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 2019

Andy Darrel Gomes

Andy Darrel Gomes, for the Transitional Cinema project, featuring short films created by four emerging Malaysian directors.

Suzy Sulaiman

Suzy Sulaiman, for Homes – a visual art exhibition featuring three projects that explore social inequality and the built environment from the standpoint of a person’s dwelling.

Justin Lee

Justin Lee, for Impermenance a collaborative performance combining sound, movement, and spatial design.

Lim Jack Kin

Lim Jack Kin, for producing the KITA arts-anthology podcast on Renegade Radio.

Sheau Yun Lim

Sheau Yun Lim for Malaysia Design Archive Publications – an initiative positioned between academic scholarship, artist book and essays, seeking to publish well-researched works of non-fiction and art.