About the Artist

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. She is one of Southeast Asia’s leading figures in the visual arts, participating in major international exhibitions since the 1990s.

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 recent selected group exhibitions are: Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan (2019); Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2021); Art Histories of a Forever War (Taipei Fine Arts Museum), the inaugural Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, Perth (2021), STILL ALIVE: Aichi Triennale (2022), the 17th Istanbul Biennial (2022), and Bangkok Art Biennale (2022).

Artist

Yee I-Lann

Curator

Denise Lai

Graphic Design

Kenta.Works

Photography

Alvin Lau

Published in conjunction with Allom! Amatai! Allom!

Photomedia Essays by Yee I-Lann, curated by Denise Lai. Held at A+ WORKS of ART, Kuala Lumpur, from 3rd March — 1st April 2023.

Part of Yee I-Lann & Collaborators – Borneo Heart in Kuala Lumpur 2023, co-produced by RogueArt, and supported by Silverlens.

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A+ WORKS of ART is a contemporary art gallery based in Kuala Lumpur, with a geographic focus on Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2017 by Joshua Lim, the gallery presents a wide range of contemporary practices, from painting to performance, drawing, sculpture, new media art, photography, video and installation. Its exhibitions have showcased diverse themes and approaches, including material experimentation and global conversations on social issues. Collaboration is key to the ethos of A+ WORKS of ART. Since its opening, the gallery has worked with artists, curators, writers, collectors, galleries and partners from within the region and beyond, and continues to look out for new collaborations. The gallery name is a play on striving for distinction but also on the idea that art is never without context and is always reaching to connect — it is always “plus” something else.