Yin Xiuzhen
Best known for creating with used clothes, Yin Xiuzhen addresses social issues of globalisation and homogenisation through art. She assembles recycled everyday materials into sculptural documents of memory, alluding to the lives of individuals who are often neglected in the drive towards excessive urbanisation, rapid modernisation and global economic growth.
Yin began her career after earning a BA in oil painting from Capital Normal University, Beijing, in 1989. Her artworks have been displayed in many international exhibitions, including Made in China 007: Action and Reflection: Yin Xiuzhen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Yinchuan (2018); Slow Release, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2016); Yin Xiuzhen, Groninger Museum, the Netherlands, and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (2012); Projects 92: Yin Xiuzhen, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); Introspective Cavity, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2008); Yin Xiuzhen in Beijing Commune, Beijing Commune (2007); and Brain, Manchester Craft Centre, United Kingdom (1998).