Education
1992
BA, Visual Arts from the University of South Australia, Adelaide
1992-
Also a production designer for feature films, she straddles the South China Sea spending time between her hometown in Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2022
At the Roof of the Mouth, Silverlens, New York Art Basel, Silverlens, Basel, Switzerland
2021
Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again, MILL6CHAT, Hong Kong
Borneo Heart, Sabah International Convention Center, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2019
Through Rose-Coloured Glasses, NorthPark Center, Dallas, USA
2016
Yee I-Lann: 2005-2016, Curated by Isa Lorenzo, Ayala Museum, Manila
Like the Banana Tree at the Gate, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Like the Banana Tree at the Gate, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
Yee I-Lann: 2005-2016, Ayala Museum, Manila, the Philippines
2014
Tabled by YEE I-LANN,Silverlens, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Picturing Power, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, U.S.A
2011
Horizon: Photography of Yee I-Lann, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan
Yee I-Lann: Fluid World, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan
Yee I-Lann: Fluid World, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Australia
2010
Boogeyman, Black Box, MAP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008
Sulu Stories, Kathmandu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2007
Kinabalu, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2003
Horizon, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dual Exhibition
2002
Malaysiana: New Works by Yee I-Lann & Sidney Tan, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000
Goldfish & Football: Yee I-Lann & Yusof Majid, Valentine Willie Fine Art,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997
Con + Fuse: Yee I-Lann & Khamal Hamdan, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1992
Contemporary Photography: Yee I-Lann & Sally Foster, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Selected Group Exhibition
2023
World Classroom, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
14th Gwangju Biennale: Soft and weak like water, Gwangju, Korea
2022
Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
CHAOS : CALM, Bangkok Art Biennale 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
By a Thread, Apsara Studio, London, UK
17th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
STILL ALIVE: Aichi Triennale 2022, Aichi Arts Center, Japan
Shifting Orientations Manila - Cast but One Shadow: Afro
Southeast Asian Affinities, Vargas Museum, Quezon City, Philippines
Aqua Paradiso, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, Korea
Futures/Impossible Present, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A+ Preferred, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2021
10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10); QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia
Art and Environmental Struggle, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Art Histories of a Forever War: Modernism Between Space and Home, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
As We Were, Seed Art Space, Singapore
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
Tonight the Air is Warm, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
In Our Best Interests: Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities during a Cold War, ADM Gallery, Singapore
2020
Encounter, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju
The Consciousness Flows Within; Asia University Museum of Modern Art; Taichung City, Taiwan
2020 Asia Project – Looking for Another Family, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Love In The Time of Covid-19; GAG Projects, Greenaway Art Gallery; Adelaide, Australia
Art Basel Hong Kong; presented by Silverlens; Art Basel Online Galleries
KerbauWorks @ KeTAMU Tamu #002; Laman Seni; Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
2019
The Body Politic and the Body, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Shaping Geographies, Across Time and Space: Art, Woman, Southeast Asia, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Asian Art Biennial: The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan
Fracture/Fiction: Selections from the ILHAM Collection, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
An Opera For Animals, a travelling exhibition, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Para Site, Hong Kong
Rasa Sayang, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980 to Now, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Tikar Gergasi, Tun Sakaran Museum, Lepa Regatta, Sabah, Malaysia
Art Basel Hong Kong, Silverlens, Hong Kong
State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters, Asian Film Archive, Singapore
Taipei Dangdai Art & Ideas, presented by Silverlens, Taipei, Taiwan
Rethinking Editions, OUR Art Projects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018
Ozasia Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia
2017
Shared Coordinates 2018, The Arts House, Gallery 1, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore. Horizon is just an illusion: New thoughts on landscape, The Zhongshan Building, Kampung Attap, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Glorious: earthly pleasures and heavenly realms, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, The National Art Center and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Converging Voices: Gender and Identity, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY, USA
MAM Collection 004: Imagining the Unknown Stories, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, USA
2016
BODY/PLAY/POLITICS, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan.
Yinchuan Biennale, For an Image, Faster Than Light, Yinchuan, China.
Artist and Empire: (En)countering Colonial Legacies, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore.
