You know what they say about guys that ride those big noisy bikes? They probably have small willies and have a need to overcompensate! The artist experiments with batik, a medium that is linked to officialdom. In Dear Cousin Letter #1, Yee I-Lann used batik in a contemporary manner (non-pictorial and text based), breaking away with the conventional uses of batik in art.  Yee I-Lann is a prominent contemporary artist known for her work in photomedia. In 2025, she won the 12th Enku Grand Award, awarded by the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. In 2024, she was awarded the ANTEPRIMA x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prize 2024. Her works was presented by Silverlens at Art Basel 2022 in the Feature and Unlimited sectors. Yee I-Lann received her BA in Visual Arts from the University of South Australia in 1992. Her solo exhibitions include Mansau-Ansau, Singapore Art Museum (2025), At the Roof of the Mouth, Silverlens, New York (2022), Through Rose-Coloured Glasses, North Park Center, Dallas (2019); Like the Banana Tree At The Gate, MSAC Gallery, Taipei (2016); Yee I-Lann: Picturing Power, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York (2014); Fluid World, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (2011); Boogeyman, Black Box, MAP, Kuala Lumpur (2010). She has also participated in many group exhibitions across the globe which include 2020 Asia Project - Looking for Another Family, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (2020); Asian Art Biennial: The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City, Taiwan (2019). Her works are held in important public collections such as Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA; National Art Gallery, Malaysia; Queensland Art Gallery, Australia and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Her solo exhibition Borneo Heart was held at Sabah International Convention Centre and was also showcased at Art Basel's OVR: Portals (2021).