 2020
S.E.A. Focus
Gillman Barracks, Singapore
SILVERLENS is pleased to announce its participation in S.E.A. Focus 2020 (Booth A11) with a dual presentation of new works by Southeast Asian artists Mit Jai Inn and Yee I-Lann. This is the first time Silverlens will be participating in S.E.A. Focus.
MANILA
07 December 2019 - 11 January 2020
ZIGAZIG ah!
Silverlens, Manila
In 2018, Yee I-Lann started working with weavers from Keningau in the Borneo interior and Pulau Omadal, Semporna, in the Sulu Sea. ZIGAZIG ah! is her first solo exhibition of new works emerging from these collaborations across her homeland, or tanahair (literally “earth water”).
MANILA
30 August - 04 October 2016
YEE I-LANN: 2005 – 2016
Ayala Museum, Manila
Ayala Museum and Silverlens are pleased to present Yee I-Lann: 2005–2016. A landmark exhibit, this is the first solo show for a Malaysian contemporary artist in the Ayala Museum.
SINGAPORE
01 August - 07 September 2014
Tabled
Silverlens, Singapore
'Tabled' is Yee I-Lann's first exhibition at Silverlens. The exhibition features various work from Yee’s portfolio: Picturing Power (2013), Tabled (2013), YB Series (2010), Study of Lamprey’s Malaysian Male (2009), and Kerbau (2007).

Selected Press

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