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 2017

Press Conference

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Agnes Lee Agama

Agnes Lee Agama, for Eco Art Connects interactive art installation.

Anrie Too & Kelvin Wong

Anrie Too & Kelvin Wong, for the Emerging Directors Lab, a training programme for early-career theatre directors.

Christine May Yong

Christine May Yong, for initiating a teaching and learning space for Kelantanese music and performance, coordinated by Kumpulan Kesenian Warisan Kemunchup Machang.

Lim Pei Ern

Lim Pei Ern, for Nyanyian Bumi, a collaborative dance project with Indonesian and Japanese dancers that draws inspiration from the traditional chanting of the South Sulawesi region.

Ridhwan Saidi

Ridhwan Saidi, for the production of four playlets from the Teater Modular series.