Era Mahathir, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Love Me in My Batik, Ilham, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Road Not Taken Ch.2, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
Sous la lune / Beneath the moon, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore
Open Sea, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
On Sweat, Paper, and Porcelain, part of Moves & Countermoves, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States
Selected works on exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, United States
ReVision: MSAC 5th Anniversary Special Presentation, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
Away from the Long Night, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan
Afterimage: Contemporary Photography from Southeast Asia, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Daegu Photo Biennale 2014: Origins, Memories & Parodies, Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea
The Roving Eye: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, ARTER–space for art, Istanbul, Turkey
Pertumpuan: Senusa Sejiwa, Sarawak Art Museum, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
A Special Arrow Was Shot In The Neck, curated by Natasha Ginwala and Vivian Ziherl, David Roberts Art Foundation , London, UK
Art Basel Hong Kong, Silverlens Gallery, Hong Kong
Finding your place in the world: Asian photomedia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2013
Suspended Histories, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Helutrans Collectors Series : Southeast Asia/Contemporary, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore
A Benefit Auction for Para Site, Hong Kong
Paris Photo, Silverlens Galleries, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Artissima: International Fair of Contemporary Art Section: Present Future, Booth 16 Hosted by MAPKL Oval – Lingotto Fiere, Turin, Italy
Singapore Biennale 2013, Singapore Art Museum and other venues
The (Post) Colonial Photostudio, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, United Kingdom
You are the company in which you keep, Northern Gallery for ContemporaryArt, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Jalan Bangkung Malaysia Day Street Celebration, Jalan Bangkung, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Noorderlicht PhotoFestival 2013, Old Sugar Factory, Groningen, The Netherlands
M50: Hari Malaysia 50th Anniversary, MAP @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art of Memory: Contemporary Textile Expressions, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
CONVERGENCE:Allegories of the Malaysian Landscape, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Absurd(c)ity, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ArtJog13: Jogja Art Fair, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan (Traveling Exhibition)
Art For Grabs March 2013, Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Triennale: Barricade, MAPKL @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012
Kembara Jiwa – The Traveling Soul, Curated by Nur Hanim Khairuddin, Produced by Mohammad Nazli Abdul Aziz, Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Puah Chin Kok Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Marcel Duchamp in South-East Asia, Curated by Tony Godfrey, Equator Art Projects, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Encounter: The Royal Academy in Asia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Post-Colonial Photo Studio: An exhibition about photography and post-colonial legacy, Curated by Alexander Supartono Action Field Kodra 2012 Thessaloniki, Greece
Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, Fukuoka Asian art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Pameran Fotografi: Waktu Dan Ketika, Balai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wawasan 2020: The Malaysian Dream, Curated by Eva McGovern, VWFA Gallery, Singapore
The Collectors Show: Chimera: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2011
Meditation - 2011 Asia Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Inner Voices, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2009
RE_VIEW, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009 (FT4) Live and Let Live: Creators of Tomorrow, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Magnetic Power: ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Photography & Media Art Exhibition, Hanbyukwon Gallery, Seoul
A New Wave of Responsive Images, Contemporary Malaysian Photography: Tokyo Month of Photography, Nikon Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Paradise is Elsewhere, Ifa Gallery: Stuttgart & Berlin
CUT09: Figure (New Photography from Southeast Asia), a touring show to Valentine Willie Fine Art: Kuala Lumpur & Singapore
2007-08
The Independence Project, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur; Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Out of the Mould, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
New Nature, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
Selamat Datang Ke Malaysia, Gallery 4A, Sydney; Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
Air Asia: Selected Works From The Nooderlicht Photofestival, Langhans Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
Belief: 1st Singapore Biennale 2006, Singapore
Another Asia: Photographs from South and Southeast Asia, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Leewarden, Holland
Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Common Ground, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
2005-06
Art ConneXions, a touring exhibition by the Goethe-Institute, Valentine
Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Art Pavilion, Manila; Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne; Museum Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Fine Art Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam; Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart & Berlin, Germany
2004
Malaysian Art NOW, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003
Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
Things We Believe II, Pruss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2000
Asia in Australia: Beyond Orientalism”, Global Arts Link, Queensland, Australia
L'art dans le monde, Paris-Musees, Paris, France
1999
Beyond the Future: The Third Asia-Pacific Arts Triennial, Queensland , Australia Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Project
2007
Malaysiana, installation for “Malaysia Now” at Asia House, London
2002
Matching Patterns, installation for opening exhibition of Singapore Esplanade Entertainment Centre, Singapore
2002
Buy Me, installation at ARCO ’02 – Asian Party (Global Game) II, Cutting Edge Pavilion ARCO’02, Madrid
2001
BUY, by LabDNA, The Substation, Singapore
1998
Spacebar, installation by labDNA, NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Public Collection
Griffith University, Australia
Mori Art Museum, Japan
National Art Gallery Malaysia, Malaysia
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Petronas Art Collection, Malaysia
Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
Sabah Art Gallery, Malaysia
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
UBS Art Collection, Switerland
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia