 Thus, creating of a sense of community and belonging within the audience (Teo 2016, 205).” 

Yin's art has been greatly influenced by her impoverished upbringing in a during the time of Cultural Revolution, a socio-political movement from 1966-1976.In an interview, she states, “the CR (Cultural Revolution) created more “hardships” and “bitterness” and regret” for the generations before us, it left me—young and naïve—with memories of “ideals,” “magnificence,” “collectivity”...(creating) contradictions and conflicts between isolation and openness, dictatorship and democracy became a new motivation, and as rapid changes cultivated in me an attitude of calm and quiet (Joo, Keehn, Ham-Roberts, 232).”  As a child in the Cultural Revolution, Yin Xiuzhen found a creative outlet in the act of sewing, which has become a monumental component in her artistic practices.Yin has stated the ‘85 Art New Wave Movement going on in China at the time along with a 1995 Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at the National Art Museum as turning her towards more contemporary styles and influencing her use of different mediums for her art.