The Krishen Jit Fund

Past Recipients

Since its establishment in 2006, the Krishen Jit Fund has supported 95 projects by artists and cultural practitioners working across Malaysia.

The Fund has provided seed funding to diverse projects - from the production of theatre, dance, music, film, animation, contemporary art, interdisciplinary, and community-based works, to the development of archival, documentation, research, and publishing initiatives, as well as training programmes, and international exchanges.

View the Krishen Jit Fund recipients from previous years:

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

The Krishen Jit Fund 2013

Faisal Mustaffa

Faisal Mustaffa, for the publication of Malaysian Cinema in a Bottle: A Century (and a little bit more) of Wayang, a book by Hassan Muthalib.

Jeffrey Lim

Jeffrey Lim, for Kanta, a photography art project that encompasses camera building, print-making, social exchanges and research on the concepts of identity.

Mohd Afiq Arshad Yaakub

Mohd Afiq Arshad Yaakub, for Tepuk Amai-Amai – The School Project, a theatre performance by Revolution Stage.

Mun Kao

Mun Kao, for the production of a new board game entitled Malaysia, The Game.

Yeoh Seng Guan

Yeoh Seng Guan, for Laboring Figures, a video and photo anthology of ordinary individuals at work.